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Dec 1
2014
2014
UK Telecom Market On Verge of Major Consolidation
After BT began moving towards an acquisition of either Telefonica SA’s O2 or EE, the wireless carrier co-owned by Orange SA and Deutsche Telekom AG, a Vodafone reaction was virtually certain.Vodafone arguably cannot allow BT to amass that much revenue scale and bundling capability without the ability to match future BT offers and market share, as… Read more
Nov 15
2014
2014
Report: Global VoIP Services Market to Reach $137 Billion by 2020
Transparency Market Research (TMR) recently released a report that predicts a bright future for the global VoIP services market. By 2020, it is expected to grow to $136.76 billion with 348.5 million subscribers. It’s somewhat counterintuitive, but one of the driving forces behind this growth is the growth of mobile device use. An increase in… Read more
Nov 1
2014
2014
Carriers to Lose up to $14B on OTT Services
A new report by Juniper Research forecasts carriers to lose up to $14 billion revenue on over the top (OTT) apps in 2014. That’s 26 percent more than last year. The firm found that in some markets, including Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, carrier revenues had fallen to less than 60 percent of what they’d been five years ago. Not only are… Read more
Oct 15
2014
2014
Report: Telecom Capex to Grow 3% in 2014
Telecom operators around the world invested heavily in fiber optic and 4G LTE networks in 1H 2014 as they continued a transformation from voice- to data-centric infrastructure and services, according to a Carrier Economics report released by the Dell’oro Group September 30. Telecom operators’ capital expenditures (capex) increased at a… Read more
Oct 1
2014
2014
End of Europe Mobile Roaming Fees in 2016? Maybe Not
Mobile roaming fees within European Union countries has been slated for 2015 reductions as part of moves aimed at eliminating roaming fees altogether, originally forecast for 2016. But there might now be a delay in the timetable for ending all roaming fees for text messaging, mobile Internet or voice by 2016. Mobile service providers have opposed… Read more
Sep 15
2014
2014
By the End of 2014, There Will be More Mobile Phones than People
Around the world, and especially in developing countries, mobile phones are starting to become ubiquitous. Smartphones are versatile enough to become some of the best ways for people around the world to access the Internet, yet simple enough to be used by all demographics as a standard phone. So many of these phones are being built that by the end… Read more
Sep 1
2014
2014
Report: Mobile Usage on the Rise; Time Spent Increased 24 Percent
Recent research shows that Internet users in the U.S. are consuming more media on their mobile devices than on desktops, and within that mobile usage, apps account for the primary method of consumption by a wide margin. The "U.S. Mobile App Report" comes from comScore, a U.S. analytics company, and it shows that people are using their mobile… Read more
Aug 15
2014
2014
Paid Text Apps May Gain PSTN, Voice Connectivity
Until now wireless carriers may not have paid much attention to some new players in the VoIP arena. These include companies like WhatsApp (now owned by Facebook) that sell smartphone apps that give users a limited ability to send text messages or place calls using their mobile data services. Offerings such as these may let wireless users avoid… Read more
Aug 1
2014
2014
Consumers are Eager for Customizable Wireless Service Plans for Mobile
Mobile phone technology is rapidly evolving, yet the pay structures for consumers have remained largely unchanged. Most phone plans require subscribers to pay for a set number of minutes and text messages in addition to placing a set amount of data for the month, which drives up the cost of a phone plan. This ultimately wrestles control over the… Read more
Jul 15
2014
2014
Half of U.S. Homes Could be Mobile-Only by 2020
Some 41 percent of U.S. households did not buy or use landline phone service in the second half of 2013, according to the latest study by the National Center for Health Statistics. That represented an increase of 1.6 percentage points since the first half of 2013 and 2.8 percentage points since the second half of 2012. At those rates of abandonment… Read more
