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Samsung has become the new ruler of smartphones, snatching the reigns away from the world’s previous number one Apple, according to two separate reports. Today Research firm IDC estimated that Samsung shipped a record 42.2 million smartphone units during the first quarter of 2012, a 267 percent increase from 11.5 million during the same quarter last…
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Provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators Sandvine released its Internet traffic trends report, entitled “Global Internet Phenomena Report H1 2012,” based on data from a selection of more than 200 of its customers all around the world. Here’s what they’ve found: YouTube is the largest source of mobile video traffic…
TripAdvisor released results of its annual air travel survey of more than 1,000 U.S. respondents. From there we learn that Americans are flocking to the skies this year as 91% of respondents said they plan to fly domestically in 2012, compared to 84% that did last year. International flights are also on the rise, with…
According to a new report from billmonitor.com, most smartphone users in the UK are on a data tariff far too large for their needs. I would argue this is more of a global “problem,” as users fear of “bill shock” that occurs when people go over their data limits. The findings, based on an anonymised…
In its latest report titled “Mobile Data Offload & Onload: WiFi & Small Cell Strategies,” Juniper talks about the growing mobile data use. According to the research company, operators are to face significant additional pressure over the next five years. Not only will smartphone and tablet users drive the growth in mobile data use, but…
Are you the sexting type whose gotten yourself in trouble for sending a sext to the wrong person? Well, don’t feel bad, as 1 in 10 mobile phone users send sexts to the wrong person, this according to the latest poll conducted by U.K.-based mobile news site Recombu. The site polled 2,000 adults, the study revealed…
According to new report from Juniper Research, the number of consumers using mobile handsets to make person to person (P2P) domestic money transfers will reach 340 million by 2016, up from 84 million in 2011. The study titled “Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances” suggests that Safaricom’s MPESA service in Kenya inspired both network operators and…
Although there’s no single LTE connection in Brazil at the moment, Pyramid predicts there will be more than 18 million 4G users in the country by the end of 2015. Moreover, this prediction comes despite operators’ skepticism on the Brazil’s preparedness for the technology, which [skepticism] comes from the fact that 3G has yet to…
In its newest report, Juniper Research forecasts that shipments of mobile computing devices like tablets, ultrabooks and other notebooks will more than double over the next five years. Driving this growth will be tablets and ultrabooks, two categories that will make up for 73% of the total market by that time. At the heart of…
In its new report, Juniper Research is examining the mobile ticketing business, forecasting that the number of tickets delivered to mobile phones worldwide will more than quadruple to 23 billion by 2016, compared with 4 billion tickets estimated to have been delivered last year. The research company says that mobile ticketing solves key problems for…