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Articles tagged with: Sms and Driving
Feds weigh cell phone ban for bus, truck drivers
Safety investigators told federal regulators three years ago that it was dangerous for bus drivers to talk on cell phones while driving and recommended a ban. more
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Auto industry supports ban on texting in cars
An auto industry trade group says it supports a ban on texting and using hand-held cell phones while driving in advance of next week's major government summit on distracted driving. more
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Graphic British text messaging safety video is an Internet hit
A graphic British public service announcement about the dangers of sending text messages while driving has become an Internet hit and sparked debate around the world. more
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Study: Texts while driving even more dangerous
Texting while driving increases the risk of a crash much more than previous studies have concluded with motorists taking their eyes off the road longer than they do when talking or listening on their cell phones, a safety research institute said Monday. more
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New Product Development Critical to US Wireless Market
Smartphones and other cutting edge wireless devices will be integral to driving growth in the U.S. wireless market, according to the TNS Global Technology Index (GTI) study. Despite the recession, the GTI study reveals that consumers will demand new and improved products as early as 2010. more
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Mobile Internet Usage is Driving a New Wave of Mobile Banking Services
A new report from Arthur D. Little has identified investment in mobile banking as a promising revenue growing opportunity for the global financial services industry. Moving well beyond simple text-based balance updates, Mobile Banking 2.0 will capitalize on customers' increasing mobile internet use to carry out complex transactions and introduce novel ways to reach customers through the mobile medium. more
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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
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Telecoms Transactional Services Getting a Big Boost From Wireless Roaming
Providers of transactional services to the telecommunications industry will see increasingly strong demand for products that support international global roaming, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. Transactional services, which include signaling transaction services; call processing services such as 800, calling card, and directory assistance; as well as support for financial settlements, underpin all telecommunication services. more
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Growing demand for location-based services in advanced mobile markets
Location-based services (LBS) in Asia-Pacific are expected to see strong growth in the next five years, with wider adoption in the more advanced and saturated mobile and mobile data markets. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the mobile LBS market covering 13 Asia-Pac countries earned revenues of US$383.6 million in 2007 and expects this to reach US$2.8 billion by end-2013, at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 39.3 percent (2007-2013). more
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SMS Revenues to Decline in Western Europe until 2011
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that sms still represents the lionÃ's share of mobile data services revenues in Western Europe in 2007, and while MMS has failed to replicate smsÃ' success, many operators are looking on MMS as a medium for delivering user-created content, advertisements and news, which is likely to spur usage and adoption. Value-added features will be key to driving the uptake of mobile IM services. more
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