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Articles tagged with: Yankee Group
Forty-One Percent of Consumers Will Make Smart Phones Their Next Mobile Device
Yankee Group research reveals that trends within the smartphone ecosystem are profoundly impacting the power dynamics between original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and operators. Traditionally, operators have had the upper hand when working with device manufacturers to bring a new device to market, but the power dynamics are shifting. With more competitive entrants, tighter budgets and increased consumer expectations, OEMs and operators need to work together, on equal ground, to thrive. more
Related Tags: smartphone
T-Mobile Develops Tiny Embedded SIM Card
T-Mobile USA has announced a first-of-its-kind embedded SIM for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions. Nearly the size of a head of a pin, the durable embedded SIM withstands challenging environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and motion to deliver reliable wireless connectivity. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, sim, m2m, machine-to-machine, encryption, ict, t-mobile, sim-card, tim, ovi, iden, USA
Beware: $145 Billion Boom in Telecommunications Outsourcing is Not a Cure-All
The Yankee Group is warning that the current boom in outsourcing and managed services won't cure all problems that communications service providers (CSPs) currently face. Yankee Group urges CSPs to move beyond bottom-line cost reductions when choosing outsourcing partners. The ability to create service innovation and grow top-line revenue must become key selection criteria as CSPs struggle to monetize digital content and manage the explosion of connected devices. more
Related Tags: eu, itu, tim, outsourcing, ovi, iden, vas, 3
Yankee Group Predicts No Capex Growth Until 2011
Yankee Group is predicting that telecommunications carriers globally will show measured caution in capital expenditures (capex) in 2009, decreasing from $284 billion in 2008 to $272 billion this year. Capex, as a percentage of revenue, will decline from 15.2 percent in 2008 to 14.1 percent in 2009, again reflecting conservative but necessary cuts for carriers, but also signaling tough times ahead for vendors. more
Related Tags: eu, ict, itu, driving, tim, lte, capex
Smart Billing Helps Operators Maximize Revenues from Next-Gen Networks
As more advanced services become available on next-generation networks, innovative pricing and billing models are more effective than flat-rate plans to help operators maximize revenues and improve their subscribers' overall experience, according to a Comverse presentation for the upcoming CTIA Wireless 2009 conference. more
Related Tags: visual-voicemail, edge, tim, voicemail, ovi, iden, comverse, billing, ctia
CIOs Can Cut 50 to 80 Percent of Communications Costs
Yankee Group has demonstrated that CIOs and corporate IT departments of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can save more than 50 to 80 percent on costs related to corporate wireless, e-mail and messaging by moving to an Anywhere IT environment. more
Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, microsoft, iphone, apple, driving, wind, iden, blackberry, symbian, seven, windows
Anywhere IT to Drive $4 Trillion Worldwide Market by 2016
Yankee Group has today published two new Framework Reports that reveal that the information communications and technology (ICT) marketplace is on the verge of its most significant transformation yet and is poised to hit the $4 trillion mark worldwide by 2016. This transformation is about the shift of IT complexity into the network cloud, making it possible for the corporate experience to more closely reflect the consumer experience. more
Yankee Group Says the Mobile Internet Must Be Open
At Mobile Internet World 2008, Yankee Group released a new report that determines the success of the mobile internet depends on its ability to become a standardized open environment, like the fixed internet. The report explains how open mobile internet access will create a massive opportunity for the extension and creation of new and traditional internet applications, services, use cases and sources of information, and set off a wave of changes within the industry in the next 5 years. more
Related Tags: social-networking, rsa, personal, mobile-internet, wireless-broadband
Low-Income Market Initiatives will Drive Mobile Banking in North America
Yankee Group says that mobile banking (m-banking) must become available to a majority of mobile users including prepaid and low-income consumers if it is to succeed in North America. M-banking solution providers in North America can learn an important lesson on service adoption from international low-income initiatives as the global rise of the Anywhere Consumer takes hold. more
Related Tags: m-banking, rcom, mobile-banking, USA
Eight bid for Brazil's 3G licenses
Eight operators presented bids on Tuesday to Brazil's telecoms regulator Anatel for 3G licenses due to be auctioned on December 18, local press reported. more
Related Tags: amazon, 3g-license, compete, brasil-telecom, oi, nextel, 3g-licenses, Brazil