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PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according to a study from The NPD …

LONDON-A new study by Infonetics Research says deployments of Voice over Internet Protocol are set to triple in the next two years, jumping from 10 percent in 2005 to 31 …

SAN FRANCISCO-Citing increased summer travel, performance measurement firm Telephia reported that wireless customers paid 15 percent more in roaming charges in the third quarter compared with the first three months …

The world’s No. 2 handset maker Motorola Inc. continued to dominate the fractured U.S. mobile-phone market in the third quarter, while the world’s largest handset supplier, Nokia Corp., sits at …

BOONTON, N.J.-The global wireless operations support systems market is expected to grow to more than $13 billion this year, according a new study by Insight Research. OSS is the IT …

DULLES, Va.-Wireless instant messaging continues to surge, with one-third of all desktop IM users sending instant or text messages from cell phones at least once a week, according to a …

WASHINGTON-Wireless messaging revenue in the United States more than doubled last year from 2003 and is expected to grow strongly during the next five years, according to figures from research …

BOSTON-Capital expenditures are on track for double-digit growth in 2005 in North America, according to a third-quarter analysis from research firm Ovum-RHK. Mobile revenues clocked in at $ 30 billion, …

NETANYA, Israel-Mobile users who have trouble accessing data services are far more likely to give up than to seek help from their operator or mobile content provider, according to research …

CHICAGO-More than half of the world’s mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a …

SAN FRANCISCO-Audience demographics vary drastically among U.S. mobile sports Web sites, according to a study from research firm Telephia. Figures from the company’s monthly report indicate wireless users who visited …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Research firm Forward Concepts lowered its 2005 digital signal processor forecast to 5 percent revenue growth, or to about the $8.2 billion level. The market research firm also lowered …

One factor many investors look at before sinking money into the wireless industry has been the ability of wireless devices to penetrate the general population. During the past several years, …

Verizon Wireless continued to dominate its competitors during the third quarter by adding more than 1.9 million net customers. The strong growth was a 15-percent improvement on the 1.7 million …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. reported $27.5 million in revenues and a net loss of $3.1 million for the third quarter. The company also scored a new chief executive, Jason …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of total wireless service revenues by 2008, …

WASHINGTON-The wireless sector showed steady growth in venture-capital financing during the third quarter, according to the MoneyTree Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association. One …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-According to new research from J.D. Power and Associates, U.S. mobile phone owners are becoming increasingly concerned with their phones’ design and ease of use. “As more services …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The mobile middleware market has become a half billion-dollar industry and will increase to $1.4 billion by 2009, according to a study from research firm IDC. The mobile middleware …

LONDON-Mobile music accounts for nearly 15 percent of the worldwide music market, generating $4.4 billion in revenue this year and nearly $6 billion in 2006, according to a study from …

BOSTON-Online predictive market research firm Compete Inc. unveiled its VoiceBox customer communications and loyalty platform, which the firm said is designed to help wireless carriers extend and deepen their customer …

The W-CDMA race has just started, but chipset vendors from all corners of the industry are driving to play in the nascent but growing market. Already, industry heavyweights Texas Instruments …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-New product launches and portfolio updates helped the worldwide phone market surpass 200 million units shipped in the third quarter of 2005, according to a report from IDC. The …

WASHINGTON-Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report …

NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a study from GfK NOP Technology. The …