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Articles tagged with: Mms and Ict
Mobile Internet, multimedia and mapping capture 40% of smartphone face time
Hannu Verkasalo, who has the public examination of his doctoral dissertation at Helsinki University of Technology on April 17th, says that "the usage of new smartphone applications, including the mobile Internet, games, multimedia and map applications, has been increasing among smartphone users and reaches already 40% of total face time". However, most of the usage is still based on voice and text messaging. more
Related Tags: , mobile-email, smartphone, text-messaging, smartphones, tim, mobile-internet, instant-messaging, helsinki, Finland
CTIA Reports US Mobile Data Revenues Jumped 39% in 2008
The US trade body, the CTIA has published the findings of its semi-annual industry survey, which includes numerous positive metrics on the industry's continued growth and popularity. In particular, wireless revenues showed impressive year-to year gains, as wireless data service revenues for the year 2008 rose to more than $32 billion. This represents a 39% increase over 2007, when data revenues totaled $23.2 billion. Wireless data revenues for 2008 amounted to nearly 22% of all wireless service revenues, and represent what consumers spend on non-voice services. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, text-messages, ctia, life, USA
T-Mobile Starts Selling ZTE Touch-Screen Phone
T-Mobile UK is to start selling its first handset from Chinese manufacturer, ZTE. The company has revealed the Vairy Touch, a touch-screen phone will be made available by the operator as a PrePay handset. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, prepay, sms, bluetooth, tim, zte, t-mobile-uk, gartner, touch-screen, gsm, gprs, UK
Ericsson to trial rich communication services on Spainish network
Ericsson is to trial multimedia applications based on the Rich Communication Suite standard in cooperation with Spain's Telefónica. This is the world's first live demonstration of interoperable rich communication services. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, sms, rsa, ericsson, telefonica, sony, instant-messaging, rcs, Spain
Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
2009 will undoubtedly be a tough year for many global economies. However, despite uncertain forecasts, messaging company, Acision believes that the changing economic landscape will present many revenue opportunities for service providers. Based on the 2008/2009 New Year SMS figures alone, Acision predicts messaging and its associated revenues will continue to soar globally despite the economic downturn. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mobile-messaging, sms, social-networking, roaming, arpu, twitter, edge, driving, acision, outsourcing, mobile-broadband, personal, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, 3, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop
Telecoms Transactional Services Getting a Big Boost From Wireless Roaming
Providers of transactional services to the telecommunications industry will see increasingly strong demand for products that support international global roaming, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. Transactional services, which include signaling transaction services; call processing services such as 800, calling card, and directory assistance; as well as support for financial settlements, underpin all telecommunication services. more
Related Tags: sms, social-networking, roaming, driving, play, 4g, bandwidth
China's Mobile Services Market Continues Strong Growth
China's CCID Consulting has reported that in Q3 2008, China's mobile value-added services maintained rapid development. The Olympic Games brought about more telecom services, but without benefiting carriers significantly. After years of rapid development, China's mobile value-added services industry needs a breakthrough to support its development in the future. more
Related Tags: microsoft, nokia, arpu, china-unicom, apple, apple, driving, china-mobile, china-telecom, cdma, vas, ovi, mobile-internet, mobile-music, ccid-consulting, China
Fixed-Mobile non-voice services provide significant revenue opportunities
E-mail has dominated non-voice communications in the fixed market, while SMS has occupied a similar position in the mobile arena. However, the limitations of SMS and e-mail in addressing the surging demand for non-voice fixed-to-mobile communications are expected to create significant growth opportunities for mms. At the same time, fixed and mobile operators should work in tandem to push non-voice fixed-to-mobile communications as they both stand to gain from an expanding market. more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, frost-&-sullivan, text-messaging