The US wireless landscape is something of a trip back in time. Our adoption of mobile services and network technologies is so slow it hurts. But, according to a recently published study, it seems that mobile phone reliance in the States is increasing. Harris Interactive conducted four online surveys from October 2007 to January 2008…
Juniper Research: “Last Mile” WiMAX subscribers to reach 47 million within 5 years
WiMAX will begin to take off over the 2009 to 2011 period, exceeding 47 million subscribers globally by 2013, according to a new analysis of the global opportunity for WiMAX 802.16e to deliver “local loop” broadband connectivity. A region by region analysis by Juniper Research found that there is a significant opportunity now for WiMAX…
3G USB dongles to kill off WiFi?
They are the success story of 2008 so far, and Mobile broadband dongles are now being predicted to potentially oust WiFi Hotspots as the preferred method of accessing the internet in the next few years! The market for USB dongles is on fire at the moment, with sales apparently set to incrase up to 4x…
BMI: Ringback Tones’ Bullish growth in 2008!
BMI has released projections for 2008, and is expecting ringback tones will generate over $210 million in the U.S. retail sector – this would be an increase of 50% on the numbers they did in 2007! It’s not only Ringbacks that are predicted to be strong though – streaming video is expected to do well…
End-users frustrated at Mobile Media Quality and Loading Time
A survey of US consumers conducted by Bamboo MediaCasting, Inc. has shown the Mobile industry needs to resolve problems with quality of media – common issues being image quality, bandwidth limitations and the overall user experience. You might wonder why Bamboo were interested in doing this research – well their bread and butter is “scheduled,…
Orange UK Reveals Research on Mobile Media Consumption & Advertising
Orange UK has commissioned a research project to find out how mobile is changing the media landscape – the results of which have been given to MobiAD News. You can visit the site here for the full story, but the highlights are: people who access media regularly tend to do so for just over 3…
ABI Research: Mobile messaging revenues to reach $212 billion by 2013
With SMS taking off in the Americas, mobile e-mail continuing strong growth in developed regions, subscriber growth driving messaging adoption in Asia-Pacific, and social networks lifting the messaging boat across nearly all regions — revenues from mobile messaging are set to hit $212 billion by 2013. According to the new study from ABI Research called…
More on Dish Network’s mobile TV service
With the FCC’s 700Mhz spectrum auction done and over with, we’re all left waiting to see what the winning companies will do with their new spectrum holdings. It’s not hard to imagine what AT&T and Verizon Wireless will be doing with their frequency acquisition – as soon as the spectrum is vacated by TV broadcasts…
ABI Research: Mobile operators losing control over mobile content
According to ABI Research’s recent survey titled “Mobile Content Survey Results“, today’s mobile phone owners use a mix of mobile content obtained from the Web, from their personal collections, and from their mobile operators. As an example, today’s mobile consumer is more likely to watch a video from YouTube on his or her phone than…
ABI Research: More than 90 million 4G subscribers worldwide in 2013
The total number of 4G subscribers worldwide, including both LTE and WiMAX, is expected to exceed 90 million in 2013, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Worldwide WCDMA subscriber numbers hit 180 million in Q4 2007 and the research company expects migration to HSPA+ to begin in early 2010, while the LTE migration…