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The Irish telecoms sector saw revenues increase by 4% and there was a 10% movement of customers from the incumbent to other fixed line operators in the last quarter. A report from the newly-created Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) found that 162,000 Carrier Pre-Selection (CPS) lines are now rolled out in the country and at… Continue reading Irish Telecoms Industry In Good Heart

Mobile phone sales totalled 104.3 million units in the third quarter of 2002, a 7.8% increase from the same period last year, according to a new report from Gartner Dataquest. This higher-than-expected increase is a timely boost for the industry as the crucial Christmas period approaches. It will also be of interest to researchers and… Continue reading Mobile Sales Growth Prompts Talk Of Recovery

An average of 50 million text messages were sent each day during October taking the monthly total to an all time high of 1.54 billion, according to the Mobile Data Association (MDA). The daily average for October, which is substantially higher than the 21 million daily texts sent each day in October 2000, brings the… Continue reading Early Birthday Present As Texting Hits 50 Million Mark

BT has promised that steps will be taken to ensure that 90% of the UK population have access to broadband connections by the middle of 2005. At present, only 67% of UK citizens are able to receive broadband but BT sees the technology as crucial to its future and has pledged to improve the infrastructure… Continue reading UK Poised For High-Speed Take Off, Says BT Chief

By the end of 2007, over 278 million Europeans will own feature-rich ‘smart’ phones, according to a report from Analysys. Non-voice services are already being touted as a potential saviour for the mobile industry (see European Mobile Industry Given Fresh Boost) and the new study, Strategies for Mobile Device Evolution: Meeting and Creating Market Demand,… Continue reading ‘Smart’ Phones To Shake Up Mobile Sector, Says Analysys

Tony Blair has promised to invest more than a £1 billion of Government money in broadband technology in a bid to stimulate internet usage in the UK. Speaking at the E-Summit in London, the prime minister said that £6 billion would be spent on IT in the next three years partly to ensure that schools,… Continue reading Blair Reiterates Commitment To Broadband

The number of US mobile gamers is predicted to grow tenfold in the next five years according to a new in-depth study from IDC. Are We Having Fun Yet?: U.S. Wireless Gaming Forecast, 2002-2007 takes a long term view of the emerging market and concludes that handset providers, wireless carriers and game developers and publishers… Continue reading Mobile Gaming Set To Play Major Role, Says IDC

The mobile market in Western Europe is reaching saturation point and opportunities for subscriber growth are therefore limited. However, a new study from The Yankee Group claims that operators are modifying their strategies to ensure higher revenues and foresees a revival in 2003. The report, Western European Cellular Market Forecast 2002: Poised for Recovery states… Continue reading European Mobile Industry Given Fresh Boost

The telecommunications industry is set to rebound from a difficult period, driven by developments in next-generation technologies, according to IDC‘s new Worldwide Telecom Black Book. The report says that despite recent troubles plaguing the telecoms industry (including bankruptcies, plummeting valuations, and deep cuts in capital expenditures), there is now some light at the end of… Continue reading Telecoms Industry To Rebound From Tough Times, Says IDC

The European cable industry is set to emerge from the ‘dark days’ of the previous two years, having learnt many valuable lessons, according to one of the conclusions of the European Cable Yearbook 2002 from Screen Digest. The book describes the recent pace of change in the cable sector as ‘relentless’, forcing many companies to… Continue reading European Cable Sector To Emerge From ‘Dark Days’, Says Screen Digest