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• Rich Communication Suite Will Bolster IMS Deployments, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-13

  NEW YORK -- The Rich Communication Suite RCS, a new initiative of a large group of handset and infrastructure vendors and mobile operators, promises to enhance the ability of wireless and wireline networks to offer interoperable rich communications. It is built on the IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem platform, and should...

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• Cable Operators Face Stark Choices in Quest for More Bandwidth, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-10-07

  NEW YORK -- Faced with growing competition in their core Pay-TV business, cable operators worldwide are distracted by the all-digital transition regulatory deadlines imposed upon them by governing bodies, the available options for upgrading their network bandwidth, and the slow migration to an IP-based network for greater interactivity. Moving to...

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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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• Online Social Networking Goes Mobile: 140 Million Users by 2013, says ABI Research

  - 2008-09-02

  NEW YORK -- Online social networking is huge and growing strongly, but what happens when all those virtual friends hit the road? Increasingly, they will be able to keep in touch via mobile versions of their favorite social networks, running on their cellular phones. ABI Research forecasts that in 2013,...

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• Location-based Mobile Social Networking Will Generate Global Revenues of $3.3 Billion by 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-08-01

  LONDON -- The recent emergence of location-based mobile social networking services offered by providers such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing social networking by allowing users to share real-life experiences via geo-tagged user-generated multimedia content, exchange recommendations about places, identify nearby friends and set up ad hoc face to...

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• Online Social Networkers Consume More Media Content: ABI Research Survey

  - 2008-07-30

  NEW YORK -- Two recent surveys conducted by ABI Research have revealed that compared to average mobile phone service subscribers, those who also participate in online social networking via sites such as MySpace, Facebook, and Bebo are much heavier consumers of digital content including text messages, mobile email, photos, music,...

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• Home Network Technologies Will Coexist, Not Compete, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-07-29

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Consumer electronics products no longer exist in a vacuum: increasingly they are linked to each other via a number of short-range radio technologies. CE vendors, faced with a series of overlapping use-cases, network areas, standards, and technologies, need to understand the applications best suited to each, and...

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• Future Home Area Networks Will Allow Customized Energy Use, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-07-08

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- "Smart metering" that communicates electric, gas or water usage data over a network to the providing utility is making inroads in some markets, but a further evolution of these technologies into "Home Area Networks" HANs will allow utilities greater management efficiencies while providing customers with choices about...

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• Mobile Network Energy OPEX to Rise Dramatically to $22 Billion in 2013, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-07-03

  LONDON -- Over the next few years the growing cost of bulk diesel fuel, coupled with wholesale electricity price increases, are likely to offset significant gains in cellular base station power efficiency. This will result in a collective network OPEX of $22 billion in 2013, according to a new study...

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• LTE Network Subscribers: From Zero to 32 Million in Three Years, According to ABI Research Forecast

  - 2008-06-12

  NEW YORK -- Despite the fact that no LTE Long Term Evolution network is expected to be commercial before 2010, a new study from ABI Research forecasts that by 2013, there will be more than 32 million subscribers using LTE networks. Three of the largest mobile operators - China Mobile,...

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