Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Mobile Broadband

Social Networking Dominates UK Mobile Broadband Traffic

Social media and social gaming dominate mobile broadband usage according to new traffic statistics released by Hutchison 3G UK. Facebook is the most popular service used by customers accessing the web via mobile broadband on their computer or tablet, according to the amount of data customers use when browsing to those websites. more

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2009 Will Be Year of the Mini-Notebook in Asia Pacific

Shipments of mini-notebooks in Asia Pacific will reach four million units in 2009, growing by a robust 82 per cent over 2008, according to Gartner. Growth will stabilise at 20 per cent or more in 2010 and 2011, when mini-notebooks will account for more than 14 per cent of all mobile PCs shipped. more

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Cell Phones Are Helping Kids Learn in the Classroom

Educators, policymakers and wireless industry leaders joined together last week at the Mobile Learning Conference 2009 (MLC09) in Washington, D.C. to discuss the promising future of educational technology in America and the key role the application of cellular technology and devices can play in helping kids learn in the classroom. more

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

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

T-Mobile Ranks Top in Mobile Broadband Survey

T-Mobile's UK 3G/HSPA network has been judged the best in the UK in independent tests carried out by test house, P3 Solutions over the last quarter. The tests benchmark T-Mobile against its competitors by measuring customer experiences that matter most to users during peak usage hours across 16 cities throughout the UK. When measured against its competitors, T-Mobile was found on aggregate to be fastest for internet upload and download speeds as well as for web browsing and for sending and receiving emails. more

StarHub Tripple 3G Data Upload Speeds

Singapore's StarHub has upgraded its HSPA network nationwide to 5.76Mbps on the uplink, tripling its current mobile broadband upload capacity of 1.9Mbps. When completed in end December 2008, the upgrade will make StarHub the first operator in Asia to have a nationwide High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) network at 5.76Mbps. more

Vodafone to Sell Dell Mini-Laptop Computers

Vodafone has announced that it will start selling Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 mini-laptop computer will be sold with built-in mobile broadband, exclusively through Vodafone stores and online, and directly from Dell, in key European markets. more

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