Typical Smartphone User Consumes 230 Mbytes of Data a Month

Us wireless market q2 2010 update   aug 2010 - chetan sharma consulting

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The typical U.S. smartphone user consumes about 230 megabytes of data in a month, up about 50 percent over the last six months, says wireless consultant Chetan Sharma. 

Also, although it often is said that the U.S. lags some other world markets in terms of adoption of advanced services, this is not true for mobile broadband, where the U.S. market has become the hothouse observers in other markets are tracking, says Sharma. 

U.S. consumers will be among the very first to test, in volume, fourth-generation networks and the most-advanced 3G networks as well. 

Cox Launches 50/5 Internet Speeds in Connecticut

Cox Communications has launched residential "Ultimate Internet" service in Connecticut, providing customers three unique IP addresses, 10 e-mail addresses, and 50 hours per month of remote dial access for $99.99 per month.

Cox Launches 50/5 Internet Speeds in Connecticut

What's Next for Google Voice?

 What's coming next for Google Voice? Possibly voice-activated text message creation and handling. Maybe application programming interfaces so third party developers can embed Google Voice in their applications.

Better transcription of audio into text is possible. Those of you who have used transcription in Google Voice might say it is required.

Voice-controlled actions might also be ported to platforms other than Android.

80% of Enterprises Plan Mobile Websites

Of the 80 percent of enterprise respondents who indicated they had plans to create, or already had created mobile websites as part of their mobile marketing plans, promotion was the most-popular planned activity. But commerce applications were planned by more than 60 percent of firms.

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A Twitter Movie Trailer?

Apparently so.

Ad Sales On Facebook To Reach $1.3B In 2010

For a company that for quite some simply said it would discover a revenue model, Facebook will book $1.28 billion in ad revenue in 2010, compared to $665 million in ad revenue in 2009.

MySpace, on the other hand, will bring in just $347 million this year, down from over $400 million in 2009. MySpace might book just $297 million in 2011, according to eMarketer.

eMarketer: Ad Sales On Facebook To Reach $1.3B In 2010; MySpace Sales To Plummet

Still Many Practical Questions About Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Compromise

Even assuming one understands the framework, there still are many questions about how to apply it.

Consider for example a situation where a telecom provider offers plain old telephone service, broadband Internet, and a new VOIP service.

Suppose an outside company wants to offer the customers VOIP only, thus avoiding the obligations that attach to POTS.

Should the service provider be allowed to block the outsider, insisting that customers use only the telecom’s own VOIP?

Are there intermediate positions, such as allowing the outsider to connect its VOIP but also allowing the telecom provider to levy a charge on to pay for overhead costs?

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