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The growing popularity of non-voice services, such as SMS and mobile entertainment, helped to drive a mini-recovery in European mobile revenues during 2002, according to a new study from technology researcher Analysys. The report, Western European Mobile Forecasts and Analysis 2003-2008 focuses on mobile usage in a number of key markets. After a difficult 2001… Continue reading Mobile Data Services Help Stem Operator Losses

Although limited in size, the mobile corporate enterprise market is set to be a major source of revenue for the US telecoms industry in years to come. So says a new report from the mobile marketing and intelligence provider Telephia. Corporate enterprise users are defined as subscribers who use mobile services at least 50% of… Continue reading Mobile Operators Put Faith In Corporate Enterprise Users

Despite mobile penetration already being at 75% in western Europe, an additional 17 million users signed up during the course of 2002, according to figures compiled by the Yankee Group. This brings the regional total to 310 million users. This could be an overestimate, given that some inactive users are still counted by certain operators,… Continue reading Western Europe Mobile Penetration To Hit 88% In 2007

A total of 1.53 billion person to person text messages were sent across the UK’s four GSM networks during February, according to the latest figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The figures show that 78 million romantic text messages were sent on Valentine’s Day, taking the daily average for the month to 55 million,… Continue reading 1.5 Billion Text Messages Sent In February

Consumer uptake of broadband internet services exploded during 2002, clearing the way for a four-fold increase in connections throughout Europe by 2006, according to two new research studies. The latest Internet Connectivity report from the Office Of National Statistics shows that the number of high-speed internet connections grew by a staggering 256% during 2002, to… Continue reading Bumper 2002 Boosts Broadband Uptake

Wi-Fi technology is expected to be the centre of attention at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association conference in New Orleans this week. CTIA Wireless 2003 will feature major players from across the industry, many of whom are keen to tap into the wireless internet access market. Wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi sends internet signals through… Continue reading Towards A Wi-Fi Future

Plans are underway to enable digital terrestrial TV broadcasts to be delivered to mobile phones, the DVB World 2003 conference heard in Dublin recently. DVB-X will apparently enable the transmission of music, video clips and other multimedia content to a large audience via mobile handsets. It is already being seen as a cheaper and more… Continue reading DTT Coming To Mobile Phones Soon

The rate of worldwide DSL broadband subscriber growth increased during the second half of last year and continues to be a ‘telecoms success story’, according to a new report from Point Topic. The report says that growth was stronger than the first half in both absolute and percentage terms, with operators across the globe signing… Continue reading DSL Growth Is ‘Telecoms Success Story’, Says Point Topic

Irish mobile and internet penetration increased during the fourth quarter of 2002, according to the country’s Commission for Communications Regulation (Comreg). Some 79% of the the Irish population now have a mobile phone, a 2% increase on Q3 (see Irish Telecoms Industry In Good Heart) and subscribers send an average of 72 text messages every… Continue reading Mobile And Internet Growth Recorded In Ireland

Over 100 million young people aged between 5 and 24 will own a mobile phone by the end of 2003, according to a new study from the Wireless World Forum (W2F). mobileYouth 2003 examined ownership in twenty prominent markets and it is estimated that 104 million or 44% of 5-24 year olds will have a… Continue reading Young To Drive Mobile Revenues, Says W2F