Research
Report: Telecom Capex Up Nearly 6%
November 9, 2011 7:11 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsInfonetics Research says the near-6 percent increase in global telecom carrier capex it expects in 2011 over 2010 is due in large part to AT&T's ramping LTE deployments, HSPA+ upgrades...
Survey Delves into Mobile Habits
November 7, 2011 6:54 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsOracle Communications last week released the second installment of its survey into the mobile phone use habits of 3,000 mobile consumers...
Networks Smarten Up
September 25, 2011 1:07 pm | by Maisie Ramsay | Articles | CommentsOperators, to some extent or another, are putting intelligent network technologies to work.
Report: Mobile Website Performance Improves in July
August 9, 2011 8:26 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsKeynote Systems' July 2011 News and Portal Index found that most mobile websites saw in increase in speed and performance...
Tech Insights - What Cancer Studies Should Be Looking At
July 23, 2011 6:26 pm | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | CommentsA statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) that cell phone use may increase the risk of brain cancer is making a lot of industry executives nervous.
One-Third of U.S. Adults Own Smartphones, Pew Reports
July 12, 2011 8:23 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsOne-third of all adults in the United States own smartphones, according to new research released Monday from the Pew Internet Project.
Study: 12 Percent of U.S. Households Own eReader
June 28, 2011 8:12 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsA study finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books...
Keynote Systems Releases May News and Portal Index
June 8, 2011 8:18 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsKeynote Systems today released the May results of its Mobile News and Portal Index, exclusive to Wireless Week...
iPhone Tracking Sparks Privacy Debate
April 21, 2011 8:02 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAs smartphone apps and hardware become more location-aware, technology is once again revealed as a double-edged sword.
Validas Mixes Data Usage, Politics
April 14, 2011 1:34 pm | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsCan Validas, a vendor that provides a platform for analyzing wireless bills, predict which party will win the next U.S. presidency?
Report: Misuse of Mobile Devices Running Rampant
February 25, 2011 6:47 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSurprise, surprise, people are committing faux pas after faux pas when it comes to using their mobile devices in public.
Study: U.S. Immigrants Choosing iPad
February 23, 2011 6:59 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsAccording to a survey of U.S. immigrants conducted last November, 13 percent of respondents own a tablet device and two-thirds of these tablet owners chose the iPad.
RootMetrics Puts Carriers to Test at CES
January 13, 2011 6:50 am | by Monica Alleven | News | CommentsTo see just what kind of impact a crowd like CES can have on mobile networks, RootMetrics set out last week to test the largest commercial wireless networks...
Survey: Interest in Mobile Loyalty Clubs on Rise
December 7, 2010 7:13 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsMobile advertising firm Hipcricket today sheds some light on what cell phone users do and don't want on their mobile when it comes to advertising.
Survey: Children Like eBooks, Parents Not So Much
September 29, 2010 7:59 am | by Hillel Italie, AP National Writer | News | CommentsChildren are ready to try eBooks, with some thinking that a bigger selection of electronic texts would make reading for fun even more fun...
Survey Says Parents Hardly Monitor Kids' Cell Use
September 27, 2010 8:23 am | by Budd McLaughlin, Associated Press | News | Comments"I'm so busy, it's hard to keep track of Johnny using his cell phone." "I can't check up on Janie's texts. I'd feel like I was snooping."
By The Numbers September-October 2010
September 25, 2010 12:27 am | News | CommentsBig on Backhaul Wondering where all those operator expenditures are going? According to In Stat, backhaul – including line leasing, new equipment and spectrum acquisition – will set mobile operators back nearly $117 million by 2014, a 41 percent increase
J.D. Power: Subscribers Holding On To Phones
September 23, 2010 8:16 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsWireless subscribers are holding on to their phones for the longest period of time since J.D. Power and Associates began tracking the figure in 1999...
Report: Apps Still Underused
September 15, 2010 8:07 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsA lot of Americans have cell phones, and a lot of Americans have cell phones with apps, but few are using those apps...
Nokia, Intel Launch Joint Research Venture
August 24, 2010 8:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsNokia and Intel announced that they'll be joining forces in a research venture based in Oulu, Finland.
Study: Blacks and Women Talk and Text More
August 24, 2010 8:30 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsBlacks talk twice as much as whites on their cell phones, and women talk and text more than men, according to an analysis of wireless bills by the Nielsen Co.
FCC Report: Broadband Internet Access Lacking
July 21, 2010 8:01 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe FCC says between 14 million and 24 million Americans still lack access to broadband Internet services...
By The Numbers - July 2010
July 17, 2010 8:06 pm | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsInitial public offerings make somewhat of a comeback; WiMAX vs. TD-LTE; and the surge of tablets.
Top 10 Takeaways About the Mobile Handset Market
July 11, 2010 3:54 pm | by Jean-Laurent Poitou, Accenture | Articles | CommentsDuring the past several months, Accenture has been conducting global market research on consumer usage and spending of mobile handsets and services. The goal has been to determine how consumer electronics companies might better differentiate their products and services to grow their businesses.
PEW: Wireless Internet Use Rising
July 8, 2010 8:25 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSix in 10 adults in the United States go online using a wireless connection, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project's Mobile Access 2010 report.
