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Articles tagged with: Mobile Messaging and Arpu
Time to invest in mobile messaging, say operators worldwide
Airwide Solutions, has published the results of a study - which was conducted by the independent analyst house, Direct2Mobile - which found that mobile operators believe SMS will become the enabler that underpins next generation advanced services with all the operators surveyed claiming that they are seeking to use the investment they have made in developing their mobile messaging infrastructure in order to introduce new value-added services. more
Related Tags: sim, mms, sms, social-networking, mobile-broadband, location-based-services, mobile-internet, play, wap
Messaging Continues to be Cash Cow for Mobile Operators
As mobile operators have seen the average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease, they have sought to boost revenue via new value-added services; however, the most profitable data service is still text messaging, reports In-Stat. Inexpensive, ubiquitous, reliable, and simple for the mobile customer to operate, Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (MMS) technologies provide potentially endless revenue streams for forward thinking Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), the high-tech market research firm says. more
Related Tags: mms, sms, text-messaging, rural, in-stat, life
Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
2009 will undoubtedly be a tough year for many global economies. However, despite uncertain forecasts, messaging company, Acision believes that the changing economic landscape will present many revenue opportunities for service providers. Based on the 2008/2009 New Year SMS figures alone, Acision predicts messaging and its associated revenues will continue to soar globally despite the economic downturn. more
Related Tags: sim-card, mms, sms, social-networking, roaming, twitter, ict, edge, driving, acision, outsourcing, mobile-broadband, personal, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, 3, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop
GRX Peering Agreement Signed to Boost Asian Roaming Data Services
Sybase 365, a provider of mobile messaging services, and Belgacom International Carrier Services (Belgacom ICS) have announced a formal GRX peering agreement for a data roaming point in Singapore. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, roaming, rsa, belgacom, sybase-365, gprs, Singapore
No Slowing of Mobile Messaging Services Growth in Tough Economic Times
With the global economy showing more and more signs of slowing down, mobile messaging growth will continue. In a recent report from ABI Research, mobile messaging services revenues will grow from $151 billion in 2008 to greater than $212 billion globally by 2013. Supply side drivers will be of primary importance for maintaining this level of growth. more
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Business Customers’ Mobile IM Adoption More About Familiarity than Mobility
In a new White Paper, ABI Research reports that mobile IM adoption is negatively correlated to mobility. According to principal analyst Dan Shey, "The greatest adopters of mobile IM are T-Mobile subscribers whose demographic profile shows a high percentage who only work in an office. As office work typically requires PC access, mobile IM adoption appears more related to familiarity with IM through the PC rather than mobility itself." more
Related Tags: t-mobile, smartphone, driving, abi-research, verizon, personal, mobile-im, sprint, displays, USA
Smartphones, iPhone, and Messaging Driving ARPU Gains for AT&T
Mobile messaging revenues are driven by smartphone penetration, occupation segmentation and pricing. AT&T has the best combination of these variables resulting in the highest mobile messaging revenues from the mobile business customer. A new study from ABI Research analyzes customer demographics and mobile services usage to create profiles of mobile business customer ARPUs for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, t-mobile, iphone, smartphone, abi-research, verizon, USA
SMS to Garner 83% of All Mobile Messaging Revenues through 2013
SMS will continue to maintain its lead as the highest revenue generator across all messaging categories, providing global service revenues of $177 billion in 2013. But in a recent report from ABI Research, regional differences will determine the success of messaging expansion into the Web, advertising, and the incorporation of mobile messaging within social networking media. more
Related Tags: sms, social-networking, abi-research
Vodafone's First Half Results - An in Depth Study
This article, supplied by The Mobile World contains more charts and data in their subscription service. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, mobile-data, telekom-malaysia, verizon-wireless, eu, swisscom, vodacom, proximus, essar, telecom-egypt, telsim