[qi:101] Subsidies for high-end smartphones can be a Faustian bargain for mobile operators, but there are riches in the coming wave of…
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Content Discovery a Lucrative But Dangerous Place for Operators
Mobile network operators can boost data revenues by providing personalized apps and content experiences for their subscribers, according to a report released…
Read MoreAirport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot: Study
[qi:___wifi] If free Wi-Fi marketing is a good idea, as Om and Stacey argued last week, free Wi-Fi marketing in airports is…
Read MoreIf Mobile Carriers Don't Address Demand for Wi-Fi, Ad-Supported Services Will
[qi:___wifi] Mobile network operators must find better — and cheaper — ways of incorporating Wi-Fi access into their data plans, according to…
Read MoreRich Carriers Got Richer in Q3
[qi:083] The rich mobile carriers got a little richer in the third quarter, as the nation’s top two operators increased their leads…
Read MoreData Usage Be Damned, T-Mobile Losing Its Grip on Customers
T-Mobile USA lost 77,000 customers and saw revenue continue to slide in the third quarter even as its operating profit margin increased…
Read MoreCarriers and Netbooks: To Subsidize or Not to Subsidize?
The netbook market has grown legs despite a floundering economy, but carriers are still trying to find the best ways to cash…
Read MoreHandset Makers Set to Cash In on the Holidays
The handset market will have much to be thankful for this holiday season, according to new reports out this morning from IDC…
Read MoreSurge in High-Tech Devices and Services a Double-Edged Sword for Carriers
U.S. mobile data revenues surpassed $19.4 billion in the first half of 2009, a 31 percent increase over the year-ago period, and…
Read MoreSurprise! iPhone Users Love Their Phones, Hate Their Network
Bring a magnifying glass if you’re looking for surprises in a new study from CFI Group. The market research firm has just…
Read MoreVerizon Talks the Openness Talk, Doesn't Walk the Openness Walk
Verizon (s vz) Wireless, nearly two years after saying it would offer its network to “any apps, any device,” is moving toward…
Read MoreVodafone Embarks on Branding Facelift
Vodafone is hoping that social networks and a new app store can give it a much-needed facelift. The carrier is launching a…
Read MoreWhy Comcast & Not T-Mobile Should Buy Sprint
Shares of Sprint got a boost this morning after the Sunday Telegraph reported T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom (s dt) AG may acquire…
Read MoreDesperately Seeking Scale, Orange & T-Mobile Merge in UK
Orange will merge with T-Mobile UK in a deal that will see the combined company become the largest player in the UK,…
Read MoreCarriers Head Back to School to Find New Customers
The days are getting shorter, the mercury is falling and the kids are headed back to school. And network operators are pouring boatloads of money into marketing campaigns to turn those youngsters into high-end, ARPU-boosting customers.…
Read MoreYour Mobile Carrier Will Sell You for Pennies
Five major UK carriers are banding together to pool customer data so that it can be put into a giant database and…
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