Ringback tones are to mobile phone users today what SMS was 10 years ago - the service you have to have.
A study of UK children between 10 and 14 shows that they cannot imagine life without their mobile phones.
Upgrading MobiMate's globetrotter service WorldMate with flight schedules and more detailed weather information has led to a dramatic increase in data traffic.
A world-first interoperability test program held in Sweden is seen as a vital step in the development of video telephony for mass market consumption.
Going home to be frustrated by a slow Internet connection will soon be a thing of the past, thanks to Ericsson's Public Ethernet and the new broadband access standard ADSL2+.
Recently in Delhi, three major mobile operators announced the launch of high-speed services that will allow users to, among other things, check mail and watch short video clips on their mobile telephones. The move exemplifies how operators are rushing to be first out with the best services in a rapidly advancing and expanding market.
When standards for writing computer software were introduced, the industry soared. A new set of standards for creating and deploying services that can be used across fixed, mobile and Internet networks could lead to the same boom in telephony.
A growing number of operators are embracing EDGE as the technology to transform their GSM networks for 3G. More than 100 operators in 60 countries have committed to rolling out EDGE services, with the latest Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) figures showing that uptake has more than doubled in the past 12 months.
With games leading the way, improved technology and more advanced handsets taking the chore out of using them, location-based services (LBS) are starting to take off.
Sick of weather information that just isn't accurate? A new mobile service is giving consumers the chance to actually see what the weather is like in 65 cities around the world, as well as getting travel and event information.
Until recently, South African mobile portals were GPRS-accessible only to post-paid subscribers. But now, with the launch of operator MTN's new MTNLoaded portal, the country's mass of pre-paid users can also access premium content over GPRS.
US-based communications company MCI has decided to migrate its international voice traffic from traditional circuit-switched technology to packet-switched Voice-over-IP.
In a report published in August 2004, market research and consultancy firm Strategy Analytics predicts that total global revenue from mobile data services will grow to USD 189 billion by 2009, with text messaging via SMS set to remain the dominant application.
Looking for Anastacia but stuck on a too-sweet boy band? Ericsson's M-USE service can end the frustration.
Shandong Mobile, a fully-owned subsidiary of the world's largest mobile operator, China Mobile, has placed a USD 150 million order with Ericsson to expand its GSM network.
Europe's largest and fastest-growing public access Wi-Fi network, The Cloud, allows UK-based ISPs, mobile operators, cable companies and other providers to offer wireless LAN services under their own brands. This unique business model has seen The Cloud grow to include some 4300 hotspots across Britain, with the number expected to reach 10000 by the end of 2004.
With mobile uptake in Africa increasing by around 30 percent every year, there will be more than 150 million subscribers on the continent by 2007 - making it the world's fastest growing mobile communications market.
