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According to Scarborough Research, mobile phone ownership in the US has grown by 29% over the past two years. Almost two thirds – 62% – of American adults now own a cell phone. In 1999, only 48% of US adults owned a cell phone and in 2000 the total had grown to 55%. Scarborough believes… Continue reading US Mobile Phone Growth Will Continue, Says Scarborough

Cahners In-Stat says it expects the number of business wireless data users to grow from 6.6 million at the end of 2001 to more than 39 million in 2006. Although there is growth within the wireless consumer market, Cahners predicts that business use will continue to bring in the lion’s share of wireless revenue for… Continue reading US Wireless Business Market Will Be Worth $16 Billion By 2006

GSM high speed data services are now available to more than 100 million customers across 27 countries around the world according to the GSM Association. Such services offer customers access to a range of existing and new 3G-like features and applications at much higher speeds than previously available on GSM’s second generation platform. Rob Conway,… Continue reading 100 Million Customers Now Have Access To High Speed GSM Services

Worldwide mobile phone sales declined in 2001 for the first time in the history of the industry. In 2001, sales totalled around 399.6 million units, falling by 3.2% when compared to 2000 sales, said Gartner Dataquest. Worldwide mobile phone sales between 1996 and 2000 experienced a compound annual growth rate of almost 60% but in… Continue reading Mobile Phone Sales Fall For First Time In 2001

eMarketer today reports that despite a decline in 2001, the number of mobile phone shipments will rise from 463 million in 2002 to 475.9 million by 2003. The latest report from Micrologic Research forecasts that mobile phone shipments in 2006 will number 735 million. Worldwide Mobile Phone, PDA and PC Shipment Forecasts    1998  1999 … Continue reading Mobile Phone Shipment Forecasts From Gartner and Micrologic Research

January figures from the Mobile Data Association indicate that the growth in popularity of SMS messaging recorded in 2001 is set to continue this year. 1.4 billion text messages were sent in the UK in January and the UK average daily figure for messages sent across the four UK GSM network operators is now 45… Continue reading 60 Million Text Messages Per Month In UK By The End Of 2002, Says MDA

Oftel has proposed a cut in BT’s wholesale unmetered internet access prices. The 7% cut is based on detailed information on BTÂ’s costs for providing wholesale unmetered Internet access to other operators under the FRIACO arrangements. David Edmonds, Director General of Telecommunications, said: “Up until now, BTÂ’s FRIACO charges to other operators to provide wholesale… Continue reading Oftel Moves To Cut BT Internet Costs

Although wireless operators and suppliers are investing heavily in wireless data services, by 2006 mobile voice services will still represent the major part (over 67%) of the $460 billion total mobile services revenues generated by 1.1 billion users in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. These and other findings were released under the Yankee Group‘s new… Continue reading Voice Will Dominate Mobile Revenues Despite Data Services Investment

According to a new global forecast from the Yankee Group, by 2003, more than half of the broadband revenues in the European, Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions will be come from the Asia-Pacific, but the trend will veer toward Europe in 2006, with 51% of broadband access revenues originating on the continent by that time.… Continue reading Asia-Pacific To Lead Broadband Revenues With Europe Catching, Says Yankee Group

A new report from Andersen, focusing on mobile applications using digital content, forecasts a market worth E18.9 billion by 2006. The report, commissioned by the European Commission DG Information Society, forecasts that the mobile digital content market in western Europe will rise to E18 billion over the next 4 years. Currently the mobile market is… Continue reading Mobile Digital Content Will Be Worth E18.9 Billion By 2006