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Articles tagged with: P2p
P2P mobile messaging to reach $106bn by 2014 - but revenues to decline in some sectors
Mobile messaging revenues are set for measured growth over the next five years, as market forces take effect. SMS, MMS, mobile email and IM traffic volumes will continue their inexorable rise, but the IP evolution is resulting in disruptive business models, increased competition from the Web and commoditisation of established services. more
Related Tags: mms, sms, mobile-messaging, juniper-research, mobile-email, social-networking, smartphone, intel, eu, voip, ovi, vas, billing
An End in Sight for Cheap Mobile Broadband Services?
Data hungry consumers should make the most of cheap mobile broadband while they can, according to broadband comparison website Broadband Genie. However, there could be good news ahead for more occasional users as mobile broadband providers seem set to adopt a 'pay for what you use' approach to help balance the books. more
Related Tags: eu, voip, itu, mobile-broadband, bandwidth
Nokia getting on top of handset media portability
Opinion by Tony Cripps, principal analyst at Ovum
Nokia has greatly extended the range of its multimedia codec support in the
fifth edition of its S60 platform for Symbian OS, in an effort to overcome the
problems of multimedia portability arising from codec proliferation. An
important addition to the core is MicrosoftĂ's Windows Media Audio (WMA)
format, which largely completes NokiaĂ's audio codec support. However, some
gaps still remain, notably the DivX Internet video codec and the popular, and
free, Ogg family.
more
Related Tags: microsoft, samsung, apple, apple, wind, rcom, ovum, ofta, lg, symbian, windows
Creating Secure Mobile P2P Networks
Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels of ad hoc co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure applications is a challenge. Now a platform developed by European researchers rises to that challenge. more
Related Tags: wikipedia, personal, symbian, operating-system
Mobile Content Sharing Puts $16.4 Billion Worth of Revenue at Risk by 2012
Pioneer Consulting has published a new report which shows that a significant portion of multimedia content on mobile phones is either user generated or is simply being stored on the handset. This content, termed User Originated Content (UOC) is being increasingly shared with friends, family and contacts on social networks. With handsets starting to have Bluetooth, WiFi and WiMAX capabilities, end users can use alternative networks to share content, effectively bypassing the operatorĂ's mobile network and the content value chain. more
Related Tags: bluetooth
Malaysian Operator Offers SMS Blocking Facility
Malaysian operator Maxis has ordered an SMS service platform from Acision which will enable its subscribers to block unsolicited SMS, or SMS spam, set up automatic replies and automatically copy messages to another mobile number - all from their handset. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, text-messaging, acision, spam, maxis, Malaysia
Mobile data services – Unlocking revenue streams in Europe
Mobile data services will be the main source of revenue growth in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) over the next five years says a new report from Analysys Research. With rising mobile penetration across the region and voice ARPU levels in gradual decline, operators must turn their attention to non-voice services. Analysys forecasts that non-voice ARPU will grow from EUR1.8 in 2006 to EUR3.3 in 2012 - an annual growth rate in excess of 10%. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-data, arpu, compete
Operators Need to "Blend" Wireless and Wired Internet Services
Operators looking to profit from mobile internet must focus on enhancing existing internet applications and communities with made for mobile capabilities and multi-channel access, according to an expert panel polled by messaging company Acision last week at the Telco 2.0 conference in London. Over two thirds (68 per cent) of the panel, comprising of senior representatives across the telecoms industry, believed that the most lucrative operator mobile internet strategy lies in augmenting the fixed internet experience with mobile capabilities such as location, immediate access and unique customer identity. more
Related Tags: mms, acision, location-based-services
Mobile Phone Used to Pirate Cinema Movie
"Within 72 hours of making and uploading this unauthorized recording, AFACT had tracked it to other streaming sites and P2P systems where it had been illegally downloaded in excess of 110,000 times and in all probability, copied and sold as a pirate DVD all over the world. The speed and spread of illegal copies across the global internet as a result of this camcord copy being made from a mobile phone in a Sydney cinema is staggering." said Adrianne Pecotic, Executive Director of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). more
Related Tags: police
Mobile Payments to be Adopted by 204 Million Mobile Phone Users
Juniper Research predicts that P2P fund transfers and mobile payments in the developing world, together with the commercialization in 2009 of NFC (Near Field Communications) based mPayments will generate transactions worth approximately $22bn. more
Related Tags: juniper-research, nfc, near-field-communication, mobile-payments