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• Report: Mobile Content Explosion Makes Memory Cards A Big Money-Maker

  Content Next - 2008-12-16

  With more content being created and consumed on mobile phones, an interesting phenomenon has occurred: memory cards have quickly become the biggest money maker in accessory sales, research firm ABI Research reports. It isn't surprising that consumers are scrambling for more storage since many cellphones these days come with...

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• 335,000 Cellular Base Stations to Include Solar Power by 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-24

  LONDON -- As mobile network expansion moves ostensibly to emerging markets where solar energy levels are more favorable, solar power appears ready to play an important role in reducing the costs of cellular service delivery and ensuring a more reliable power supply. The OEMs' drive toward reducing base station power...

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• Mobile Operators Reclaiming the Machine-to-Machine Connectivity Market, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-23

  NEW YORK -- The M2M (machine-to-machine) connectivity market has always seemed to be the playground of specialists: mobile virtual network operators MVNOs and M2M mobile operators MMOs. These aggregators, such as Jasper Wireless and Aeris Communications, have garnered most of the limelight in recent years. But increasingly, mainstream mobile...

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• International Mobile Business Subscribers Want Similar Device Features but Different Services, According to ABI Research Survey

  - 2008-10-22

  NEW YORK -- In a survey conducted by ABI Research among mobile business customers from seven industrialized countries, the mobile device features currently attracting most interest and used most often are similar, regardless of location. Bluetooth, speakerphone and voice activated dialing are the most adopted features; QWERTY keyboards, touchscreens, PIM/PDA...

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• Market Forces to Drive Embedded Cellular Modem Sales Over 83 Million Units in 2013, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-22

  NEW YORK -- Although embedded cellular modem sales have been slow to take off, momentum is building for increased sales, according to a recent study from ABI Research. One recent development is the GSMA's Mobile Broadband Service Mark initiative which, backed by media spending of $1 billion, will create awareness...

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• Key Forecasts Highlight Rapid Evolution of the Ultra-Mobile Device Market, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-13

  NEW YORK -- The fledgling market for ultra-mobile devices UMDs - a catch-all term that includes ultra-mobile PCs UMPCs, netbooks, and mobile Internet devices MIDs - is already complex, and will become more complicated as it grows. A few salient forecast numbers may serve to guide vendors and investors as...

  Tags: ABI Research, HARDWARE, MARKETING, mobile, Tablets

• Google's Android Could Signal a Tipping Point in Smartphones, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-09

  If Google's ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most critically, mobile network operators. According to ABI Research director...

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• Smartphones, iPhone, and Messaging Driving ARPU Gains for AT&T Mobile Business Customers, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-07

  Mobile messaging revenues are driven by smartphone penetration, occupation segmentation and pricing. AT&T has the best combination of these variables resulting in the highest mobile messaging revenues from the mobile business customer. A new study from ABI Research analyzes customer demographics and mobile services usage to create profiles of mobile...

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• MySpace and Facebook Fast Becoming the Leading Mobile Social Networks, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-06

  NEW YORK -- According to a recent online survey* conducted by ABI Research, nearly half (46%) of those who use social networks have also visited a social network through a mobile phone. Of these, nearly 70% have visited MySpace and another 67% had visited Facebook. No other social networking site...

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• CE Vendors Offering Internet Connectivity Must Get the Usage Model Right, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-29

  NEW YORK -- The trend towards cramming ever more functions into mobile phones is forcing consumer electronics vendors to explore new capabilities in their devices in order to stay relevant to consumers in a "connected age." Mobile Internet Devices MIDs combining specialized functions (camera, media player, navigation etc.) with wireless...

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