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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Ovi
Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users
comScore has reported that financial services sites, such as those offering banking and stock trading services, are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, while teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. 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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Nokia Cuts 450 Jobs in Mobile Services Division
Nokia has announced plans to streamline its mobile services platforms and migrate its existing games services over to the Ovi mobile portal. As a result, the company expects to make around 450 staff redundant worldwide. more
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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
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UK Consumers Rate Voice and SMS Costs More Important than Mobile Data Services
British consumers view call and text prices as more important than 3G and social networking capabilities, research commissioned by UK based firm, OpenCloud has found. In a survey of 1,000 consumers, over 80 per cent of consumers see call and text prices as the most important factors when looking for a new phone, whereas two-thirds of respondents view social networking applications as luxury additions and non-essential. more
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Top 20 handsets Represent 43% of Mobile Advertising Inventory
Mobile advertising agency, Millennial Media has announced the launch of a monthly Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART). This monthly report will aim to detail relevant insights about the U.S. mobile advertising market by focusing on reach, targeting, impressions and handset information. more
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The Technology Generation Gap in the Workplace
A national survey of American white collar workers found that while technology is widely embraced among working professionals, significant gaps exist among generations regarding its use and application in the workplace. The survey - commissioned by LexisNexis examined the impact of technology in the workplace. It compared technology and software usage among generations of working professionals, including Boomers (ages 44-60), Generation X (ages 29-43) and Generation Y (ages 28 and younger). more
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Gartner Says: Carriers Will Struggle Without Major Innovation and Change
Shifts in customer demand, a changing competitive landscape, a weak economy and new government policies will shape carrier strategies during 2009 and 2010, according to Gartner. Carriers will struggle to maintain and grow their market position in this shifting landscape, and success will demand investment strategies that are aligned with the pace of recovery in each country and region. more
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There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market
The global economic downturn has taken its toll on industries across the globe, and the mobile and wireless communications industry is no exception. In the European market, which is highly saturated and competitive, mobile network operators (MNOs) are in a survival of the fittest battle to maintain and expand their market share. On the fringes of this battle are new entrants, challenging established MNOs to stay in the game. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, sim, eu, 3-uk, vodafone, mvno, o2, tim, wind, lte, outsourcing, iden, telefonica, yoigo, 3, movistar, play, UK
Social Networking Usurping Mobile Messaging as Communications Tool
Openwave Systems has published a report highlighting key mobile internet usage trends in North America, based on findings derived from its Mobile Analytics product. Strong themes that Mobile Analytics uncovered included upticks in social networking site usage suggestive of a new preferred method of communication with the potential to unseat traditional forms of messaging such as email for a particular segment of subscribers; an analysis of mobile advertising click-through rates (CTR) that showed clear advantages of targeted promotions; and the growing trend in accessing mobile classifieds via the mobile device. more
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