Mobile music subscriptions are projected to more than triple by 2015, according to a new report from Juniper Research Ltd. At least 178 million mobile customers are expected to pay a monthly subscription for access to music catalogs worldwide, more than triple the number of users paying for such services today. Mobile music is projected [...]

Almost half of all prepaid wireless customers in the United States are on recurring monthly service plans, according to a new survey from J.D. Power and Associates. The survey found that the pay-as-you-go option among prepaid providers continues to fall in popularity among customers.The firm notes that plans in the non-contract segment have changed dramatically [...]

China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said it added nearly 20 million customers last year, pushing China’s second largest operator’s customer base to more than 167 million subscribers.The carrier said the growth was dominated by its W-CDMA-based 3G offering that attracted 11.3 million customers and ended the year with a total of 14.06 million subscribers. Those 3G [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. – The world’s wireless attention shifted back to the United States and the CTIA Wireless 2011 event following its yearly start in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show in January and Mobile World Congress event held in February in Barcelona, Spain. While it seemed that all of the news that could be [...]

iBasis, a KPN company,announced that Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. has interconnected to the iBasis global network for the exchange of international mobile phone calls. The move enables Vodafone Qatar to cost-effectively keep pace with rapid growth and provide customers with quality service, while enhancing iBasis’ ability to terminate calls to the Middle East region. Dell Inc., [...]

Vodafone Group plc (VOD) has pledged $5 billion to acquire the remaining interest in Indian wireless operator Vodafone Essar Ltd. it did not previously control.The move was initiated by the Essar Group excising its put option on the 22% of the operations it controlled, which then triggered Vodafone to excise its call option on the [...]

Shopping for a mobile phone can be a complicated and unpleasant process. Today’s wireless consumers are looking for a more interactive, informative and convenient phone shopping experience. As the industry evolves to meet the demand for interactive retail, wireless dealers need the technology and the tools to deliver the ultimate customer experience.

Apperian Inc., a mobile application management company for enterprise apps, has closed a $9.5 million round of financing from venture capitalists. The Boston-based company’s cloud platform enables business to create, deploy and manage applications on Apple Inc.’s iOS and it plans to expand to Google Inc.’s Android operating system soon.Tablet and smartphone adoption in business [...]

IT spending will reach nearly $3.6 trillion this year, marking at 5.6% increase from $3.4 trillion in 2010, Gartner Inc. projects in its latest study. IT spending growth in telecom will be down however. Telecom is projected to slide from a 5.5% growth rate in 2010 to 4.9% growth in 2011. Still, with $2.1 trillion [...]

Google Inc. has finally launched an in-app billing mechanism for developers to use in apps they sell on Android Market. The new feature lets developers publisher apps with in-app billing and give users the ability to make purchases within those apps.“In-app billing gives you more ways to monetize your apps with try-and-buy, virtual goods, upgrades, [...]