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Articles tagged with: Mobile Internet and Text Messaging
Half of U.S. Mobile Phone Users Access Mobile Content on a Weekly Basis
According to a new study released by research and consultation firm Frank N. Magid Associates, 51 percent of mobile phone users access internet based content using their mobile phone on a weekly basis. What's more, mobile content users spend about the same amount of time with content (39 minutes), as the average user does texting (38 minutes) or talking on their mobile phone (44 minutes). more
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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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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, mms, sms, mobile-data, gps, text-messages, 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: mms, ringtone, nielsen, mobile-video, text-message, cnn, cnn, USA
US Mobile Advertising Experiences 13 Percent Quarterly Growth
A new report has found that the vast majority of Indian mobile phone users have received adverts on their handsets. The report, commissioned by US mobile social website, Limbo and GfK Technology also found that 51% of Brits and 37% of Americans have also reported mobile adverts on their handsets. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-advertising, gfk-technology, 3, gfk, text-message, India
Swisscom Expands Mobile Advertising on Vodafone Live Portal
Mobile advertising agency, Ad Infuse has announced an expansion of its relationship with Switzerland's Swisscom to deploy its adInMotion platform within the Vodafone live! portal. The deployment of adInMotion builds on the video advertising pilot that the two companies undertook in 2007 to encompass a broader solution including WAP and SMS advertising. more
Related Tags: sms, swisscom, ad-infuse, vodafone-live, wap, Switzerland
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: mms, sms, mobile-data, roaming, driving, text-messages, mobile-data-association, UK
UPDATE: EU Plans Law to Cut Cost of Text Messaging Abroad
(Adds reaction from mobile operators.) more
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9 Million US Mobile Users Have Used Their Mobile Phone to Pay for Goods or Services
Commerce over mobile devices such as cell phones is accelerating in the US, according to data released by The Nielsen Company. Already, 9 million US mobile subscribers say they have used their mobile phone to pay for goods or services, and half of all data users (49%) say they expect to participate in mobile commerce in the future. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, text-messages, landline, nielsen, ebay, mobile-commerce, mobile-shopping, USA
Orange UK Claims Sharp Rise in Mobile Data Usage
Orange UK has unveiled its third Digital Media Index, a detailed report examining trends in customer consumption of digital media. The latest findings reveal a sharp increase in mobile internet access alongside traditional fixed line broadband. more
Related Tags: orange, mobile-tv, sharp, UK