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Mobile phones support additional services, including SMS for text messaging, MMS for sending and receiving photos and video, camera with video recorder, music MP3 playback, email and Internet access, gaming, bluetooth and infrared connectivity.1 in 5 smartphones to have NFC contactless functionality
According to the latest Juniper Research forecast, there will be nearly 300 million NFC capable smartphones by 2014. Over the next 3 years, at least 1 in 5 smartphones worldwide will have NFC contactless functionality. Juniper's analysis shows that this growth will be driven in the short term by mobile network operators launching services in 20 early adopting countries before the end of 2012. North America will account for half of all NFC sma... [more]
Migration of data traffic from fixed to mobile will exacerbate the strains on the cellular network
Juniper Research provides research and analytical services to the global hi-tech communications sector, providing consultancy, analyst reports and industry commentary. According to new figures from Juniper Research, the amount of mobile data traffic generated by Smartphones, Featurephones and Tablets will exceed 14,000 Petabytes by 2015, equivalent to 18 billion movie downloads or 3 trillion music tracks. Pressure on Mobile networks however wi... [more]
480 million mobile boarding passes to be delivered to airline passengers' mobile devices within 2 years
Following the recently improved industry outlook for airline passenger volumes, a new report from Juniper Research has identified significant market progress for mobile tickets from both vendors and crucially airlines. Juniper has detected a marked upswing in corporate activity over the past year amongst vendors addressing this market. According to the latest forecasts from Juniper Research, one in every seven bar coded boarding passes worldwi... [more]
Mobile ticketing will change the way that many people buy and obtain their every day tickets
Whilst mobile ticketing users are currently concentrated in a number of early adopting transport schemes in Japan, Central & Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, opportunities for mobile ticketing are likely to spread right across the transport, sport, entertainment and events sectors. According to new analysis from Juniper Research, one in every eight mobile users worldwide will either have a ticket delivered to their mobile phone or buy a ticket ... [more]
Increasing popularity of ringback tone advertising
According to Juniper Research, the increasing popularity of ringback tone advertising is expected to be worth over $780 million in annual adspend by 2015. The ad format - where consumers opt-in to receive airtime or credit in return for allowing branded content as their ringback tone - has already been successfully implemented in a number of key markets, proving popular both with mobile users and leading brands. The mobile advertising report f... [more]
iPhone soaks up 75 percent of all mobile phone profits
Apple may not be the world's leading mobile phone maker but its cut of both profits and sales puts it firmly at the top. Though it holds only around 9 percent of the global mobile phone market, Apple raked in 75 percent of all profits across the industry last quarter, according to Asymco analyst Horace Dediu. That left rival Samsung with 16 percent of the profit pie, RIM with 3.7 percent, HTC ...
India Hangs Up on Its Mobile Phone Industry
India's Supreme Court decided yesterday to cancel 122 controversial mobile phone licenses ending nearly three years of uncertainty but opening up a new round of skepticism about India as a destination for foreign investment.
Rugby-Mobile company 02 extends England sponsorship
Mobile phone company 02 has extended its sponsorship of English rugby union for a further four years, a vote of confidence in the national team as they try to rebuild following a traumatic World Cup last year.
Best Buy Uses the Big Game Stage to Focus on Mobile Technology
Retailer pairs ad that features ground-breaking tech pioneers with a unique mobile phone offer to tout its influence in the mobile technology space MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 5, 2012) - Tonight Best Buy (NYSE: ...
OnTrion Unveils New Long-Lasting Standard Battery for the LG Doubleplay on T-Mobile
OnTrion Unveils New Long-Lasting Standard Battery for the LG Doubleplay on T-Mobile Premium mobile phone battery manufacturer, OnTrion, releases the latest addition to its lineup: superior-quality standard batteries (FL-53HN) for the LG Doubleplay smartphone by T-Mobile. OnTrion, the manufacturer of premium OEM-quality mobile phone batteries, has just released a standard battery (FL-53HN) for T ...
IDC: Nokia still top mobile phone maker for 2011
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 6.1% year over year in 4Q of 2011, as the feature phone market declined faster than anticipated, dragging market growth down to its lowest point in over two years.
Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Maintains Its Growth Trajectory in the Fourth Quarter Despite Soft Demand for Feature ...
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 6.1% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011 , as the feature phone market declined faster than anticipated, dragging market growth down to its lowest point in over two years.
Apple now third largest mobile phone vendor as feature phones fade
The mobile phone industry continues its march toward smartphone dominance as consumer interest in feature phones wanes, according to market research firm IDC. Record sales of Apple's iPhone in the fourth quarter pushed the company into third place among all mobile phone vendors, up from fifth place last year. Samsung's strong smartphone sales kept it in second place, but edged it closer in ...
Mobile phone experts' guide 2012: How to reduce your bill to changing contract
Other expert advice includes what to do if your phone is almost out of battery and the disturbing truth about data.
Creators of the ADzero bamboo mobile phone set sights on 2012 release
An intriguing bamboo mobile phone named ADzero is set to launch in the UK before the year is out following a positive response to the design, which was originally intended for the Chinese market. Though the intention is that the phone will run Android, relatively little is known about the phone itself. ADzero's Jerry Lao indicated to Gizmag that the designers are leaving all hardware options on ...
