Wireless Industry News

March 9, 2010 - The mobile retail market is expected to exceed $12 billion by 2014, driven by one-to-one marketing and smartphone adoption, Juniper Report finds.
(more)

March 8, 2010 - The recent law bans drivers from using hand-held devices while driving – and the tally does not include fines issued by local law enforcement. (more)

March 8, 2010 - A report from the UN claims more than half of people in the developing world are now cellphone subscribers. (more)

March 8, 2010 - The European Commission pressed networks into slashing roaming charges, but until now the cost of online surfing had remained unchanged. (more)

March 3, 2010 - The growing popularity of new communications services and technologies has led to a dramatic increase in the demand for phone numbers in several regions across Canada. (more)

March 3, 2010 - As collaborative applications become ever more important for enterprise, a new report has found that the number of enterprise customers using mobile cloud-based applications will rise to more than 130 million by 2014, facilitated by platform as a service deployments from key players such as Google and Microsoft. (more)

March 3, 2010 - Users can make instant, secure payments at retail using their mobile phone.
(more)

February 24, 2010 - Rogers is the first Canadian wireless carrier to offer full album pre-orders as part of its full-track over-the-air music downloads store. (more)

February 24, 2010 - Mobile location-based services market to exceed $12 billion by 2014 driven by increased apps store usage, smartphone adoption and new hybrid positioning technologies, according to Juniper Research. (more)

February 24, 2010 - Service will create largest video calling audience in North America. (more)

February 23, 2010 - High value North American One Rate data plans offer wireless roaming peace of mind and cost certainty across North America (more)

February 17, 2010 - According to the International Telecommunication Union, 2010 is likely to see 5 billion cellphone subscriptions – only 1.8 billion less than the world’s population. (more)