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Media regulator, Ofcom, has laid out phase two of its new telecommunications guidelines as the market moves from analogue to digital and has warned telecoms giant British Telecom (BT) that it must let rivals have ‘real equality of access’ to BT phone lines. As BT currently owns the majority of the telephone and broadband lines… Continue reading Ofcom Urges BT To Open Up Its Monopoly To Rivals

Almost half of all mobile customers can now access the internet via their phones, according to the latest quarterly figures from the Mobile Data Association. The data from UK network operators 02, Organge T-Mobile and Vodafone shows that the number of WAP-enabled devises topped the 24 million mark in the three months to June, an… Continue reading Half Of UK Mobile Customers Now Use WAP Services

Fixed telephone lines in the home could soon become a thing of the past, according to new research, as many consumers expect voice and data services to become mainly wireless in the next two years. The study by mobile phone maker, Nokia, shows more and more people are moving away from land lines to use… Continue reading Wireless Voice & Data Services Replacing Home Land Lines

A growing number of households in the US are swapping their landline telephone for a mobile phone, according to a new report from Mediamark Research Inc (MRI), as the number of homes without a landline nearly doubles over the last four years. In 2000, 4.2% of households had no landline but this figure has risen… Continue reading Landlines Losing To Mobile Phones

The number of WAP pages being viewed by mobile phone users is still on the increase with August’s figure climbing by 22.7% compared with the same period in 2003, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association. Allowing for seasonal differences, the August figure takes the MDA’s cumulative recorded WAP page impressions to… Continue reading Wap On The Rise As Olympics Boosts Multimedia Services

Television-enabled mobile telephones are on the horizon but new research has revealed that very few people are currently interested in this technology. Although camera telephones caught on quickly, a survey by Lyra Research revealed that 53% of the 1,361 participants were either ‘not at all’ or ‘not very’ interested in watching television or videos via… Continue reading Few People Interested In Watching TV Via A Mobile Phone

The popularity of text messaging in the UK continued to grow during August, despite this traditionally being a quiet period as schools break-up and families head-off on holiday. According to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association, text messaging figures during the month climbed to record the second highest monthly total for 2004 of… Continue reading No Summer Break For Text Messaging Growth

Almost half of all 18 to 34 year-olds living and working in major European cities now read a daily free-sheet newspaper every week, according to new research commissioned by Swedish-based publisher, Metro International. The wide-ranging study into the reading habits of young people living in some of the world’s biggest cities shows that more than… Continue reading Free-Sheets Read By Half Of All Young Metropolitans

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly more than just a communications device, according to a new report from Continental Research, as the number of people using their phone as a camera becomes even more popular. Over the past 12 months, the number of adults in the UK who own a mobile phone has grown to nearly… Continue reading Mobile Phones Not Just Used To Communicate

Text messaging is twice as likely to irritate recipients than cold calling, according to new research from telecommunications group Cable & Wireless (C&W). The research, which focused on the retail, travel and financial sectors revealed that new marketing techniques such as text messaging are damaging trust in brands, as consumers become increasingly inundated in unsolicited… Continue reading Text Message Marketing Twice As Likely To Irritate Recipients