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Articles tagged with: Verizon and Wi Fi
Verizon gives free Wi-Fi to Internet customers
Verizon is giving some of its home broadband customers free access to thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and other public places, taking a page from competitors that already offer wireless Internet access. more
Nearly 31 Million Business IP Phones Will Ship in 2012
The IP phone market is actually a tale of two drastically different markets-business and consumer-with the former thriving and the latter diverging in a drastically different direction, reports In-Stat. By 2012, 31 million voice-centric business IP phones will ship. However, the consumer side of the market is radically different. Among voice-centric IP phones, businesses will outpace consumers more than 10 to 1. more
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Nearly Half of US Multimedia Phone Owners Don't Use Advanced Functions
According to a new report by The NPD Group, 45 percent of U.S. mobile phone users prefer to use their mobile phones to make calls, and not for other available multimedia features. Only 20 percent of mobile phone users prefer to use their phones as an all-in-one multimedia device for music, videos, Web surfing and other activities beyond making phone calls. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, gps, memory, USA
Smartphones, iPhone, and Messaging Driving ARPU Gains for AT&T
Mobile messaging revenues are driven by smartphone penetration, occupation segmentation and pricing. AT&T has the best combination of these variables resulting in the highest mobile messaging revenues from the mobile business customer. A new study from ABI Research analyzes customer demographics and mobile services usage to create profiles of mobile business customer ARPUs for verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, iphone, mobile-messaging, smartphone, arpu, abi-research, USA
UPDATE: Google Unveils Android Smartphone for T-Mobile
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Google, Tuesday unveiled its first Android-powered smartphone for T-Mobile USA as the Internet giant hopes to shake up the wireless industry. more
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Virgin Mobile May Struggle in Shifting Demographic Aim
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Virgin Mobile USA may find itself with growing pains as it attempts to mature alongside its youthful customer base. more
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Cisco Unveils Open Wireless Product to Boost Mobile Presence
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Cisco Systems has high hopes its new mobile services platform, which the company is opening up to outside developers, will boost company's presence in the wireless arena. more
Related Tags: google, cisco, verizon-wireless, gartner, dell, apple, cisco-systems, landline, san-jose, ben
UPDATE: Sprint 1Q Loss Widens on Subscriber Losses
(Updates information on Clearwire and IPCS lawsuit in the 18th paragraph and analyst comments in the 10th and 14th paragraphs.) more
Related Tags: thomson, semiconductor, clearwire, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, apple, blackberry, ipcs, 3, sprint, nextel, dan-hesse, USA
Sprint Nextel 1Q Loss Widens to $505 Million from $211 Million
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel reported a wider first-quarter loss as its most valuable subscribers - those who sign long-term contracts - continue to defect, but Chief Executive Dan Hesse indicated things were slowly turning around. more
Related Tags: thomson, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, blackberry, sprint, nextel, dan-hesse, USA