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The mobile telecoms industry is forecast to undergo a strong 2006, with a new report from Informa Telecoms and Media describing the coming year as “watershed year for change” as mobile providers respond to a number of threats to the sector. The research highlights growing optimism within the mobile industry, with 68% of survey respondents… Continue reading 2006

Third generation (3G) mobile phones have come of age, with Informa Telecoms and Media revealing that 3G subscriber growth has outperformed first and second generation digital network subscriber growth in the four years since the launch of the world’s first 3G network in Japan. According to Informa, Asia will see some of the first commercial… Continue reading 3G Mobile Phones Come Of Age

The US has started to catch up on the text-messaging trend, after trailing behind other advanced wireless markets when it comes to text and other messaging usage, according to a new report from Analysys Research. Overall, very little of the revenue brought in by US mobile operators originated from wireless data in 2004, reflecting a… Continue reading US Catches Up On Mobile Messaging Trend

Mobile phone users in Japan are predicted to spend $28 billion on mobile data products by 2010, up from almost $17 billion this year, fuelled by the strong growth exhibited by the Japanese download market. According to new research released by Strategy Analytics, real tones and full music track downloading are the strongest performers within… Continue reading Japanese Mobile Users Forecast To Spend $28 Billion By 2010

Teenage mobile phone users represent a $10.7 billion market; with almost half of 10 to 18 year olds having their own mobile phone, according to a new study from GfK NOP Technology. The mKids Study claims that 70% of the revenues from the teen and “tween” mobile market come from children with telephone plans of… Continue reading Teenage Mobile Users Represent $10.7 Billion Market

Text messages sent across the UK during September continued to break records, with new figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA) revealing an average of 89 million texts were sent per day. Person-to-person texts sent across the month increased by 25% compared to this time last year, resulting in the MDA revising its annual forecast… Continue reading Texts Sent In September Continue To Break Records

US wireless phone users are predicted to increase in the next four years, with between 23% and 37% of US wireless subscribers using a wireless phone as their primary telephone by 2009, according to new research from In-Stat. The high-tech market research firm reports around 9.4% of wireless subscribers in the US already use a… Continue reading US Wireless Phones Set To Rise

Third generation phones (3G) exceeded 50 million by mid 2005, with the roll out of 3G services creating pressure for carriers to earn cellular data revenue and spawning a multitude of cellular devices of every shape and size, according to new research from In-Stat. According to the high tech market research firm, wireless handset component… Continue reading World-Wide 3G Phones Pass 50 Million

ITV Sales has announced a partnership with Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) to create a cost effective and easy method for advertisers to link television adverts to the broadcaster’s mobile services.The new solution will use ITV’s already established 5-digit short-codes as an overlay on traditional TV advertising. Viewers will be prompted to respond to the ad… Continue reading ITV Signs Deal For Mobile Ad Tie-Ins

An increasing number of mobile phone users play and download games on their mobile phones, with a new study from NPD Group showing that 27% of users play games on their handsets. Downloading mobile phone games is seen as a potential source of revenue for mobile phone operators, however. According to Telephia 36% of games… Continue reading Mobile Game Downloading On The Rise