Forty percent of new network digital display platform installations will make use of SMS technology for interactivity by 2012, up from just 5% last year, according to a new report from MultiMedia Intelligence.

Back in November, Apple's iPhone 3G overtook the almighty RAZR as the best-selling handset on US soil, and merely a week later, analysts pinpointed Motorola (and Sony Ericsson, in fairness) as being handset makers that could have a tough time "weathering the storm." Now, a new piece of research from MultiMedia Intelligence has it that Motorola's market share dominance is about to end, an...

According to a news research by MultiMedia Intelligence, Motorola is projected to provide 21% of all handsets consumed in the consumer market in the US. The market research and consultancy firm projects that Motorola will remain the most successful mobile handset manufacturer in the US market in 2008, but that share is rapidly fading. Samsung and LG are closing fast and promise to surpass Motorola...

MultiMedia Intelligence projects that Motorola will remain the most successful mobile handset manufacturer in the US market in 2008, but that share is rapidly fading. According to recent research by MultiMedia Intelligence, Motorola is projected to provide 21% of all handsets consumed in the consumer market in the US. Samsung and LG are closing fast and promise to surpass Motorola in 2009. "The ma...

MultiMedia Intelligence projects that Motorola will remain the most successful mobile handset manufacturer in the US market in 2008, but that share is rapidly fading. According to recent research by MultiMedia Intelligence, Motorola is projected to provide 21% of all handsets consumed in the consumer market in the US. Samsung and LG are closing fast

Due to the simplicity of SMS messaging and the ubiquity of wireless handsets, 40% of new network digital display platforms installations will leverage SMS for interactivity by 2012, according to MultiMedia Intelligence. This is up from approximately 5% in 2007. SMS is not the only manner for providing interactivity. Other wireless methods such as RFID, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi will also find significan...

The last few years have seen significant growth in the U.S. teen market, a market that MultiMedia Intelligence defines as the age group of 12 to 17-year-old individuals. In 2007, the market grew 12% to surpass 16 million subscribers.

The last few years have seen significant growth in the U.S. teen market, a market that MultiMedia Intelligence defines as the age group of 12 to 17-year-old individuals. In 2007, the market grew 12% to surpass 16 million subscribers.

According to Mark Kirsten at  Multimedia Intelligence, the iPhone has woken up the sleeping giant cell phone makers, teaching them a lesson. "Apple went beyond simply replacing the keyboard with a huge touch-screen display, they created a fun, yet effective user interface.  It was different; . . . it was cool; . .  it was sexy; . . . it was pure Apple.  The Apple disciples came...

US Hispanic teens aged 12-17 represent 2.5 million subscribers, according to MultiMedia Intelligence.  This is an increasingly important segment of wireless consumers, with a subscriber growth rate of two to three times that of overall US teen market over the next 5 years.   Key findings regarding Hispanic teen wireless subscribers include:  Hispanic Teens represent 16% of the overa...