The doubling of mobile data use led to an increase of .5 percentage points in the GDP per-capita growth rate in 14 countries, according to a report from the GSMA and Deloitte. The report found that countries that had a higher level of data usage from 3G connection saw an increase in their GDP per-capita [...]

The percent of Uruguay’s population with access to information and communication technologies has grown. According to Uruguay‘s National Institute of Statistics (INE) the total inhabitants who owned PCs (laptops included) increased from 47.6% in 2009 to 60% in 2011, while people with Internet connections grew from 27.7% in 2009 to 43.8% in 2011. Follow RCR [...]

The main reason people buy media tablets is the form factor: tablet users prefer their size and shape to that of PCs. People are now using tablets for daily personal activities, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey found that the main activities that are moving from PCs to media tablets are: [...]

By 2020, the Latin American region is expected to account for U.S.$92 billion of the total potential U.S.$1.2 trillion worldwide revenue for mobile network operators with machine-to-machine applications. “Latin America is [estimated to be] the fourth largest, and we believe it could have a better position,” said Ana Tavares, head of connected living at the [...]

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. There is an intimate connection between people and their mobile device. It has been coined the “consumerization of IT” and it turns the topic of mobility into a very personal [...]

In Argentina, 24% of the population owns a smartphone, while in Mexico the penetration rate is 20% and in Brazil it is only 14%. Argentinians still lead when it comes to how often they use their smartphones to access the Internet with 67% of respondents saying they access the Internet on their smartphone at least [...]

Mexico has the largest short message service market in Latin America and is the second largest mobile market in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the third edition of the Acision Mobile Value Added Service Monitor. It reports value added services sales in Mexico increased by 38% in the third quarter of 2011, generating [...]

Increased mobility, cloud computing, and IT consumerization are the main enterprise trends that companies around the world are basing their strategies on. RCR Wireless News is watching these trends to learn how they are affecting companies and impacting chief information officers (CIOs). Vendors, consulting firms, and CIOs are stressing these topics. Many are aware of [...]

The world passenger car market is projected to reach 86.5 million units by the year 2017, while OEM-connected car system shipments are expected to grow from 8.22 million in 2012 to 39.5 million in 2016. This according to data released by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., and ABI Research, respectively. These growing markets represent a huge [...]

If up to this year companies only investigated enterprise mobile solutions, 2012 might prove to be a milestone year for companies to finally include them in their IT strategy, Paulo Camara, mobility services manager at Ci&T, said in an exclusive interview. “We are facing a much more demand from companies that aim to adopt mobile [...]