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#TBT: MMS on the rise; Downloads are up; T-Mo eyes future 3G launch … this week in 2005

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Multimedia messages sent...

#TBT: AT&T sells Dobson stake; MMS interoperability issues; Verizon launches EV-DO … this week in 2003

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! AT&T Wireless sells...

#TBT: The ‘dark ages’ of mobile social media; iPhone drives a data explosion; Did you ever ChaCha?… this week in 2010

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Mobile social media...

CTIA: Mobile data use up 82% year-over-year

Wireless data use continues to climb, with the latest analysis from industry group CTIA showing an 82% increase in mobile data use between 2017 and 2018. According to CTIA's newly released annual survey of the U.S. wireless industry, "wireless use was up across nearly every...

Reality Check: Viva text messaging

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level ex-ecutives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Surely the award for the technology with the longest half-life must go to the text message? Predictions of its death...

2014 Predictions: Driving carrier ARPU through messaging, mobile payments and mobile advertising

A recent report from the GSMA predicts an increasingly tough few years ahead for mobile carriers, with global revenues dropping 16% by 2017. With subscriber penetration

LatAm Wrap-Up: Mobile services totaled $25.29B; Entel to expand FTTH; NSA spying in Brazil

Latin American telecom operators have seen a slowdown in the growth of messaging services, but they haven't been cannibalized yet by over-the-top players, as has happened in Europe. A recent Acision Monitor of Mobile Value Added Services report showed that total mobile service revenue...

Reader Forum: RCS – Gaining traction, but misunderstood

Though mobile users have embraced traditional messaging services, today’s converging communication environment offers a wide range of alternatives. In many ways, subscriber loyalty is shifting from the mobile network operator

Mexico leads Latin American SMS market, totaling $601M in Q311 sales

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...

Reader Forum: New trends in messaging

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

San Diego’s Petco Park gets DAS network

CommScope Inc. supplied a Distributed Antenna System in San Diego's Petco Park, bringing better wireless service to the venue. CommScope said a Tier-One wireless operator requested the DAS network. “Sporting events bring together tens of thousands of people, many of whom want to check scores...

San Diego's Petco Park gets DAS network

CommScope Inc. supplied a Distributed Antenna System in San Diego's Petco Park, bringing better wireless service to the venue. CommScope said a Tier-One wireless operator requested the DAS network. “Sporting events bring together tens of thousands of people, many of whom want to check scores...

@ CTIA: Penetration hits 96%

ORLANDO, Fla.—CTIA’s semi-annual survey of wireless operators confirmed what the industry already knows: Americans are in love with their wireless devices, and using them more and more for data connections.Some quick stats from the survey:  Wireless penetration is at 96%, up nearly 5% from...

AT&T launches shopping alerts in four markets

AT&T Mobility recently announced the launch of ShopAlerts, a voluntary opt-in service that provides mobile promotions, rewards and discounts to AT&T wireless subscribers on their phones when they are in close proximity to a participating store or brand. Subscribers who choose to participate will...

Mavenir Systems’ converged messaging solution for LTE services chosen by MetroPCS

Mavenir Systems | February 15, 2011 | Press Release Richardson, Texas – February 15, 2011 — Mavenir Systems, one of the world’s leading providers of innovative mobile convergence solutions, today announced that it will provide LTE-based MMS and SMS services for MetroPCS Communications, Inc. MetroPCS will...

Analyst Angle: Mobile advertising lessons

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.It is a new year … the time when we are told this is “The...

China Unicom Gears Up in 3G International Roaming Service

Trading Markets | January 4, 2011 | Press Release BEIJING, Jan 04, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NYSE: CHU, SEHK: 0762, and SHSE: 600050) has provided 3G international roaming and short message service in 98 countries and territories...

Mexico's Leading Wireless Provider Telcel Chooses Aicent's MMS Hubbing Service for Global MMS Launch

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/20/10 -- Aicent Inc. (www.aicent.com) announced today that Telcel, Mexico's leading wireless services provider, has selected the Aicent MMS Gateway Service to provision their global multimedia message service (MMS) capabilities. Now Telcel is able to send and receive...

Reader Forum: 2011 mobile industry predictions

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

MobileOne's MMS Powered by Acision's MMSC

Thursday December 10, 2009 - 00:01 AM EST PRNewsWire News Releases Released By Acision UK Ltd SINGAPORE, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Acision MMSC Prepares MobileOne for Increased Multimedia Traffic and Marketing Campaigns Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announced that MobileOne (M1), a leading mobile communications provider...

Mobile Giving Foundation strives for a perpetual season of philanthropy

While millions of people scour the Internet for Cyber Monday deals today, the Mobile Giving Foundation is working on ways to ramp up charitable donations via mobile.With the economy still in tatters, charities are taking a pretty big hit on giving in general, Jim...

Apple releases iOS 4.2 to iPad users' delight

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has rolled out an iOS 4.2 update that finally brings the latest features in iOS to iPad users. For starters, iPad users can finally enjoy background processing, multitasking and folders.But there are two key new features — AirPrint and AirPlay —...

Reader Forum: Five reasons why the stage is set for explosive MMS growth

It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their own shorthand tech-speak. Enter: Multimedia Message Service (MMS), enabling wireless consumers to incorporate images...

Carlyle Group to pay $2.6B for Syniverse

Fresh off its announced purchase of CommScope Inc., the Carlyle Group announced plans to buy Syniverse Technologies in a $2.6 billion deal, and take that company private as well.The offer of $31 per share is a 35% premium over Syniverse’s stock share average for...