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September 07, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Discusses the Potential Impact of Near Field Communications

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Sep 7, 2012) - Near Field Communications (NFC) is a promising technology that provides access to many new applications for smartphones. In the short term, smartphones...
August 21, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Discusses the Potential for Voice Over LTE

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Aug 21, 2012) - The 4G LTE networks currently being deployed are dramatically impacting mobile operators, vendors and mobile end users. With mobile data volumes rising and...
August 16, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Finds That 50 Percent of Smartphone Users Purchase and Download Music on Their Phone Streaming Music on Smartphones Adds to Traffic on 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Networks

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Aug 16, 2012) - Not surprisingly, physical CDs and vinyl records are no longer the most common formats of music used by U.S. consumers. Digital music, whether it be...
August 14, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Discusses the Potential for Mobile Content Delivery Networks

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Aug 14, 2012) - Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) have been around for years and provide a great deal of utility and costs savings for content owners and network operators...
August 07, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Shows 28 Percent of SMBs Use Activity-Based Billing

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Aug 7, 2012) - The economic slowdown and sluggish rebound in the U.S. is forcing many businesses to reevaluate their business plans. At the center of that review is a hard...
July 30, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Shows That Younger Consumers Are 94 Percent More Likely to Watch Internet-Based Video

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 30, 2012) - As mobile data network providers struggle with high traffic, the introduction of more video users on the mobile data network is a great concern. U.S....
July 26, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Shows That 60 Percent of Consumers Want More Speed From WiFi Connections

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 26, 2012) - Consumers regularly use WiFi outside of their home as an alternative to their mobile data network. Carriers are seriously looking at WiFi Offload as a...
July 25, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

iGR Study Forecasts the Number of U.S. Mobile Devices Sold With Damage-Theft-Loss Insurance to Increase 15 Percent by 2016

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 25, 2012) - Although most U.S. consumers have not insured their mobile device using one of the plans offered by their mobile operator, the probability of having this...
July 18, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Forecasts 3G/4G Mobile Data Traffic Offloaded to WiFi Networks to Grow 16 Times From 2011 to 2016

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 18, 2012) - Once a pariah among wireless data networks, WiFi has emerged as a legitimate "other network" option for mobile operators. Granted, subscribers have to be...
July 13, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

Is the Apple iPad Still Worth More to Consumers Than Android Tablets?

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 13, 2012) - The tablet market continues to grow, but how much are consumers willing to spend on these popular devices? While there are many answers to that question,...