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Articles tagged with: Mobile Data and Itu
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
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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, , ovi, mobile-internet, UK
Digicel Antilles Completes Microwave Radio Network Rollout
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has successfully completed the deployment of a microwave packet radio network for Digicel Antilles. The end-to-end mobile backhaul solution deployed by Alcatel-Lucent is based on the 9500 Microwave Packet Radio (MPR) that can aggregate any type of traffic - TDM, ATM and Ethernet - over a converged Microwave Packet network. more
Related Tags: ethernet, , sim, tim, alcatel-lucent, digicel, microwave, network-management, testing, Netherlands Antilles
Mobile Banking is Emerging as a New Revenue Stream for Mobile Operators
Mobile banking is a budding service in Latin America and is expected to catch on in countries such as Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, where the economic and political condition is relatively stable. Success in the mobile banking market will help mobile operators shore up their average revenue per user (ARPU) even when the mobile voice traffic slows down. more
Related Tags: sim, sms, arpu, ovi, personal, mobile-banking, wap, Chile
Mobile customers predict significant rise in mobile TV and video usage by 2010
Mobile TV vendor, QuickPlay Media has published the results of an independent Market Tools survey focused on mobile TV and video consumption in the UK. On a positive note the research revealed consumers are confident in the uptake of mobile TV and video, with 74 percent of respondents expecting an increase in usage by 2010. The survey indicates an increase in the number of consumers that have viewed mobile TV and video content on 2008's results, rising from 41 to 48 percent. However, there are still a number of barriers preventing wide-scale adoption. Almost half (46%) of the respondents were not aware if their mobile operator offered mobile TV or video services, 50 percent were discouraged by perceived costs and 55 percent of those on monthly price plans were subscribed to voice and text services only, limiting access to mobile TV and video. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, smartphone, UK
Femtocell - a Revolutionary Residential Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Substitution
Much has been said about femtocells in recent times. Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue proposition for mobile operators. more
Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, sim, base-station, arpu, voip, ict, driving, personal, femtocell, landline, base-stations, fmc, femtocells
Study Projects Positive Femtocell Business Case
The Femto Forum has published the results of research into the femtocell business case that it commissioned from Signals Research Group (SRG), a US-based wireless telecommunications consultancy. The report found that femtocells can generate attractive returns for operators by significantly increasing the expected lifetime value of a subscriber across a range of user scenarios. Subscribers in turn could realize cost savings and other benefits from femtocells. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, wimax, lte, capex, mobile-broadband, femtocell, femto-forum, femtocells, opex
Global Mobile Traffic to Increase 66 Times in Five Years
Cisco has published the details of its Visual Networking Index (VNI) Mobile Forecast for 2008-2013, providing key findings on a variety of Internet Protocol (IP) networking trends driven largely by the increased use of mobile broadband applications. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, 3g, iphone, cisco, cisco, ict, mobile-broadband, blackberry, blackberry-storm, mobile-internet, mobile-video, laptop, 4g, bandwidth, free-mobile, storm
Customers Disuaded from Mobile Data Services by Fussy Handset Configuration
Complexity is preventing uptake and usage of mobile applications and services, according to a survey of US and UK consumers commissioned by mobile device management (MDM) vendor, Mformation. 95% of consumers surveyed indicated that they would be more likely to try new mobile services if setup was easier. Complex setup issues are also preventing 45% of people from upgrading to new, more sophisticated mobile phones. Moreover, 61% of these mobile users say phone setup is as frustrating as changing a bank account. more
Related Tags: ict, instant-messaging, UK
Asia-Pacific leads high-speed Internet connectivity, but wide divide prevails
The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has reported that while some Asia-Pacific economies are world leaders in information and communication technologies (ICT) where broadband access is ultra-high speed, affordable and close to ubiquitous, in most of the regionÃ's poorer countries Internet access remains limited and predominantly low-speed. A new report finds evidence that ICTs and broadband uptake foster growth and development, but the question remains as to the optimal speed that should be targeted in view of limited resources. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, sms, wcdma, text-messaging, rsa, rcom, mobile-broadband, wimax, text-messages, hotspots, fibre-optic