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Smartphones are booming, but is there room for all the players? - FierceWireless

Explore Article FierceWireless (Mar 10 2010)

It has become painfully clear that smartphones are where the growth is in the handset market. Evidence of this is seemingly everywhere: IDC reports the converged mobile device market (translation:... Read more >> (Read Full Article)

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Making the most of 4G networks - FierceWireless

Explore Article FierceWireless (Mar 10 2010)

It's no longer a question of which technology U.S. wireless carriers will use for their next-generation network technology, but a question of when they'll use it. With the exception of Clearwire and... Read more >> (Read Full Article)

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Juicing Up the Networks | Wireless Week

Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 9 2010) Operator Services

iers are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to soaring demand for mobile data, and they’re going to need a quiver full of arrows to address the issue. It’s no secret that operators’ networks are or will be strained by the massive volumes of data coursing through them. What’s less clear is what they’re going to do about it. (Read Full Article)

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The Rise of the Smartphone and Need for Secure Open OS | Wireless Week

Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 9 2010) Operator Services

An InStat survey shows that despite the downturn in the economy, the smartphone segment of the mobile phone market is growing rapidly. According to the survey, total smartphone sales are expected to reach 412 million units in 2014. As a percentage of overall handset market, smartphones are expected to account for more than 25 percent, according to ABI Research. (Read Full Article)

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Report: Global ARPU Falls | Wireless Week

Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 5 2010) Operator Services

According to a report by ABI Research, mobile end-user ARPUs dropped between 6 percent to 9 percent globally, year-over-year in the third quarter of 2009. India, the world's second-largest market in terms of subscribers, saw ARPUs dropping more than 10 percent year-over-year in the same period, as new operators and the introduction of per-second billing put heavy downward pressure on voice revenues (Read Full Article)

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SMS enhances CRM/loyalty programs: Mobile Marketing Day panel

Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Mar 4 2010) Mobile Marketing , Operator Services , SMS

NEW YORK – Panelists at Mobile Marketing Day discussed how to build an opted-in SMS database that ties in with other channels such as email and direct mail. (Read Full Article)

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Dispelling myths and addressing hurdles of SMS campaigns

Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Mar 4 2010) Mobile Marketing , SMS , Americas

By Robert SanchezNine common questions or concerns that marketers have when considering SMS, and some simple answers to help them jump the hurdles. (Read Full Article)

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MMS yet to see success of mobile Web, app, SMS: Mobile Marketing Day panel

Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Mar 4 2010) Mobile Marketing , SMS , Americas

NEW YORK - Instead of leveraging mobile for other assets, marketers need to leverage other assets for mobile. (Read Full Article)

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New report reinforces why operators are talking usage-based data pricing - FierceBroadbandWireless

Explore Article FierceBroadbandWireless (Mar 4 2010) Operator Services

A new report from mobile analyst Chetan Sharma indicates that U.S. mobile subscribers used almost 400 petabytes of data last year, up 193 percent from 2008. As expected, operator revenues are not... Read more >> (Read Full Article)

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CTIA's Largent: Smartphones—What a difference a year makes! - RCR Wireless News

Explore Article Mobile Technology (Mar 4 2010) Smartphones

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Text messages will power new “sms applications” from mobile social network GupShup

Explore Article gomonews.com (Mar 3 2010) SMS

I couldn't tell you whether this will work or not, but I love it as an idea. SMS GupShup is one of the biggest mobile social networks in the world - it's an Indian network that runs entirely on SMS, and has 26 million users. It has now announced AppShup, an application store for SMS apps. It's an open developer platform, so that third party companies can create and distribute SMS-based applications through the network. (Read Full Article)

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U.S. Mobile Payment Market Expands | Wireless Week

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Google to Keynote CTIA Mobile Marketing Seminar

Explore Article Wireless Developer's Journal (Mar 2 2010) Mobile Marketing

Google to Keynote CTIA Mobile Marketing SeminarSYS-CON Media (press release)Speakers will represent a cross section of companies innovating in the area of mobile marketing, including Acision; Airwide Solutions; Beezag; Cisco Systems ...and more » (Read Full Article)

