Netbooks with 10-inch displays dropping below $300Mobile Operators may like Android as the OSI can see mobile operators embracing netbooks running a smartphone OS like Android. Not only do they get a data contract, but they also get a cut of the application revenue from Android Market purchases. That's something...
In their bid to improve their profitability and maintain their competitiveness, many mobile operators are rolling out new services meant to generate revenue and increase usage. Unfortunately, the average revenue per user ARPU from new services does not offset the rising capital and operating expense (CAPEX/OPEX) of meeting increased capacity...
Mindshare Interaction published a list of top advertisers in Internet sector in Russia Federation, compiling the data for the first half of 2008. Ford Motor Co led the way with $4.6 mln spending, followed by Russian mobile operators MTS and Megafon, then by US automaker General Motors, another mobile operator...
Chat within AIM /iChat, MSN /Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, ICQ , Jabber , Google Talk and MySpaceIM from your Palm in real-time. Communicate with friends and colleagues wherever you are regardless of location and mobile operator. IM+ users can use the same accounts on mobile devices and PC regardless of...
80% of mobile operators agreed that becoming a mobile data connectivity provider is either quite likely or highly likely, according to 3-ple Media. Average revenue per user ARPU from traditional services has been in steady decline, but 52% of operators said they are current revenue leaders in the field. 26%...
This ROA Group white paper examines the latest trends in combining e-learning with portable devices, mainly focusing on the use of iPod and Nintendo DS Lite in the Korean and Japanese markets. Through an overview, this white paper presents some key factors for the success of iPod and Nintendo DS...
The cost of mobile telecommunications, especially while roaming, is a major concern for businesses, in particular for large or multinational companies. According to recent Quocirca research roaming and national call costs are the most important issues when these organisations negotiate mobile operator contracts. And yet from the same research the...
The London Times reports that Skype is expected to announce a deal soon with 3G mobile phone operator 3 to make available a new Skype/3 branded phone. What's more, users of this device would be able to make free calls to each other. ...
Mobile Instant Messaging MIM is the next major growth opportunity for mobile operators and is a highly flexible medium that can presence-enable services and open up new revenue opportunities in areas such as social networking, communities, blogging, gaming, advertising, and interactivity with other mobile media. Many mobile operators have launched...
Mobile data services are expected to be a significant revenue generator for mobile operators in the future. However, when this will happen and to what extent is unknown. This presents mobile operators with a dilemma: how to prepare for an uncertain future while securing existing voice and SMS services? Current...
Although mobile backhaul transport providers have very different needs than mobile operators, their interests dovetail when it comes to efficient and optimized multiservice backhaul networks. Mobile operators are experiencing numerous challenges moving to Triple Play and 3G/4G. They need much more bandwidth, but at a much lower cost per bit....
Used for billing and resolving disputes, Customer Data Records CDRs are the cornerstone of the mobile operator's business. But mobile operators may lose CDRs - and consequently revenue - if either the Billing and Mediation Agent BMA or its link to the Cisco Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN fails. Mobile...
Mobile operators need to recognize their newfound role as Internet Service Providers ISPs. No longer do they just provide cellular voice services; now they also provide high-speed Internet Protocol-based IP data services. So as to offer a wider array of services and content to their data subscribers, mobile operators are...
Mobile operators worldwide have invested billions of dollars in 3G spectrum and network infrastructure deployments. Finally, 3G networks are being successfully deployed but the return on the investment seems far away. Why? Because, although 3G networks improve spectrum efficiency and lower network operating costs, they do little, by themselves, to...
Reuters has a story this morning about how the GSM/GPRS-based wireless carrier Cingular is considering the addition of Motorola's iTunes-compatible phone to its lineup. Apparently, the decision hasn't been made yet. The difference between an iTunes phone and other phones that can play MP3 files is that...
Short Message Service SMS messages account for approximately 10 percent of a mobile operator's revenue, according to research firm IDC. The growing volume of spam can threaten this revenue by provoking subscribers to churn. Furthermore, some of that spam is sent from fraudulent addresses, causing inaccurate billing for subscribers and...
Seamless roaming enables a mobile operator's data subscribers to remain continuously connected as they cross network boundaries and use different radio access networks, including Wi-Fi, General Packet Radio Service GPRS, Code Division Multiple Access CDMA, Global System for Mobile Communications GSM, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UMTS, and emerging technologies such...
In today's competitive and dynamic marketplace, operators are considering how to manage the new challenges for their own benefit. Price competition among mobile operators is getting tougher, while new mobile services promise additional revenues and differentiation - requiring further investment and attention to technological development. Managed services provide interesting opportunities,...
This white paper describes about Mobile Virtual Network Operator MVNO which is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use MOU for sale to their...
For mobile operators, one of the greatest costs in delivering mobile services is the deployment and management of radio access backhaul networks that connect cell-sites to the core. Most mobile operators lease their backhaul network lines, which are typically circuit-oriented T1/E1 trunks that are part of a large network with...
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