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Public Sector Mobile Technology Explosion Predicted
News Public sector spending on ICT for mobile workers is set to increase by nearly five times over the next decade, according to research from market analyst Kable. Kable expects dramatic growth from a market where mobile workers already account for 1.1...
[March 21, 2005, 16:20]
WISP Municipal Partnership Creates New Dynamic For Delivery Of Mobile Broadband Data Services In Public Safety Sector
White Papers Evertek, a 100-year-old firm that began as an independent telephone company, first launched wireless broadband service in 1999 and in 2001 became the first WISP anywhere to deploy NextNet's pioneering non-line-of-sight platform.
[November 17, 2005, 23:00]
More Job Cuts At Motorola As Q3 Forecast Worsens
News The run of bad news in the mobile phone sector continued on Thursday as US manufacturer Motorola announced that its sales figures for the third quarter of this year will probably be worse than previously predicted.
[September 6, 2001, 17:33]
Nokia's Flat Q1 Warning Prompts Fears
News Fears are growing that the mobile sector is facing a slowdown following the announcement by Nokia Tuesday, that it has lowered expectations for handset sales growth in 2001. Now, because basic phones have more features, existing mobile users can...
[January 31, 2001, 7:03]
Jobs To Go At UK Mobile Phone Distributor
News An "significant" number of staff at European Telecom are to lose their jobs because of the slowdown in the mobile phone sector. The current difficult conditions in the mobile sector were blamed by European Telecom for the decision to lay off an...
[March 15, 2001, 8:53]
Markets Braced For Nokia Gloom
News With Nokia poised to announce its latest financial results this afternoon, experts have warned that the Finnish company could bring more bad news to the already-troubled mobile sector. As the dominant manufacturer of mobile handsets, Nokia's...
[July 19, 2001, 11:02]
You Outsource Operations Not Responsibility
White Papers Outsourcing in the telecoms sector has raised one specific interesting regulatory issue. The telecoms sector is highly regulated; network operators cannot evade this regulatory responsibility - it cannot be shifted to service providers.
[May 26, 2006, 0:00]
Mobile Gaming Market To Hit $5bn Mark By 2006
News Strategy Analytics estimates that there will be 100 million mobile gamers world-wide by 2006 -- making mobile gaming an important source of revenue for the mobile sector, The potential of mobile gaming can be seen by taking a look at the video...
[May 4, 2001, 12:42]
End Of The Road For Motorola's Bathgate Factory
News Motorola has blamed the decision on a drop in demand for mobile phones -- something affecting the whole sector. The mobile sector was particularly badly hit. It emerged back in April that the US mobile phone giant was planning to cease...
[July 23, 2001, 14:03]
Nokia Unruffled As Motorola Sells 2.5G And 3G Technology
News Motorola recently announced its second successive loss-making quarter, as it tries to cope with the recent slowdown in the growth of the mobile phone sector. Motorola's vice president Fred Shlapak explained that as mobile phones get more powerful...
[July 23, 2001, 16:13]
Government Inks £25m ICT Saving Deals
News The three-year MoU with BEA Systems aims to deliver savings of around £15m over the life of the agreement while the 12-month Vodafone MoU promises savings of over £10m through cheaper call rates and handsets for public sector mobile users.
[April 5, 2005, 16:10]
News Burst: Mobile Phone Slump Hits UK Economy
News Last Christmas was a success for the mobile phone sector, with each of the UK's four network providers reporting increases in subscriber numbers. However, there are concerns that the sector may be heading for a slump.
[March 12, 2001, 10:20]
Philips Considers Selling Mobile Phone Arm
News However, the slowdown in growth in the mobile sector means that the company has already admitted that it is unlikely to achieve its sales target of 20 million handsets this year. All the major players in the mobile sector have admitted that...
[March 30, 2001, 14:36]
Fears For Motorola's Scottish Chip Plants
News Motorola has been badly hit by the slump in the mobile sector, and according to recent reports company president Robert Growney has told analysts that the loss-making chip-making division could be sold.
[August 23, 2001, 17:21]
EC To Clamp Down On Mobile Roaming Charges
News The Commission's sector inquiry into international roaming prices has shown that mobile operators may be engaged in excessive pricing. International roaming fees will become increasingly important for the technology sector once 3G phones come onto...
[February 28, 2002, 11:02]
Logica Job Cuts Confirmed
News It's not yet clear where the cuts will be made, but Barlow has warned that Logica's telecoms solutions business has been hit by the slump in the mobile sector. See techTrader for the latest financial news in the high-tech sector.
[November 8, 2001, 17:09]
European Telcos To Escape US Slowdown
News While some predict delays and even collapse in the mobile sector, IDC remains optimistic that GPRS services will be rolled out on schedule, although UMTS timetables are likely to slip. Investors are losing confidence in the global telecom sector...
[March 27, 2001, 7:44]
TI's Profits Come In Lower Than Predicted
News Ron Slaymaker, TI's vice president of investor relations, attributed the earnings slump to weakness in the mobile phone sector, as well as to the tepid PC market and slower spending by telecommunications infrastructure companies.
[January 23, 2001, 8:59]
What About Yahoo's People?
Talkback T-Mobile's position in the mobile sector. Yahoo appeared to have stagnated, losing some of the energy that so set it apart from the rest of the tech sector when first established. This analyst comment seem to have missed two big issues - the clash...
[February 2, 2008, 15:39]
E-commerce Minister Chases Digital Dragon
News With 170 million users, China's mobile sector is the largest in the world. We need to raise the profile of the UK ICT's sector in China. In some areas, such as mobile communications and digital TV technology, it is the UK and Europe who are world...
[July 9, 2002, 11:35]
