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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Mms
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: sms, mobile-messaging, juniper-research, mobile-email, p2p-, smartphone, intel, , eu, voip, ovi, vas, billing
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, mobile-messaging, sms, arpu, mobile-broadband, location-based-services, mobile-internet, play, wap
Ericsson Launches Pixl8r and Social Media Portal
Ericsson has announced the launch of an social networking portfolio for mobile network operators, the Pixl8r initiative and the Social Media Portal. The technologies together offer simplified sharing of user-generated content between friends across diverse networks. more
Related Tags: sim, sms, xl, ericsson, personal
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
Related Tags: sms, roaming, ict, driving, play, 4g, bandwidth
Verizon Wireless Upgrades to Motorola MMS Center
Motorola has announced that its newest Multi-Media Messaging Service Center (MMSC) is now in commercial service on the Verizon Wireless network more
Related Tags: sms, wimax, motorola, lte, core-network, verizon-wireless, verizon, iden, wireless-broadband, mmsc, ev-do, USA
Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent lead fast growing service delivery platform market
Following a 53% increase in 2007 and an expected 28% increase in 2008, the worldwide service delivery platform (SDP) software and integration services market is forecast by Infonetics Research to top $3.5 billion in 2011. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, oracle, sms, alcatel-lucent, infonetics-research, bss, oss
Telefonica Offers Mobile Facebook Service
Telefónica has inked a gloabal agreement with internet social networking site, Facebook to integrate access to FacebookÃ's mobile service and applications from all of TelefónicaÃ's mobile portals. This agreement will expand the current relationship between the companies in the UK into a worldwide agreement. more
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One in Five Babies "Online" Within 10 Minutes of Birth
Gone are the days of relying on newspaper announcements and word of mouth to spread the word about your new arrival - one in five parents send a picture of their newborn baby to friends and family within 10 minutes of the birth, with almost half (48%) of parents taking snaps of their bundle of joy within the hour. more
Related Tags: orange, ultrasound, UK
Teens Use Cell Phones to Stay in Touch with Family and Friends, Not to Look 'Cool'
OTX (Online Testing eXchange) has published the latest results from its Teen Topix study. 750 teens across the country were surveyed about their mobile phone preferences and behavior. A key finding of the study was insight into the way cell phones make teens 'feel' and the benefits they get from cell phone ownership. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, ipod, gps, text-message, mp3, ringtones, USA