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Articles tagged with: Storm
Grey-Market Sales and Destocking Driving Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 308.9 million units in the third quarter of 2009, a 0.1 per cent increase from the third quarter of 2008, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales surpassed 41 million units, a 12.8 per cent increase from the same period last year, and Apple overtook RIM in Western Europe for the first time since the launch of the iPhone. more
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Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original
The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use. more
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Touchscreen Mobile Phone Adoption Grows at Blistering Pace in USA
There are now nearly 24 million touchscreen based phones in use in the USA, reports comScore. This represents a 159 percent growth rate over the past year. The growth in touchscreen device adoption substantially outpaced the already strong 63-percent growth in U.S. adoption of smartphones. more
Mobile VoIP Clouds the Economics for Mobile Operators
..r voice revenue. The cost to a mobile subscriber for a minute of voice is at the center of the storm with Mobile VoIP promising to fundamentally change mobile voice economics. The consumer cost of a minute of voice from a wireless operator can b more
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Sales of NAND Flash Memory for Smart Cell Phones to Boom
Global sales of NAND-type flash memory for use in smart cell phones are expected to rise by nearly sixfold from 2008 to 2013, as shipments of the high-end cell phones boom in the coming years, according to iSuppli Corp. more
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Competitors Scramble for Hot Features as PMP/MP3 Player Market Loses Steam
.. the portable consumer electronic (CE) industry. Today, the market is stalled due to a perfect storm of weak consumer demand, a poor economic environment, a stalled replacement market, and competition from the iPhone and other audio/video-capab more
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US Operators Relying on Mobile Data Services and Innovative Pricing
The North American mobile market, with over 80 percent penetration, is saturated. Mobile operators are optimizing revenues from existing subscribers by introducing innovative premium data services that utilize next generation wireless networks and devices. They are also augmenting revenues by offering additional connectivity to existing subscribers, particularly wireless broadband Internet. The current economic climate has ratcheted up the attractiveness of the prepaid segment, and pricing such as Boost Mobile's unlimited service for $50 and others, have become useful tools to counter the slowdown. more
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Vimpelcom and Kyivstar Reported to be in Merger Talks
The long-running feud between Telenor and Russia's Alfa Group may be nearing a conclusion after it was reported that the two companies are again considering merging VimpelCom and Ukraine's Kyivstar. Two executives close to the companies told Vedomosti that the deal envisions Alfa's telecoms arm, Altimo and Telenor each receiving a 40 percent stake of the merged company, with the additional shares going to various VimpelCom minority shareholders more
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Hike in telecom capex expected in 2H09, though overall capex still down in 2009
..he worldwide service provider revenue is expected to weather the economic storm and grow from $1.7 trillion in 2008 to $2 trillion in 2013. Fueled by currency appreciation on top of double-digit growth rates in native currencies, Asia Pacific se more
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Farimex Launches Attack Against Telenor in Ukraine
According to a statement from Telenor, Farimex, reputed to be attacking Telenor's investments in the Russian mobile operator VimpelCom, is also behind an investigation launched by the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) against Telenor and Kyivstar. Telenor says that it was officially notified of the commenced investigation earlier this month. more
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