LOS ANGELES, CA – November 19, 2013 – FreedomPop, America’s first free mobile service company, today expanded its recently launched free phone service to allow consumers to use their old Sprint phones to add a line with FreedomPop. In addition,…
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HTC of South Carolina Selects Minerva Middleware
Las Vegas, NV – October 23, 2013: Minerva Networks, a leading provider of software solutions for the delivery of television services over broadband networks, announced today that Horry Telephone Cooperative (HTC) has selected Minerva’s award winning iTVFusion platform to power…
comScore: Apple, Android’s Hold on U.S. Smartphone Market Continues
Apple continued as the leading smartphone manufacturer in the U.S., capturing a 39.2% OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) market share for the three months ending May 2013, says comScore. With 52% of the U.S. smartphone market, Google Android ranked as the…
Report: U.S. Smartphone Penetration Reaches 55%
Some 129.4 million Americans owned smartphones during the three-month period ending this January, up 7% since October for a market penetration of 55%, according to comScore’s latest MobiLens report. Apple topped the ranks of smartphone OEMs as its U.S. market…
Report: Half of Smartphones Sold are from Apple or Samsung
Global smartphone shipments totaled a record high 700 million in 2012, a 43% year-over-year increase, according to the latest data from Strategy Analytics. Samsung’s star outshone that of other handset manufacturers, in capturing a 30% share of the worldwide market…
Harris Poll Reveals Similarities, Differences in Smartphone, PC Usage
Smartphone owners use their devices in ways that are both similar to and different from the way they use their personal computers, according to an online survey recently conducted by The Harris Poll of 2,383 adults, 991 of whom own…
1990s App Lives Again — and Other Low-Profile, High-Impact Disputes
The telecom industry is accustomed to conflict. Recent battles have been fought over network platforms, apps, and the electromagnetic spectrum. And the next set of transformational battle lines are already drawn in areas such as home automation and connected cars….
Report: Smartphone Shipments to Double by 2016
Smartphone shipments will reach 567 million in 2012, and double by 2016, according to the latest research from NPD DisplaySearch. The fast pace of new model introductions, such as the much-anticipated iPhone 5, will continue, fueling the increase. Nonetheless, the…
Report: Smartphones to Outsell Other Cellphones by Next Year
Smartphone shipments will meet and exceed those of older feature phones a full two years sooner than previously anticipated, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli. Growing demand in developed markets and unexpectedly high demand from emerging markets will…
Report: 24% of Smartphone Users Have Purchased Content
Offering further evidence of just how strongly smartphone users have become attached to their mobile devices, more than 2/3 of respondents to an Online Publishers Association (OPA) survey said they “cannot live without them.” The population of smartphone users continues…
IDC: 85% of Smartphones Shipped Use Android or iOS
Smartphones using either Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android mobile operating systems (OS) continue to dominate the global market. Taken together, 85% of all smartphones shipped in 2Q were equipped with one or the other, a new combined high, according to…
London 2012 and Two Tales of the Multiscreen Olympics
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…
