Mobile messaging revenues are expected to grow to $212 billion by 2013, according to new predictions from ABI Research.The growth will be driven by increasing popularity of short message service, strong mobile e-mail uptake in developed regions, messaging adoption in Asia-Pacific and social networking...
A new report from Juniper Research predicts WiMAX growth will begin to take off in the period between 2009 and 2011, growing to more than 47 million subscribers worldwide by 2013.The report predicts WiMAX will find a strong foothold as a substitute for DSL...
Recent events in the wireless industry underscore the disconnect between regulatory processes that lag far behind the technology and business decisions they are supposed to guide. This gap is apparent in the government's views on the D-Block auction, the so-called "spectrum screen" and even...
A perfect storm could be forming for high-tech giants and their campaign to secure vacant TV spectrum - known as white spaces - for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed wireless devices. It may be one of those things - owing to a confluence of factors...
The mobile analytics space continued to heat up last week as AdMob released a free tool allowing advertisers and publishers to track traffic and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.The San Mateo, Calif.-based startup said the offering delivers site-performance metrics such as the number...
What's more fun than following an FCC auction? Why following the aftermath of an FCC auction, that's what. Now, no one really expected the recently completed 700 MHz auction to conclude without some glitches, but the ongoing brouhaha over AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless...
Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell said he supports imposing an interim cap on high-cost universal service funds primarily benefitting wireless carriers that serve rural areas, paving the way for agency approval of a policy that the mobile industry and some lawmakers assert is...
SAN FRANCISCO - Nokia has taken the first steps to build its brand in the U.S. through an entertainment strategy by hiring Spike Lee to direct a feature film. The catch: The movie will be a collaborative effort involving hundreds of cellphone users sending...
Total annual spending for advertisements on mobile devices will exceed $1 billion this year and could increase to about $7.6 billion by 2013, according to a report from Juniper Research. The firm said mobile streamed and broadcast TV services will become the most lucrative...
LAS VEGAS - Cyren Call Communications Corp. Chairman Morgan O'Brien said that any company the Public Safety Spectrum Trust advisor spoke with prior to the unsuccessful attempt to auction off the D-Block license that thought Cyren Call was looking to resell access to the...
Touchscreen devices have been with us for years but, for obvious reasons, they've been getting a bit of attention lately.Call it "touch navigation," arguably a more accurate term. Add the notion of touch-based input/output for productivity-minded business users, another topic du jour. (Fingers for...
"TBA" - to be announced - is a classic, buzz-building tool for Apple Inc.'s iPhone rollout, as in last week's word that the device will launch in Canada at Rogers Communications Inc. Apple's expansion from AT&T Mobility to a truly global presence, however, appears...
TEXT MESSAGING HAS BECOME A CASH COW for mobile operators desperate to generate revenues in mobile data. But instant messaging may be poised to change that.Mobile instant messaging, or MIM, is used by only 8% of mobile consumers worldwide, according to a recent study...
PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM TRUST CORP. Chairman Harlin McEwen has distanced himself from a key element in a Federal Communications Commission inspector general report on the unsettled 700 MHz D Block.The report, which cleared Cyren Call Communications Corp. of any wrongdoing prior to the...
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. HAS WATCHED its self-imposed deadline for a commercial WiMAX network launch slip by as backhaul and billing systems appear to be causing greater headaches than originally expected.The carrier planned to commercially launch its Xohm network in Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.,...
LAS VEGAS - Despite troubles brewing back in Washington, D.C., regarding Cyren Call Communication Corp.'s handling of its partnership with the Public Safety Spectrum Trust in regards to the failed auction of the D-Block license, Chairman Morgan O'Brien took Cyren Call's message to the...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's troubles on Capitol Hill could be taking a turn for the worse. House Commerce Committee investigators have recommended to Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) that hearings be held in June, citing results to date from a probe of FCC...
A new report from MultiMedia Intelligence predicts the market for premium mobile content platforms grew nearly 20% last year, reaching a $3.4 billion share of the $18.5 billion in revenue generated by the mobile premium content market.However, that growth falls short of expectation."Many industries...
Can you smell me now?Multimedia messaging could soon become multi-sensory. A German syndicate including a sensory analysis and marketing consultancy and an interactive value-added services specialist have filed for a patent for technology that allows users to send scents with their MMS messages to...
NEW YORK CITY - "This bus has been my home for the last three years," said Jesse Jensema, supervising producer on Verizon Wireless' Mobile Recording Studio, while Madonna's rehearsal for her performance later that night played on screen."I live here and I sleep here,"...
The mobile service provider category has become the fastest-growing category in terms of brand value growth - increasing by 35% from last year - in the 2008 BrandZ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands ranking conducted by Millward Brown. The growth of the mobile service...
Looks like it's getting pretty safe to say the MVNO bubble has just about burst, or is at least losing air at an alarming rate. The most recent MVNO to hit the skids was Hispanic-focused operator Movida, which was acquired by APC Wireless. Movida...
When it comes to wireless plans, it's all about the buffet, J.D. Power and Associates concluded in its semi-annual survey of wireless customers' level of satisfaction with contracts.The firm, which gave a nod to regional carriers in its latest survey on call quality, found...
Rave Wireless, which provides safety applications for mobile, appointed Tom Axbey CEO.Axbey joins the company from Micromuse, where he was senior vice president and general manager. Prior to Micromuse, Axbey was senior vice president of worldwide operations at Quallaby before it was acquired by...
