According to Juniper Research, the increasing availability of mobile TV enabled handsets will adversely impact the prospects for dedicated mobile broadcast TV networks. However, while more than 330 million users worldwide will own broadcast TV-enabled handsets by 2013, less than 14% will opt for mobile pay TV services, generating global annual revenues of $2.7 billion…
AdMob September 2008 Metrics report is out; Moto RAZR still the leading device for the mobile web access
AdMob September 2008 Metrics report is out now. The number of mobile sites and applications in AdMob’s network increased to more than 6,000, with 4,308 publishers requesting ads in September 2008. Here are the highlights from the report: Worldwide, top four used handsets are Motorola RAZR, Nokia N70, Motorola KRZR and the Apple iPhone. There…
Home wireless networks – very popular, says Linksys
Linksys (the recognised leading global manufacturer of voice, wireless, and networking hardware for home and Small Office/Home Office) have run a survey using YouGov – the results of which show that 59% of UK population who have broadband internet at home have a wireless network – and more than 25% Of UK residents with a…
Juniper Research: More than 100 million mobile users to make international money transfers by 2013
A new report by Juniper Research titled “Mobile Payment Markets: Mobile Money Transfers and Remittances 2008-2013” forecasts that in excess of 100 million users globally will use their mobile phones to make international money transfers by 2013. These cross-border mobile money transfers are currently in their infancy, but are expected to gain traction over the…
Informa: Prepaid mobile to capture 80% of global subscriber growth
According to Informa Telecoms & Media, during 2007 and into 2008, the market for prepaid mobile services has continued to grow more than twice as fast as the contract market. At the end last year, there were 2.33 billion prepaid subscriptions in the world, of which nearly 2% were accounted for by prepaid WCDMA accesses.…
Next-generation LED lightbulbs could replace WiFi – Optical wireless networks on the way
Convergence this, convergence that. In the mobile world it’s all about converging multiple devices/features into a single, mobile device. The latest converged technology concept comes to us from Boston University’s College of Engineering. Using a National Science Foundation grant, researchers are looking to converge wireless data communications into a lowly light-bulb. The engineers hope to…
What do people want in future mobile phones? Simplicity!
In the face of the multiple (and increasingly complex) Smartphone launches of late, comes the output from a conference on the future of the mobile phone – and the key requirement: simplicity! The event was organised by mashup*, a membership-based organisation of executives, entrepreneurs and investors affected by and working within the commercial application of…
Video gaming good for kids – really!
Well this is definitely a good story if you are having a hard time convinving your parent/relative/babysitter/other person-in-charge that you should spend more time in front of the TV with a controller in your hands: Pew Internet & American Life Project has found nearly all American teens–97 percent–ages 12-17 play computer, Web, console, or mobile…
Wireless Intelligence: Western European mobile operators’ revenues reached 155 billion EUR last year
The latest research from Wireless Intelligence shows that total revenues generated by mobile operators in Western Europe reached 155 billion EUR in 2007, 3.32% growth from 2006. In EU15 countries, mobile phone revenues represent 1.5% of GDP, and have been growing faster than GDP in most countries. According to Wireless Intelligence’s Senior Analyst, Joss Gillet,…
Informa: 58% of mobile traffic generated from home by 2013
According to Informa Telecoms & Media’s new report, “Mobile Broadband Access at Home: The Business Case for Femtocells, UMA and IMS/VCC Dual Mode Solutions,” mobile traffic generated in the home environment was estimated at 40% in 2007. By 2013 it is expected to reach an overwhelming 58%, thanks to the increase in Femtocells deployment, which…