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MTN teams up with Mastercard on mobile wallets

Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.

• 16 Feb 2021

The beginning of the end: VodafoneZiggo switches off 3G network

The Vodafone and Liberty joint-venture VodafoneZiggo decided to switch off its 3G network to bring “The Netherlands much faster, safer and stabler mobile internet.”

• 05 Feb 2020

New California law says Uber drivers are employees, Uber says they’re contractors

A new law looks set to be passed in California that could set a much wider precedent regarding the employment status of participants in the gig economy.

• 12 Sep 2019

Cuba enters mobile internet age with 3G few can afford

Cuba’s telecom operator will offer 3G data service to prepaid users, but the package prices are too high for most locals.

• 06 Dec 2018

Young people are obsessed with the mobile internet, who knew?

New global research by networking vendor CommScope reveals users aged 13-22 are umbilically dependent on their smartphones.

• 16 Oct 2017

FCC points net neutrality finger at AT&T

The FCC has written to AT&T SVP Robert Quinn to cast a shadow over the telcos plans to offer DirectTV as a zero-rating proposition, citing net neutrality concerns.

• 11 Nov 2016

US smartphone penetration still only 64% – survey

A new survey conducted by US polling house Pew Research Center has revealed 64% of US adults own a smartphone. While this is almost double the population penetration of four years ago, it’s still relatively low for such a developed country that is, after all, the home of Apple and Android.

• 02 Apr 2015

Record $19.2B invested in mobile Internet in past 12 months – study

A study conducted by financial advisory and analyst firm Digi-Capital has revealed the mobile Internet industry has benefited from a record level of investment in the past year. According to the report, mobile Internet investment peaked at $19.2 billion (£12 billion) in the 12 months up to Q3 2014.

• 31 Oct 2014

Global mobile traffic to grow 11 fold by 2018, says Cisco

Global mobile traffic is expected to grow nearly 11-fold over the next four years, according to research conducted by networking kit vendor Cisco.

• 06 Feb 2014

Brazilian mobile traffic on the rise

Brazil is showing an appetite for mobile internet, as internet traffic from non-PC devices, such as tablets, mobile phones and gaming consoles, has grown rapidly in recent months. Although non-PC device traffic accounted for just one per cent of total internet page views in August, this marks an increase of more than 60 per cent since May, according to comScore.

• 10 Oct 2011

Meeting Consumer Expectations

In the age of the Mobile Internet, with 4G networks looming on the horizon and a rapidly expanding array of intelligent devices making their way to consumers, competition for subscribers among wireless service providers is fiercer than ever.

• 22 Apr 2010

Realising the full potential of the mobile internet

The Holy Grail for analytics will be its ability to form predictions of what is likely to happen in the near future, based on historical and circumstantial facts.

• 02 Mar 2010

IPv4 internet addresses almost exhausted

Last week analysts predicted that global mobile data revenues will rise from an estimated $208bn in 2009 to over $330bn in 2013, driven by explosive growth in smartphones and dongles. But with legacy internet addresses almost exhausted, the internet community is running out of time to prepare for future demand.

• 19 Jan 2010

The Real Mass Market: Mobile Data for All

Satisfying the developing world’s demand for value added services

In emerging markets without pervasive fixed telecommunication infrastructures, mobile phones keep populations connected and current with the rest of the world. Mobile web browsing is becoming the cornerstone of mobile content.

• 04 Jun 2009

Social networking to drive mobile web growth

User generated content and social networking will be the driving forces behind the mobile internet, with the global market for Mobile Web 2.0 services forecast to be worth $22.4bn in 2013, up from $5.5bn in 2008. The key to this growth, according to industry analyst Juniper Research, is that the Mobile Web 2.0 provides an […]

• 15 May 2008