According to new research released by Gartner, Inc, by 2012 the majority of vehicle manufacturers will concentrate product development efforts on enabling wireless data connectivity in more than half of their next-generation cars.
Web-based applications and services are a great way to enhance the driving experience and generate consumer interest. According to Gartner, the continued rise [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Bringing Broadband Wireless to the Smart Grid
This morning’s news from Trilliant regarding its acquisition of SkyPilot Networks combines two of our areas of interest here at SVM: broadband wireless and green technologies! We find the deal particularly interesting as the acquisition of SkyPilot will allow Trilliant to bring broadband wireless networking to utility smart-grid programs. Trilliant provides intelligent network solutions and [...]
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Windfall for Wireless
Both InformationWeek and Network World covered the release of a new report announced yesterday by ABI Research on the opportunity that the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) affords to wireless communications equipment vendors. According to ABI, the $6.8 billion worth of funding for wireless communications upgrades and new deployments for the remainder of [...]
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Nokia's Ovi Store Open for Business
Nokia announced today that its Ovi Store is now available across an estimated 50 million devices worldwide, offering both free and premium content from thousands of media providers and independent publishers. The Nokia Ovi Store features a customized and contextually relevant user experience determined by a user’s “social location” such as personal contacts and physical [...]
Get Ready for Summer with The Hottest Mobile Apps
Everyone’s ready for summer and, thanks to innovations in mobile technology, when you head out to the beach or a cookout this Memorial Day weekend, you don’t have to compromise your ability to stay connected!
Jason Ankeny at FierceMobileContent has just released a list of the top 5 mobile apps to heat up your summer.
The list [...]
Global Market for Mobile Speech Applications Expected to Triple By 2014
Industry analyst firm Datamonitor has forecasted that the global market for advanced speech recognition technology in mobile devices will triple by 2014, from $32.7 million to $99.6 million.
Demand for mobile speech applications, which typically enable a user to vocally control a mobile device’s functionality, have been on the rise as today’s consumer adopts a busier [...]
Worldwide Handset Sales on the Decline…but Smartphones Buck the Trend
Today’s GSMA Mobile Business Briefing reported that worldwide mobile phone sales have experienced a rather significant decline during the first quarter of 2009. Based on a press release issued by Gartner, handset sales declined by 9.4 percent over the year-earlier period. According to Gartner, this figure represents the largest quarter-on-quarter contraction since it first started [...]
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LTE Growth to Outpace 3G?
Analyst firm Pyramid Research recently released its Global Telecom Insider report, “LTE’s Five-Year Global Forecast: Poised to Grow Faster than 3G,” which estimates that LTE will take just over four years to reach 100 million subscriptions- a milestone that took nearly six years for UMTS/HSPA to reach. Pyramid estimates that the number of LTE subscriptions [...]
AT&T = Smart
It may not boast the most subscribers – Verizon tops that list – but AT&T is by far the leading carrier for smartphone users in the U.S. According to an announcement made late last week, twice as many smartphone users subscribe to AT&T than any other U.S. carrier. As of March, AT&T had 11.8 million [...]
U.S. Takes the Lead in Mobile Data Revenue with $10 Billion First Quarter
Revenue from mobile data services in the United States reached $10 billion in the first quarter of 2009, making it the worldwide leader in mobile data revenue and the first country to reach that point. According to research published by Chetan Sharma, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile now respectively hold the No. 3, No. 4, [...]
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