by Pivot
Tag: Text Messaging
Cellphone Etiquette Research: 89% Use Phones in Face-to-Face Groups
Mobile devices have been causing big changes in the way people – users and non-users alike – act and behave in public and in social groups since cellphone use first became widespread. They have also…
Pew Teens Online Research: Making Friends Online is Commonplace
Nearly 6 of 10 U.S. teens ages 13-17 (57 percent) have made a new friend online. Social media and online game playing were the most common digital media channels teens used to strike up new…
Cities with Best Mobile Performance: Atlanta, Chicago Top List
How do U.S. cities rank in terms of mobile services performance? Atlanta is tops, not only in network speed and data performance, but overall, according to RootMetrics’ first half 2015 rankings. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International also…
Messaging Forecast Calls for 160 Trillion Messages in 2019
Mobile and online messaging traffic will continue growing fast to reach 160 trillion messages per year by 2019. That would be 70 percent higher than 2014’s 94.2 trillion messages, according to new market research from…
FCC May Let Carriers Offer Robocall Blocking
Wired and wireless telecom service providers would have the opportunity to offer robocall blocking technology if a proposal made by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is adopted, said senior FCC officials today. Wheeler is circulating within…
FreedomPop Wi-Fi Service Offers Unlimited Voice, Text and Data
FreedomPop, the company that offers free cellular data, voice and text service, today launched a service that lets smartphones use any of nearly 10 million Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide for data, voice, or text connectivity, thereby…
RootMetrics: Verizon Tops in Mobile Network Performance
In real-world, mid-year testing of the speed and reliability of mobile networks across the nation, RootMetrics found that Verizon Wireless dominated in nearly all aspects, with AT&T following close behind. Sprint and T-Mobile generally remained…
Paid Text Apps May Gain PSTN, Voice Connectivity
Until now wireless carriers may not have paid much attention to some new players in the VoIP arena. These include companies like WhatsApp (now owned by Facebook) that sell smartphone apps that give users a…
Mobile Operators and IoT: Why the Big Interest?
Any way one looks at the matter, telecom service providers have to invent or create big new revenue sources to replace dwindling voice revenues that historically have driven revenue and profits. In 2001, about 65…
Frontier Ekes Out More Voice Line Value with Text-to-Landline Service
Business customers are the target market for a new service from Frontier Communications that enables text messaging for landline phone numbers. “Most people, including your customers, prefer to communicate by texting,” says Frontier on a…
Communications Preference Survey: 56% Choose Phone, 25% Choose Text
We can text or email, but a phone call remains by far the preferred form of communication for Americans, especially when a special moment or event is the motivation, according to results of a new…
J.D. Power: Heavy Cell Phone Texters More Likely to Switch
The most active of traditional mobile phone customers, in particular those who text a lot, are more likely to switch devices, according to a report from J.D.Power & Associates. The report also found that Nokia…