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Articles tagged with: Mobile Internet
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, mobile-data, social-networking, opencloud, sim, , itu, ovi, UK
Mobile Web Analytics Platform Tracks Users Over Different Network Connections
Mobile billing and analytics firm, Bango has launched its latest version of its site tracking platform, which the firm says can now track a mobile internet user even if they switch from cellular to Wi-Fi whilst visiting the same website. more
Related Tags: bango, analytics, wi-fi, smartphone, , privacy, itu, tim, ovi, iden, billing
Top 20 handsets Represent 43% of Mobile Advertising Inventory
Mobile advertising agency, Millennial Media has announced the launch of a monthly Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART). This monthly report will aim to detail relevant insights about the U.S. mobile advertising market by focusing on reach, targeting, impressions and handset information. more
Related Tags: , social-networking, edge, texas, ovi, iden, mobile-advertising, millennial-media, smart, USA
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: , mms, mobile-email, smartphone, text-messaging, ict, smartphones, tim, instant-messaging, helsinki, Finland
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless
UK Motorists Using Twitter While Driving
The increasing functionality of mobile phone technology and growing addiction to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook are driving motorists to distraction now more than ever before, with motorists openly admitting to breaking the law by 'tweeting' whilst driving. more
Related Tags: orange, , social-networking, twitter, ict, driving, tim, blackberry, facebook, UK
Tele2 and Telenor to Jointly Build LTE Network in Sweden
Sweden's Tele2 and Telenor have this morning announced plans to jointly build an LTE based network through a new joint-venture company. The new company will be responsible for network construction and sharing of spectrum for mobile communication and plans to start offering commercial services by the end of 2010. more
Related Tags: , rural, tim, lte, telenor, gartner, compete, 900mhz, tele2, gsm, 4g, Sweden
Mobile Advertising Figures Defy Economic Slide
BuzzCity has published its latest Mobile Advertising Index, which shows the global recession is having little to no effect on mobile advertisers or user habits. The Index documents the growth of mobile internet advertising and represents inventory sold across the BuzzCity Mobile Advertising Network in more than 200 countries globally. more
Related Tags: , sim, eu, tim, ovi, iden, mobile-advertising, 112
Slower Replacement Cycle to Shrink Taiwan's Mobile Phone Market in 2009
Taiwan's mobile phone market is forecast to shrink by 9.3% to around 6.4 million units. The Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) puts the shrinkage down to slower handset replacements due to the economic downturn. Some 80% of the Taiwanese market depends on replacement sales. more
Related Tags: , 3g, e-book-reader, intel, smartphone, itu, smartphones, tim, ovi, iden, e-book, 3g-phones, chipsets, coupons, Taiwan
Business Users Will Fuel Mobile Data Growth in Europe - Report
Despite slowing revenue growth in the European mobile enterprise market, the business sector will fuel mobile data revenues for the next five years due to its high profitability, low levels of churn, and strong demand for mobile data services, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. more
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