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U.S. Carriers Are Running Out of Growth Options

Explore Article GigaOM (Mar 2 2010)

It's hard to grow in a saturated market, but despite the 89 percent cell phone penetration the U.S. has, AT&T managed to pull out some impressive revenue growth, thanks to consolidation. But for U.S. carriers future growth will require new business models and applications. (Read Full Article)

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Is fear the driving factor behind carriers' 'open' claims? - FierceWireless

Explore Article FierceWireless (Mar 2 2010) Operator Services

BARCELONA, Spain--Inclement weather may have wreaked havoc on some U.S. conference-goers' flights, but crowds of wireless executives still flocked to the Mobile World Congress annual confab here this... (Read Full Article)

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Reality Check: Shifting dynamics in mobile application distribution and monetization

Explore Article Mobile Technology (Mar 2 2010) Mobile Applications , Operator Services

In 2009 the app-store gold rush induced “headless chicken” behavior within the mobile industry on an unprecedented level – more than a dozen original equipment manufacturers and operator app stores were announced or operational alongside another dozen app stores from a multitude of stakeholders from chipset manufacturers to platform vendors. This is not a completely unusual phenomenon for the mobile industry, which has seen its fair share of booms and busts. So, is there an enduring trend that will follow the inevitable shakeout? And are we starting to see the beginning of this shakeout? (Read Full Article)

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SMS Dominance to Continue, says Frost

Explore Article textually.org (Mar 2 2010) Mobile Marketing , SMS

Text messaging will continue its dominance in the messaging arena for the foreseeable future and will evolve with additional features over the next three to five years, according to a new report, ‘The Future of Messaging’, prepared by global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, and licensed exclusively to Comverse. [via Mobile Marketing Magazine] (Read Full Article)

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Mobile traffic management - video confusion

Explore Article Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless (Mar 2 2010) MMS

A lot of my meetings at MWC two weeks ago were about managing mobile broadband traffic - by offload, by compression, by policy and various other means.There is a total lack of agreement on where the emphasis should be. Everyone has a solution - and it's far from obvious that they are not pulling in opposite directions. Dump most traffic to WiFi, and it becomes much harder to justify restrictive policies when the phone is "on net". Offer "premium" or "platinum" connectivity - and get let down by poor coverage. Put femtocells in place - and then try to distinguish ... (Read Full Article)

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Over 25% Of Americans Use Mobile Phones For News

Explore Article InformationWeek (Mar 1 2010) Americas

About 60% of people in the U.S. use a combination of online and offline sources to track the news each day; cell phones are grabbing a growing share. (Read Full Article)

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New Sprint Campaign Touts Value

Explore Article Wireless Week (Mar 1 2010) Americas

Sprint Nextel wants to clear the air regarding confusion in the wireless market it says was created by claims from Verizon Wireless and AT&T. (Read Full Article)

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Texting on mobile phones while driving: Duhhh

Explore Article NetworkWorld.com (Mar 1 2010) Distracted Driving

Alyssa Burns was driving on Iowa Country Road 800N on June 25, 2009. The 17 year old was a good student and was popular among her schoolmates. She was also driving in the wrong lane while she was texting a conversation on her mobile phone – and had not buckled her seat belt – when she swerved into the ditch and died. http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/automobile-accidents/fatal-choice-texting-while-driving.aspx?googleid=265820 > (Read Full Article)

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The top 10 apps to save you money - Times Online

Explore Article Times Online (Mar 1 2010) Mobile Applications

A flurry of money-saving mobile phone applications (apps) allowed users to save nearly £2 billion last year, and the savings are set to grow. Competition is heating up among app providers and the resulting price war is pushing down prices — often to zero. (Read Full Article)

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What is the future of prepaid unlimited? - FierceWireless

Explore Article FierceWireless (Mar 1 2010)

2009 was a busy year for prepaid carriers as they jockeyed for leadership by cutting their prices and adding new features. What does the future hold for these firms? The main U.S. prepaid unlimited... Read more >> (Read Full Article)