A study by Strand Partners on behalf of Virgin Media O2 has revealed that millions of Brits are paying for mobile phones they already own because they don’t fully understand their bills. More than 9 in 10 (93 per cent) Brits are unaware they could be charged for mobile phones they’ve already paid for through […]

Satellite operator Lynk Global, working with Globe Telecom, has trialled what they claim is the first-ever emergency satellite connectivity service in the Philippines. The test included SMS messaging and emergency alerts to and from mobile phones. The test took place during February in Bataan, a province of the Philippines, and used Globe Telecom’s terrestrial cellular […]

Parks Associates’ research finds that consumers have maintained recent increases in the amount of time they spend watching video on their mobile phones, while time spent consuming video on a TV set, tablet, and computer continues to decrease. Advertising-based online video (AVoD) accounts for the largest share at nearly two hours per week on average, […]

Noting high inflation figures in the US, actionable intelligence firm Aluma suggests that households are realising that the economy is only at the beginning of what will be a long recovery. “It is in this context that home decision-makers search for ways to reduce expenses, among them communication and home media services,” it says. When […]

According to findings from revenue and device security specialist Trustonic, there is widespread confusion among consumers in the UK around whether or not they have taken out financing on their mobile phones. In the survey, only 27 per cent of respondents stated they had taken device financing as part of an operator package. In contrast, […]