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In its latest report, Juniper Research is looking at roaming, forecasting that operator revenues from mobile roaming will surpass $80 billion by 2017, compared to over $46 billion this year. According to the research company, the growth will largely be driven by increasing data usage and a reduction in roaming charges. Roaming regulations and legislation…
All major app stores operate in multiple countries, supporting different languages. However, it’s up to a developer to decide which languages are supported by their applications. In its latest report, Distimo looks at the localization of applications by languages, offering insights about the most popular languages in August 2012, the distribution of languages per country,…
Mojiva’s Mobile Advertising Portal (MAP) prepared a snapshot report based on its internal data from January through June 2012. It highlights North American data with a heavy focus on the US, in addition to select global trends. The major findings are: Rich media campaign impressions increased 30% on the Mojiva ad network from February –…
Well, more bad news for Research In Motion. The BlackBerry maker is losing ground to Microsoft’s Windows Phone mobile operating system, according to Kantar Worldpanel report. The report is based on latest smartphone sales data, which showed a mixed performance for the upstart OS. Windows Phone numbers dipped in the United States, but gained market…
The increasing number of apps and games comes with a risk. Loss, theft, spam, Trojans, spyware, data breach and aggressive advertising are some of the few threats facing vulnerable devices. According to ABI Research, between Q1 2011 and Q2 2012, unique malware variants grew by 2180% reaching 17,439. All this presents a fertile ground for…
TechThoughts prepared an excellent analysis predicting the number of iPhone 5 units Apple will sell in the next year. Here are the highlights… Based on the Q4 sales estimate of 22 million units and the QoQ shipment growth trends, Apple could sell 60-70 million units in the Americas over the next four quarters. In Europe,…
Gadget insurance company ProtectYourBubble.com released the results of a poll fielded in New York City of over 150 Apple fans in line for the new iPhone 5. The research reveals 51.7% of Apple fans value their iPhone over their wallet. That’s crazy, but that’s not all: Of the Apple fans waiting in NYC lines, 74%…
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Western Europe will spend more than $10 billion on tablet devices and associated service plans by 2016. Spending from 2011 to 2016 will grow at 30% CAGR with tablet shipments surpassing those of other portable PCs during 2016. Running at 12% at the beginning of the year, the tablet…
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that ad spend on mobile web search will reach $12 billion per annum in five years’ time, which is three times the ad spend in 2012. According to the research company, tablets will drive this growth, with the number of these devices in-use reaching 672 million by 2017.…
Usurv ran a quick poll to find out how users feel about the new iPhone 5. Results from surveying 1,000 UK adults suggest that 44% of existing iPhone users want the Apple iPhone 5, while 20% of all smartphone users want to upgrade to the new iPhone without needing any further information about it. However,…