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Articles tagged with: Mobile Data
Mobile Operators Missed Out on Summer Holiday Revenue
Two-thirds of Brits who have been on holiday abroad this year and have an Internet-enabled phone (67 percent) did not use data services when holidaying abroad this summer, according to YouGov research commissioned by Openet. more
Half of Americans Would Drop Mobile Data Service if Forced to Cut Costs
Faced with the need to reduce household expenditures, forty-eight percent of Americans would drop their mobile data plan completely, according to research about to be published by Strategy Analytics. Only 10% would drop their home broadband subscription. more
Africa, Middle East to Lead Mobile Broadband Subscriber Growth by 2012
Africa and the Middle East will lead the world in terms of the percentage of mobile broadband subscriptions through 2012, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. Although Africa and the Middle East generated 10 percent of global mobile revenue in 2008, the region contributed only 3 percent of global mobile data revenue, notes Dearbhla McHenry, analyst at Pyramid Research and author of the report. However, the region will double its share of global mobile data revenue by 2014 due to its growing popularity of mobile broadband in the region, in rich and poor markets alike. more
Related Tags: mobile-broadband, pyramid-research, sim, 3
TeliaSonera Sales Up on Currecy Gains - Profits Flat
TeliaSonera has reported that its first-quarter sales increased by 11.5% to SEK 27.2 billion (US$3.25 billion), thanks largely to currency fluctuations. EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, increased 13.7 percent to SEK 8.8 billion (US$1 billion). more
Related Tags: teliasonera, itu, roaming, tim, iden, Sweden
European Parliament Votes to Approve Cuts on Roaming Charges
The European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, has voted to approve new rules on SMS and mobile data charges when roaming. The Parliament also voted for further cuts in the price of mobile phone calls while roaming in another EU country. The present cap for a mobile phone call made abroad will progressively drop from EUR0.46 to EUR0.35 per minute by July 2011, and from EUR0.22 today to EUR0.11 for mobile calls received while roaming abroad. more
Related Tags: european-commission, eu, viviane-reding, roaming, sms, iden, european-union, text-message
UK Consumers Rate Voice and SMS Costs More Important than Mobile Data Services
British consumers view call and text prices as more important than 3G and social networking capabilities, research commissioned by UK based firm, OpenCloud has found. In a survey of 1,000 consumers, over 80 per cent of consumers see call and text prices as the most important factors when looking for a new phone, whereas two-thirds of respondents view social networking applications as luxury additions and non-essential. more
Related Tags: 3g, sms, social-networking, opencloud, sim, itu, ovi, mobile-internet, UK
Mobile Data Revenue Will Double in Spain's Telecom Market by 2014
Despite Spain's pronounced economic slowdown, its telecom market will see mobile data revenue double within the next five years, driven by an uninterrupted expansion of mobile data and Internet-based services, according to a report from Pyramid Research. more
Related Tags: orange, sim, eu, vodafone, mobile-broadband, pyramid-research, Spain
Intelligent Congestion Management Can Reduce Mobile Broadband Costs
Camiant, which offers mobile data policy control software has commissioned a report which finds that active management of mobile broadband congestion can result in cost savings of upwards of 20% for network operators. The report, written by Omnitele, concludes that controlling the bandwidth consumption of certain users solely during peak hours allows maximum usage of the network by all subscribers when capacity is available while constraining the need for additional network capacity. more
Related Tags: intel, tim, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, bandwidth
Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband
Mobile operators are expected to fully maximise their high-speed packet access (HSPA) deployments before eventually deploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from HSPA to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for HSPA Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, smartphone, wimax, mobile-wimax, eu, smartphones, tim, wind, lte, capex, hspa, ovi, mobile-broadband, backhaul, wimax,
Hong Kong Mobile Data Users Transfer Average 44Mbytes Per Month
Hong Kong's telecoms regulator, OFTA has published for the first time the statistics of local mobile data usage, which sees a surge to 147 Terabytes (i.e. 147,000 Gigabytes) as of January 2009, or an average amount of 44 Mbytes per 2.5G/3G mobile user for that particular month. more
Related Tags: 3g, tim, ovi, ofta, mobile-broadband, smart, Hong Kong