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Articles tagged with: Mobile Data and Sim
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
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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, , 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
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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, , itu, tim, alcatel-lucent, digicel, microwave, network-management, testing, Netherlands Antilles
Singapore Network Offers PrePay Mobile Data for Visitors
Singapore's MobileOne (M1) has launched a PrePay mobile data tariff which aimed directly at travelers to the country. The network operator said that the new service will provide a cheaper alternative to the broadband connection services provided at most hotels. The service will also benefit the occasional broadband users who do not wish to be tied to service contracts. more
Related Tags: mobileone, m1, sim-card, prepay, lte, ovi, mobile-broadband, mobile-broadband-modems, Singapore
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: sms, arpu, itu, ovi, personal, mobile-banking, wap, Chile
Femtocells Deliver 5-Times Speed of Macro Network in Operator Trials
Femtocell developer, Airvana has published results of performance tests of the company's HubBub CDMA femtocell which it says demonstrated dramatic improvements for indoor 3G coverage and performance when compared with using the existing macro-cellular network alone. Based on the results of side-by-side testing, a typical HubBub user can expect to achieve broadband data rates throughout their house of approximately five times that of the existing wireless macro network. more
Related Tags: 3g, rural, cdma, iden, mobile-broadband, femtocell, femtocells, indoor-coverage, ctia, testing, airvana
148 Million Mobile Data Roaming Subscribers This Year
Travellers have long been familiar with the roaming services available for cellular voice calls. Now that 3G networks are widely deployed, similar roaming functions are being made available for data services including MMS and mobile Internet access. Explored in a new ABI Research Brief, these arrangements are already generating revenues in the billions of dollars. more
Related Tags: 3g, mms, eu, roaming, rural, driving, abi-research
Mobile Data Traffic to Outstrip Revenues 100-Fold by 2015
Simon Beresford-Wylie, chief executive of Nokia Siemens Networks, has outlined how operators can build a sustainable future for mobile broadband despite the company's expectation that mobile data traffic growth will outstrip revenues 100-fold between now and 2015. more
Related Tags: nokia, mobile-broadband, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, nokia-siemens
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, base-station, arpu, voip, ict, itu, driving, personal, femtocell, landline, base-stations, fmc, femtocells