Mary Meeker is a financial analyst focused on technology who has a reputation for being one of the first to spot new opportunities. Not surprisingly a 100+-slide deck released this week that comprises Meeker’s 2013 Internet Trends Report is generating a lot of buzz. Meeker,...
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The Internet’s World Wide Web has gotten faster in the past year thanks to improvements in core network infrastructure, 4G LTE mobile deployments, faster Web browsers, and greater processing power of mobile devices, according to Google Analytics. Updating a study of the speed of websites...
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Washington, DC – March 5, 2013 — Comcast Executive Vice President David L. Cohen today announced details about the 2nd Annual Internet Essentials Progress Report, which features key milestones for the program as well as a number of program enhancements and a new award designed...
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As someone who historically has been skeptical about suggestions that widespread Wi-Fi networks would be a viable alternative to mobile networks, recent smart phone and tablet trends are a cause to reexamine those assumptions. The way people now use mobile and untethered devices means the...
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The concept of “personalized mobile services” may sound like a tired old marketing phrase but it’s actually quite a hot telecom development area, as an announcement from Alcatel-Lucent today illustrates. The company is launching what it calls Smart Plan Builder, a software product aimed at...
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Smartphone and tablet users are increasingly using their devices as portable music players, driving growth in accessory devices, such as wireless speakers and headphones, that enhance the listening experience, according to a new study from The NPD Group. Forty percent of tablet owners said they...
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In the mobile service provider business, one of the classic signs of potential customer churn is a pattern of diminishing use. But that is but one of scores to hundreds of key performance indicators mobile service providers can monitor when attempting to protect their current...
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Both Apple and Samsung surpassed Nokia as the most popular mobile vendors in terms of worldwide Internet usage for the first time, according to new research results from StatCounter, an independent provider of website analytics. Apple took over the #1 slot in January for the...
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Beginning next quarter, rural network operators may have another option for bringing mobile Internet connectivity to areas that cannot get such connectivity today. That’s when xG Technology plans to begin shipping equipment supporting Internet connectivity, which xG claims can deliver speeds of up to 1.5...
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LOS ANGELES–Nov. 1, 2012–TruConnect Mobile LLC today announced it will deliver Internet on the Go™ “Go Big” and “Go Bigger” plans that offer great mobile Internet access value for both casual and heavy users exclusively at Walmart. Internet on the Go services have always featured...
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Mobile devices are poised to supplant PCs as users’ default gateways to the Internet, according to the latest data from IDC’s Worldwide New Media Market Model. The trend is most pronounced in the U.S., where IDC forecasts the number of people accessing the Internet via...
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NBC Universal is making a huge effort not only to cover and distribute more Olympic Games coverage than ever before, but also, is undertaking a major research effort into the results of its coverage; using multiple outside research providers to crunch the data. While we...
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