Remember that new 4G tech that Verizon was considering for their next-gen wireless broadband network? Yea, well, the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) protocol isn’t just being considered in Finland, the ultra-fast high-speed wireless 4G protocol has already wrapped up a successful trial in Nokia’s homeland. The LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution) Trial Initiative (LSTI) kicked…
Juniper Research: Mobile games market will reach $10bn by 2009
According to Juniper Research’s latest study “Mobile Games: Subscription & Download (4th edition)”, more than 460m mobile users are expected to download games by 2009, pushing revenues to nearly $10bn by 2009. Mobile game developers should thank to a steadily increasing variety of gaming-friendly handsets offering high quality 3D graphics, but also to emerging markets…
Nokia shows off some seriously cool haptic-feedback touchscreen tech – Haptikos takes haptic feedback to a whole new level
Touchscreens. We’ve been touting them as the future of mobile tech, and Nokia is backing it full-on. The Finns have basically perfected the pressure-sensitive side of touchscreen technology in their “Haptikos” (which means “to touch”) touchscreen. Nokia’s haptic feedback touchscreen doesn’t just give you pseudo-feedback vibrations and clicks (Samsung F700, we’re looking at you), the…
Juniper Research: People WILL adopt mobile payments, it just takes time
New forecasts from Juniper Research reveal people will adopt mobile payment systems, it just takes time. According to the research company, around 52 million consumers will utilize such technologies as NFC (Near Field Communication) and other physical mobile payment methods to pay for everyday goods and services by 2011, driving the mobile payments market to…
No surprise here: Japan and South Korea lead mobile TV adoption
Mobile TV may be set for boom, but so far we haven’t seen it adopted by that many customers. As expected, it’s Asia-Pacific region which leads the pack adopting new technologies the minute they’ve released. According to a new report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, there were about 38 million mobile TV viewers in…
Berg Insight: Ad-revenue model to change the mobile industry
We’ve heard numerous times telecoms will either have to change or die at some point. Now, we have Berg Insight predicting that ad-based revenue model is going to have a profound long-term impact on the development of the mobile industry. Traditionally, carriers made (and are still making) their money by managing network traffic — i.e.…
North American carriers lead when it comes to data ARPU
Calling and texting may be cheapest in the U.S., but when it comes to data – North American carriers make more money per user than their European counterparts. According to the September 2007 edition of Informa Telecoms & Media‘s World Cellular Data Metrics (WCDM), subscribers in North America generate monthly data ARPU (average revenue per…
Informa: Mobile broadband set to explode
Latest strategic report from Informa Telecoms & Media called “Future Mobile Broadband: Revenue Opportunities for HSPA to LTE, EV-DO to UMB & WiMAX” suggests that mobile broadband is set to explode. According to Informa’s researchers, mobile broadband will represent close to half of total mobile service revenues in 2012. Or to put in other words,…
The Kelsey Group: Nearly half of U.S. mobile users look for better Internet access in their next mobile phone
According to the new mobile consumer study conducted by The Kelsey Group and ConStat, “Mobile Market View,” 44.7% of U.S. mobile phone users say a mobile phone with better Internet capability will be a key factor in their next mobile phone purchase decision. At the moment, only 26% of mobile phone subscribers in the U.S.…
Only 5% of Europeans interested in mobile TV
The single European standard is there (DVB-H), and now we’re waiting for the carriers and handset manufacturers to pitch us about the “wonderful world of mobile TV.” However, it’s worth noting that a recent poll suggests 95% of Europeans are uninterested in mobile TV! While we still believe the mobile TV is a killer app…