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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Driving
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, , twitter, ict, tim, blackberry, mobile-internet, facebook, school, insurance, texting, UK
Submissions for the Annual Meffys Awards Announced
The Mobile Entertainment Forum has announced the call for entries for the sixth international Meffys Mobile Entertainment Awards, which span the entire mobile entertainment industry, from games to technology innovation. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, intel, compete, mobile-entertainment-forum, widgets, testing, mef
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, mobile-messaging, sms, roaming, arpu, twitter, ict, edge, acision, outsourcing, mobile-broadband, personal, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, 3, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop, africa, global-mobile, globe
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
Related Tags: mms, sms, roaming, ict, play, 4g, bandwidth
AT&T Appoints Senior Wireless Executive to Lead New Emerging Devices Organization
AT&T has announced that Glenn Lurie, formerly the president of National Distribution for AT&T Mobility, has been appointed to lead AT&T's initiative to introduce wireless capabilities into a wide variety of emerging wireless devices beyond the traditional handset. more
Related Tags: iphone, radioshack, apple, apple, gps, personal, retail-stores, wireless-broadband, presence, navigation,
The Six Degree of Seperation has Shrunk to Just Three
Six degrees of separation has fallen to three due to the impact of social networking and developments in technology, according to a study carried out by UK based mobile operator, O2. more
Related Tags: microsoft, rsa, o2, personal, facebook, tokyo, music, texting, globe, UK
Mobile Web 2.0 Revenues to Reach $22.4bn by 2013
The global market for Mobile Web 2.0 will be worth US$22.4 billion in 2013, up from US$5.5 billion currently, according to a new report by Juniper Research. Embracing social networking & User Generated Content (UGC), mobile search and mobile IM (Instant Messaging), Mobile Web 2.0 provides a framework for delivery of collaborative applications, further enhanced and contextualised via LBS (Location Based Services). more
Related Tags: juniper-research, privacy, lbs, mobile-advertising, mobile-search, mobile-im, mobile-web
US$150 Million Venture Fund to Develop Mobile Applications
Research In Motion (RIM) and Thomson Reuters have announced plans to launch a US$150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the BlackBerry platform and other mobile platforms. The Fund is to be co-managed by JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners. more
Related Tags: thomson, blackberry, mobile-commerce, blackberry-partners-fund
Femtocell access point market: great potential, tough hurdles
Many factors are converging to create a market ripe for femtocell technology, says a new report from analyst firm Infonetics Research. Chief among these factors:
- Mounting numbers of mobile subscribers, forecast by Infonetics to hit 4.4 billion worldwide in 2011
- A booming broadband market, driven by demand for faster Internet connection speeds and applications like social networking, online gaming, and multimedia
- Mobile operators seeking to boost revenue by enticing customers to pay for new data services to offset escalating mobile backhaul costs and voice revenue losses
Related Tags: samsung, rcom, hsupa, femtocell, backhaul, sprint, wimax,, femtocells, hsdpa, wifi
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