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According to Multimedia Messaging in Europe: Let the Fun Begin, a new report from the Yankee Group, multimedia messaging will be worth $44 billion by 2006. Combining voice and text-based person to person messages, new services will boost mobile revenues across Europe. “MMS is a radically new messaging technology that will take non-voice mobile communications… Continue reading European Multimedia Messaging Will Generate $44 billion By 2006, says The Yankee Group

According to GPRS Roaming: Technical Options And Strategic Implications, a new report published by Analysys, General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) subscriber numbers in western Europe will approach 6 million by the end of 2002. However, this is unlikely unless GPRS roaming becomes possible within the next six months. “While very little GPRS data revenue will… Continue reading Roaming Will Drive GPRS Take Up, Says Analysys

The video streaming market in western Europe is forecast to grow in the next five years, from around US$25 million in 2001 to nearly US$200 million in 2006, according to Video Streaming for Enterprises: forecast revenues for service providers, a new report published by Analysys. Thanks largely to extensive business applications, for corporate communications, training… Continue reading Corporate Opportunities Will Drive Video Streaming, Says Analysys

New research by Jupiter MMXI today reveals that by 2006 European users will be spending E3.3 billion for content on their mobile phones compared to E1.7 billion spent by PC users. Currently it is only adult sites that have managed to generate income from paid content but Jupiter believes this is set to change as… Continue reading Mobile Content Will Be Worth E3.3 Billion By 2006, Says Jupiter

This year will be a disappointing one for the European cellular handset industry, according to a report released by the Yankee Group this month, which claims that saturating markets, infrastructure delays and other external events during 2001 “have all conspired to abruptly turn booming sales into the first ever year of market contraction.” Nevertheless the… Continue reading Mobile Handset Sales Will Contract This Year, But Return To Growth With 3G Takeup, Says Yankee Group

Sales of IP telephones – telephones that transfer voice and data via the internet – grew by 111% in Europe year on year in 2001, according to research published this month by IDC. The report shows that there was a push in IP (internet protocol) enabled phones in the latter part of 2000. IDC forecasts… Continue reading IP Telephone Market Set For 108% Sales Growth 2000-2005

Consumers’ first reaction is to reject mobile phone advertising, unless it is of some specific use to them, according to Mobile Advertising: Not as Bad as You Think – a report from Cahners In-Stat originally published in July 2001. The study found that 64% of Cahners’ Wireless Internet Panel (WIP) respondents are not enamoured with… Continue reading Mobile Advertising Growth Contingent On Consumer Benefit, Finds Cahners In-Stat

Digital subscriber line (DSL) penetration in Europe will overtake the US within five years, according to DSL Future Prospects in Europe, a new report from telecoms consultancy and publishing group BWCS. The provision of DSL services is at last beginning to emerge as a viable business, claims the report, released this month. “If the European… Continue reading European DSL Market To Overtake US By 2006

Bluetooth and W-LAN, two ‘competing’ technologies for the wireless interconnection of PCs, mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), will both succeed in Europe, according to report released this week by Forrester Research. The report – Bluetooth And W-LAN Will Coexist – claims that the two technologies will not compete with one another, but will… Continue reading Bluetooth And W-LAN Wireless Systems Will Coexist In Europe

The number of DSL (digital subscriber line) customers worldwide reached 10 million at the end of June 2001, according to a new report released last week by Point Topic. This represents growth of 354% over the last twelve months. DSL is a system of delivering high-bandwidth (broadband) data to homes and businesses via an ordinary… Continue reading Worldwide DSL Users Breaks 10m Mark