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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Global Mobile
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
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Mobile entertainment industry confident in face of economic downturn
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has launched its first quarterly Business Confidence Index (BCI) for the US$32 billion global mobile entertainment industry. It reveals that the industry is confident it will continue to grow despite the economic downturn, with MEF members predicting an average revenue growth of 27% in 2009. more
Related Tags: ict, mobile-entertainment-forum, hotspots, mef, kpmg
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, driving, acision, outsourcing, mobile-broadband, personal, dongles, mobile-advertising, text-messages, 3, backhaul, smart, billing, opex, laptop, africa, globe
MySpace Signs Russian Mobile Deal
Russia's MTS has inked a deal with MySpace to provide direct access to the mobile internet version of MySpace from MTS's own mobile homepage. In addition, the companies are planning to launch an MTS-branded community on MySpace Russia website to drive usage and support the partnership. more
Related Tags: gsm-association, mts, vas, mobile-content, Russia
Mobile Content Expected to Dominate 3GSM
The mobile communications industry's frenzied efforts to reinvent itself as a mobile entertainment business will continue apace at this month's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. This is despite the fact that the vast majority of revenue growth - both for the operator and vendor communities - is coming out of developing markets where mobile is fulfilling a basic need for voice and text-based communications. more
Related Tags: hsupa, mobile-advertising, personal-navigation-device, personal-navigation-device, dvb-h, mediaflo, navigation, barcelona
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