Tagged: Ovum & News
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Social messaging to cost mobile operators US$23bn this year News
04.04.2012 How often lately do you hear people say that their social platform of choice – be it Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+ - has replaced email and SMS? Well mobile operators...Categories: Mobility, Apps, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Wireless Communications, Social Media, Networking & Telecoms, Communications -
Feature phone apps market to almost double to $1bn News
09.09.2011 The mobile apps market for feature phones will almost double by 2016, hitting revenues of $1 billion, after being spurred on by the success of apps in the smartphone sector,...Categories: Apps, Apps Zone, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Software & Web Development, Wireless Communications -
Age of the app News
09.12.2010 LAURA O’BRIEN takes a look at the current successes of the mobile app business and how both developers and brands are set to gain.Categories: Software Development, Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Digital Marketing, Development, Apps Zone, Apps -
Level 3 connects to five Dublin carrier-neutral data centres News
29.07.2010 ‘Carrier’s carrier’ Level 3 has revealed its new Dublin Tier 1 city-wide network is connected to five carrier-neutral data centres. The company is investing €1m in its expansion... -
Nokia deal will rival Intel/Microsoft PC partnership News
24.06.2009 Yesterday’s announcement of Intel’s collaboration with Nokia to develop a line of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing devices and chipset architectures “makes sure that it...Categories: Comms -
Mobile phone market to shrink by 9.1pc in 2009 News
18.05.2009 Mobile phone shipments for 2009 are expected to be down 9.1pc on 2008, according to the latest report (Mobile phone forecast pack 2008-2014) by analyst firm Ovum.Categories: Comms -
Inflated valuations caused breakdown in talks between Facebook and Twitter News
02.12.2008 The first major consolidation of the social-networking age – the merger of Facebook with rising star Twitter – may have been derailed by questions over Facebook’s inflated...Categories: New Media -
Volume of cyber security threats on the rise, warns Microsoft News
05.11.2008 The volume of threats in the online world is increasing and the distribution of these threats continues to evolve, Microsoft has warned in its Security Intelligence Report on...Categories: CIOTags: Ovum, Internet Security, -
Struggles at BT Global Services prompts board reshuffle News
03.11.2008 BT has announced board changes after the departure of Global Services CEO Francois Barrault following disappointing EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and...Categories: Business -
Open source revolution hits mobile world News
20.10.2008 The blaze trailed by Google and Nokia in choosing an open source model for their mobile platforms in the past year has introduced extra pressure on software vendors to adopt an...Categories: Comms -
Google’s Android looks promising but faces challenges News
24.09.2008 While Google is, for now, using T-Mobile as the exclusive launch pad for the G1 Android phone, it will need to develop the operating system (OS) for other handsets with members...Categories: Comms -
Google will need nerves of Chrome as growth may be slow News
04.09.2008 While Google has shown it has balls of Chrome, its penetration of the global browser market will be slow and steady. But one observer has noted that Google’s attack on Microsoft...Categories: Business -
IT vendors quake as Google unveils more business apps News
02.09.2008 In a move that may send shivers of fear down the spines of business software vendors, Google has released Google Video for Business, which analysts interpret as a sign that...Categories: Business -
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IT outsourcing providers continue global takeover News
21.05.2008 The global market for a range of managed IP services, including managed metro ethernet, managed IP VPNs, managed IP voice and managed security, is expected to grow by a compound... -
Will Microsoft take no for an answer from Yahoo!? News
04.02.2008 While Yahoo! has not yet responded either way to the public US$44.6bn bid from Microsoft, apart from saying that it is ‘undertaking a deliberate review process’, those close to...Categories: New Media -
EU plans single European telecoms market News
14.11.2007 In a breathtaking reform of the European telecoms market, the European Commission has created a single European Telecom Market Authority which will act as watchdog to ensure...Categories: Comms, Government -
Sony Ericsson results disappoint, says analyst News
11.10.2007 Although shipments were up 4pc on the quarter from 24.9 million to 25.9 million devices, the average sales price of Sony Ericsson devices fell 4pc from €125 to €120 resulting in...Categories: Business -
Could Facebook deal herald dotbomb 2.0? News
27.09.2007 Following this week’s rumoured offer of US$10bn from Microsoft for a 5pc stake in rapidly growing social networking site Facebook, IT analyst David Bradshaw from UK firm Ovum...Categories: