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Half of global mobile carriers now have some kind of toll-free data plan
Half of the world's mobile carriers are exempting at least one app from data charges, according to Allot. More often than not, that app is Facebook. The subsidized mobile internet is becoming a key carrier draw.…
Read MoreInside AT&T’s Sponsored Data program: How Aquto turns ads into megabytes
Aquto's use of AT&T's controversial new subsidized internet program is definitely benign: it's compensating mobile users for data consumed while viewing ads. But is its use case typical or the exception?…
Read MoreEricsson: Global smartphone penetration will reach 60% in 2019
Smartphones will expand rapidly into the developing world, according to Ericsson, not only because devices will become cheaper. Cheaper data plan options and the economic benefits of mobile internet connectivity will help drive their proliferation.…
Read MoreEricsson CTO: For mobile networks to keep up, they need to embrace the cloud
The innovation in the cloud has far exceeded the pace of innovation in the mobile network, according to Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson. One way to catch up is to move the mobile network into the cloud.…
Read MoreFacebook’s quest for a more efficient mobile internet starts in its own backyard
Facebook's Internet.org wants to streamline the wireless industry, making mobile data available to billions of people. It's a noble goal, but as Facebook acknowledges, it needs to start with its own notoriously data-hungry apps.…
Read MoreCisco might be down, but its fortunes (and market share) rise in the data center
Cisco entered the data center business in 2009 and four years later, that has turned into a $2 billion a year business and there are no signs of a slowdown. Looks like Cisco built the right products at the right time.…
Read MoreWhy AT&T might be interested in Hulu: A big mobile data payday
AT&T is seeking a guinea pig to test out its idea for a subsidized mobile internet, and Hulu fits the bill perfectly. If Hulu foots the bill for its own data traffic, consumers could stream video to their hearts' content.…
Read MoreAT&T CEO: A subsidized mobile internet is coming to an operator near you
Content providers will soon pay mobile carriers to exempt their traffic from consumers' mobile data plans, says AT&T's Randall Stephenson. That may seem like a good deal for consumers but in the long-term it's actually a raw deal.…
Read MoreA mobile internet subsidized by content providers: ESPN might want it but you shouldn’t
ESPN is reportedly in negotiations with Verizon to exempt its content from the carrier's data caps. Such a deal would set a precedence for a very different mobile internet than the one we know today.…
Read MoreMissed opportunity: Why Facebook should have built its own phone
It may be a contrary opinion, but I think Facebook should build its own phone -- not a smartphone, but a cheap feature phone. I wouldn't buy it. You wouldn't buy it. But millions of people would. Here's why.…
Read MoreWhy the government needs to free up more spectrum for wireless companies
The wireless industry has been racing to keep up with consumers' ever-increasing reliance on mobile technologies. Jonathan Spalter, chairman of Mobile Future, argues that it’s now time for the government to respond with the same sense of urgency.…
Read MoreU.S. to top the world in mobile ad spending for the first time
For the first time, the U.S. will surpass Japan as the world's biggest market for mobile advertising, according to research firm eMarketer. In 2012, advertisers are expected to spend more than $6.43 billion globally in 2012, with the U.S. contributing $2.3 billion.…
Read MoreTwitter targets the feature phone with MediaTek deal
Twitter wants a taste of the success Facebook is experiencing globally. For that to happen it needs to embed itself in the feature phone, the primary device used in developing markets to access the internet. So Twitter is following in Facebook’s footsteps by partnering with MediaTek.…
Read MoreT-Mobile smartphones are data beasts, eating up 760 MB a month
T-Mobile USA has a well-deserved reputation for having the hungriest smartphone users in mobile, but now it's offering proof. The typical smartphone user on its network consumes an impressive 760 MB per month. For HSPA+ 42 smartphones that number increases to an astonishing 1.3 GB.…
Read MoreCisco scales its mobile core to meet the smartphone boom
As mobile app usage explodes, wireless equipment vendors have been forced to not only keep pace to with radio technologies scale the Internet infrastructure behind them. Cisco has built a new mobile core to handle the enormous data loads the smartphone has heaped onto wireless networks.…
Read MoreWho’s building mobile Websites? Pizzerias and plumbers
Pizzerias love the mobile Web. Why? There’s a feature embedded in many of their sites called click-to-call that allows a hungry mobile surfer to initiate a phone order directly from the Webpage. An astonishing 35 percent of site visits result in a click-to-call order.…
Read MorePolar Mobile bets on HTML5 with new $6M funding round
Toronto-based Polar Mobile, which provides a digital media distribution platform powering the apps of some of the biggest media companies in the world, including Conde Nast, Sports Illustrated and The Wall Street Journal, announced a new $6 million funding round on Monday.…
Read MoreAT&T boosts mobile data caps but hikes prices as well
On Sunday, AT&T is reconfiguring its mobile data plans in a way that will anger many customers but may actually please others. It’s raising its smartphone and tablet data plan rates, while simultaneously offering customers a better deal on the data they do consume.…
Read MoreStudy: Apple’s iPhone, iPad account for 90 percent of mobile purchases
f people are buying through online retail sites on mobile, they're most likely doing so on Apple devices, according to a new report. iPads and iPhones accounted for over 92 percent of online retail not originating from a desktop device in December, according to the study.…
Read MoreKeys to building better mobile websites
Google this week launched an initiative designed to help businesses build better mobile web sites. But while GoMo is a valuable resources, there are a few other things businesses must consider before addressing the finer points of the mobile web.…
Read MoreCue the lawsuits, net neutrality rules begin Nov. 20
The Federal Communications Commission's controversial net neutrality rules have been officially filed with the Federal Register and will go into effect Nov. 20. But it's expected to prompt new legal challenges from carriers who question the FCC's legal authority to implement the rules.…
Read MoreMobile Internet user to eclipse wireline users by 2015
It's going to be a mobile Internet world and we'll just live in it. That's the conclusion of IDC,which is forecasting that mobile Internet users will grow by an annual compound growth rate of 16.6 percent through 2015, when they will pass wireline PC users.…
Read MoreLooks like HTML5 is gaining momentum
If recent news from Twitter, Pandora, Google and Amazon is any indication, it seems that a set of technologies collectively known as HTML5 are finally starting to gain a lot of momentum, and to me, that's a good thing -- especially for the mainstream users.…
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