ABI Research has been busy number-crunching figures from 2012. Hot on the heels of its cameraphone calculations comes a new report looking at 4G devices.
It reckons 103 million 4G LTE mobile devices were shipped in 2012.
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Every mobile network customer can be offered an individually tailored deal
Mark Bridge writes:
Advertising is already personal. Browse online for certain products and services – perhaps a new camera, a car hire deal or a pair of jeans – and you’ll see the same items advertised when you visit other web sites.
Marketing technology company Pontis, based in the high-tech industrial zone of Ra'anana in central Israel, has a much more focussed perspective. It talks about a segment-of-one marketing approach… and it’s just started working with O2 in the UK.
A recent projection from ABI Research has calculated that over one billion cameras were fitted in smartphones and tablets shipped last year.
Almost every current smartphone has a built-in camera, with around a third having both rear-facing and front-facing cameras. An even higher proportion of tablet devices has two cameras.
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Canonical, the company that supports open-source PC operating system Ubuntu, has announced a mobile version of the Ubuntu platform.
The new interface will be available to network operators, manufacturers and chip makers.
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Wants networks to let customers leave if prices increase during an initial contract term
Ofcom has announced a consultation about protecting consumers from price rises during fixed-term contracts for landline, broadband and mobile phone services.
It first revealed plans for the consultation in October last year.
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