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Articles tagged with: Mms and Text Messaging
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
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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: ict, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, text-messages, ctia, life, USA
SMS to Drive Uptake of Mobile Data in Africa and the Middle East
Basic SMS text messaging will be a key revenue driver for mobile network operators in Africa and the Middle East over the next five years, helping to offset continuing declines in ARPU for mobile voice services in the regions, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. more
Related Tags: sms, arpu, mobile-broadband, pyramid-research, ussd
Messaging Continues to be Cash Cow for Mobile Operators
As mobile operators have seen the average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease, they have sought to boost revenue via new value-added services; however, the most profitable data service is still text messaging, reports In-Stat. Inexpensive, ubiquitous, reliable, and simple for the mobile customer to operate, Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (mms) technologies provide potentially endless revenue streams for forward thinking Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), the high-tech market research firm says. more
Related Tags: mobile-messaging, sms, arpu, rural, in-stat, life
6.5 Billion SMS's Sent Every Month in the UK
The UK's Mobile Data Association (MDA) has reported that new devices and an ever growing variety of mobile applications have driven overall mobile data growth figures in 2008. SMS growth continues to astound while mms shows an increasing level of growth. Consumer awareness, the fact that nearly all phones now come ready configured to work with mms and attractive tariff bundles from the Mobile Network Operators helps fuel this growth. more
Related Tags: intel, sms, mobile-data, gps, text-messages, mobile-internet, mobile-data-association, UK
Democrats More Mobile Savy than Republicans
A survey by Nielsen Mobile with a US election theme has found that overall, 62% of Democrats are data users who use one or more data service on their mobile phone - compared to 55% of Republicans. more
Related Tags: mobile-internet, ringtone, nielsen, mobile-video, text-message, cnn, cnn, USA
US Mobile Data Services Increase 40% Year on Year
US trade association, CTIA has announced that wireless data service revenues for the first half of 2008 rose to US$14.8 billion. This represents a 40% increase over the first half of 2007, when data revenues totaled $10.5 billion. more
UK Sees 25% Jump in Mobile Internet Use Over Past 12 Months
The UK based Mobile Data Association (MDA) has published its latest quarterly data report on mobile phone usage across the UK. The report covers activity from January - May 2008 for Text Messaging (SMS), Mobile Internet (MI) and Picture and Video Messaging (mms) and identifies new trends in the way people are increasingly relying on their mobile phones. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, roaming, driving, text-messages, mobile-internet, mobile-data-association, UK
CTIA Claims 255 Million US Mobile Subscribers by Dec 2007
US wireless trade group, the CTIA has announced today that as of December 2007, its industry survey recorded more than 255 million wireless users. This represents a year-over-year increase of more than 22 million subscribers. The industryÃ's 12-month record for subscriber growth was reached in 2005, when 25.7 million new users came online. more
Mobile Operators Brace for Global Surge in Mobile Messaging Abuse
Messaging security firm, Cloudmark has published the results of its research into mobile messaging abuse trends in Asia, North America and Europe which point to a precipitous rise in mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks in 2008. more
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