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June 27, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Forecasts the Global Mobile Data Traffic Will Reach 7 Million Terabytes per Month by 2016

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 27, 2012) - iGR's latest research forecast a 16 times growth in global mobile data traffic from 433,000 terabytes per month in 2011 to nearly 7 million terabytes per...
June 14, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Shows That Unlimited Mobile Data Plan Users Are Those That Carriers Don't Want to Upset

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 14, 2012) - As more and more consumers use their smartphones for functions other than voice calls, their data usage has increased and the major service providers have...
June 13, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Forecasts the U.S. Mobile Device Insurance Market Will Reach $8.6 Billion by 2016

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 13, 2012) - In the U.S., having insurance -- home, health, car, life, etc. -- is typically a necessary and unavoidable cost. That is not the case if you own a mobile...
June 11, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Survey Finds 24 Percent of Respondents Less Likely to Buy Apple Due to Reports of Chinese Working Conditions

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 11, 2012) - During the early part of this year, concerns were raised in the press about the working conditions at Apple's manufacturing facilities in China. In May...
June 05, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Study Shows That Consumers Give Their Mobile Operator a 'B'

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Jun 5, 2012) - Despite the continued influx of smartphones and press concerning data usage, iGR's most recent U.S. consumer survey found that voice network quality is the...
May 29, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

iGR Finds That 11 Percent of Consumers Have a Worsened Perception of Apple Since Steve Jobs Died

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 29, 2012) - Most of the developed world knows by now that Steve Jobs passed away in early October. And just about everyone equates Mr. Jobs with the company he...
May 24, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Research Shows Average Price Intenders Are Willing to Pay for a Tablet Has Dropped by 18 Percent in the Last 12 Months

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 24, 2012) - For Apple, it has been the best of times. For its competitors, well, the good news is that it has been worse. In the U.S. and, really, the world, there are...
May 23, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

iGR Research Finds That 71 Percent of Mobile Device Sales in May Were Smartphones

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 23, 2012) - In 2012, it is hard to imagine life without a smartphone which provide constant connectivity to email, music, social networks, and much more, from just...
May 17, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

iGR Finds That 59 Percent of Consumers Have Used Their Mobile Phones in the Bathroom in the Last 30 Days

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 17, 2012) - iGR's latest primary research shows that most consumers really will use their mobile phones everywhere they go, including in the bathroom. At the beginning...
May 03, 2012 06:00 ET | Source: iGR

New iGR Research Shows Approximately 52 Percent of the U.S. SMB Employees Own and Use Tablet Devices

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - May 3, 2012) - iGR's new tablet research shows that approximately 52 percent of U.S. small-medium business employees currently own and use tablet devices. This is...