Ovum estimates that mobile operators lost $13.9bn in 2011 due to social messaging

22 02 2012

http://ovum.com/press_releases/ovum-estimates-that-operators-lost-13-9bn-in-2011-due-to-social-messaging/





Cisco: Global mobile data traffic to increase 18-fold by 2016

14 02 2012

Additionally, by 2016 video is expected to make up 71 percent of all mobile data traffic, up from the 66 percent by 2015 that Cisco forecasted last year. By 2016 there will be more than 10 billion mobile Internet connections around the world, according to Cisco, with 8 billion of them being personal devices and 2 billion machine-to-machine connections.

Cisco’s annual report is widely cited every year by carriers and vendors alike as a key benchmark for measuring and predicting data traffic, and also as a data point to justify calls for network investment, traffic management technologies and more spectrum. According to Cisco, in 2011 global mobile data traffic more than doubled–2.3 times growth, or 133 percent–and Cisco projects that it will double again in 2012, but at a slightly lower rate of 110 percent growth.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/cisco-global-mobile-data-traffic-increase-18-fold-2016/2012-02-14





Apple now third largest mobile phone vendor as feature phones fade

2 02 2012

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/02/apple-becomes-third-largest-mobile-phone-vendor-as-feature-phones-fade.ars





iPhone Data Debunks Recording Industry’s Report On How French Three Strikes Law Increased Sales

2 02 2012

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120131/06152417600/iphone-data-debunks-recording-industrys-report-how-french-three-strikes-law-increased-sales.shtml





EU Parliamentarian Schaake To Lead European Union Research Regarding Internet Freedom

18 01 2012

…and how that affects civil rights

Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/internet/2717606/d66-politica-gaat-eu-onderzoek-internetvrijheid-leiden.html





Provider GiffGaff has spent some time examining the usage patterns of internet traffic on its network and discovered that just 1% of users are eating over 33% of its total data capacity

12 01 2012

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2012/01/12/giffgaff-clamps-down-hard-on-heavy-uk-mobile-broadband-abusers.html





Saudi mobile phone salesmen pose threat to female customers

11 01 2012

http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article560476.ece





Half of mobile users willing to watch ads for free app content

10 01 2012

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/half-of-mobile-users-willing-to-watch-ads-for-free-app-content.ars





One Percent of Mobile Broadband Users Eat Half of all Data Capacity

7 01 2012

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2012/01/07/arieso-finds-one-percent-of-mobile-broadband-users-eat-half-of-all-data-capacity.html





Ofcom Publishes Draft Annual UK Telecoms Regulation Plan 2012 to 2013

9 12 2011

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/12/08/ofcom-publishes-draft-annual-uk-telecoms-regulation-plan-2012-to-2013.html





China overtakes US as world’s biggest smartphone market

24 11 2011

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/23/china_overtakes_us_biggest_smartphone/





5 Million Dutch T-Mobile customers use 160 Terabytes of data per week. 108% increase compared to last year

10 11 2011

Dutch language news article:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/77984/klanten-t-mobile-verbruiken-160tb-aan-data-per-week.html





Fortinet expert warns on mobile malware that encrypts its data streams

14 10 2011

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/21342/





The SpyEye banking trojan has acquired the ability to reroute one-time passwords sent to victims’ cellphones, a measure that bypasses protections more and more financial institutions are adopting

7 10 2011

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/06/banking_trojan_steals_sms/





The single-page Department of Justice document, “Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers,” is a guide for law enforcement agencies looking to get information — like customer IP addresses, call logs, text messages and web surfing habits – out of U.S. telecom companies, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon

28 09 2011

The document, marked “Law Enforcement Use Only” and dated August 2010, illustrates there are some significant differences in how long carriers retain your data.

“People who are upset that Facebook is storing all their information should be really concerned that their cell phone is tracking them everywhere they’ve been,” said Catherine Crump, an ACLU staff attorney. “The government has this information because it wants to engage in surveillance.”

More details and full report:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/cellular-customer-data/





None of the developers of Mobile Operating Systems has issued a patch to remove compromised DigiNotar certificates from their white lists. Smartphones and tablets still vulnerable

11 09 2011

Dutch language news articles:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/76688/smartphones-en-tablets-blijven-kwetsbaar-voor-valse-ssl-certificaten.html





World WiFi Hotspot Internet Usage to Top 120 Billion Connections by 2015

6 09 2011

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/09/06/world-wifi-hotspot-internet-usage-to-top-120-billion-connections-by-2015.html





Digitimes Research: Apple to lead in 2011 smartphone shipments

6 09 2011

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110906PR202.html





Android nabs 41 percent share in U.S.

31 08 2011

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20099694-17/android-nabs-41-percent-share-in-u.s-study-finds/





A new survey from UK ISP PlusNet has revealed that the average British (UK) person spends ten hours a day online and over 40% of respondents in the North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, London and Wales say that the ability to access Wi-Fi is crucial when picking a hotel to stay in

30 08 2011

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/08/30/plusnet-study-claims-brits-love-wifi-and-spend-10-hours-a-day-on-the-internet.html





Twitter “explodes” after Virginia earthquake, Verizon cell phone voice service goes down

23 08 2011

http://www.kold.com/story/15317557/twitter-explodes-as-59-magnitude-earthquake-hits-virginia-washington-dc-nyc





iOS 5 gets Japan earthquake notifications

22 08 2011

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20095403-17/ios-5-gets-japan-earthquake-notifications/





Don’t look now but smartphone prices are starting to creep higher. This strategy is going to be tested amid a weakening economy and an iPhone 5 that may sell at $199.99

22 08 2011

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/smartphone-makers-try-price-creep-time-to-revolt/55571





4G a boon to U.S. economy and jobs, study says

22 08 2011

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20094588-94/4g-a-boon-to-u.s-economy-and-jobs-study-says/





If someone runs Netflix through a wirelessly connected tablet or smartphone (as opposed to streaming across Wi-Fi), the wireless carrier is going to love that because sooner or later the user is going to exceed his or her mobile broadband data cap and thus produce greater revenues for the telecom carrier

21 08 2011

http://www.billingworld.com/blogs/baker/2011/08/analytics-guru-are-telecoms-ready-for-the-biz-int.aspx








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