Robyn Greenspan

The fastest talkers seem to be coming from Central and Eastern Europe, as a Baskerville report indicates that the region is adding wireless subscribers at an impressive rate. Surpassing the 100 million mark during October 2003, the locale has added 22.5 million subscribers (or 29 percent growth) since the beginning of the year, and has […]

The sounds of silence are dependent on location, as a survey on mobile etiquette by Cingular Wireless examined whether respondents were cognizant of public surroundings when their phones rang, with some geographic regions acting more politely than others. The survey revealed that the majority of respondents weren’t likely to answer a ringing phone while having […]

Integration is a key issue for IT professionals, as companies increasingly incorporate software and services from multiple vendors. An Oracle-sponsored ITtoolbox survey of more than 400 global IT workers conducted during October 2003 revealed that companies are actively pursuing integration to improve existing systems. Top Strategic Reasons for Pursuing Integration Improve information access 66.6% Increase […]

It’s going to be a busy holiday season, as research indicates that shoppers will take to the Net, buying and spending more than they did in previous years. Jupiter Research (a unit of this site’s corporate parent) expects 2003’s online holiday sales to be led by new shoppers, resulting in a 21 percent increase over […]

In what can only be a hope of things to come, the ratio of spam to non-spam dropped 2 percentage points to 52 percent in October, according to measurements from Brightmail’s Probe Network. The amount of unwanted messages had previously shown a steady increase, growing from 40 percent of e-mail in November 2002, and peaking […]

The automotive industry will drive online spending to a projected $1.3 billion by the end of 2003, according to data from Borrell Associates Inc., representing a 15 percent increase over 2002. At the local level, auto dealers are now spending $2 on Internet advertising and Web sites for every $3 they spend on local TV […]

The digital divide exists in some form or another, according to a comprehensive 10-year study by The AMD Global Consumer Advisory Board (GCAB), which examined the Internet gaps among the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, China, and Mexico. These countries represented roughly 68 percent of the global Internet population in 2002, when […]

Those that fill director/vice president of networks positions were graced with the largest IT pay raises in 2003, as IDG’s Computerworld annual salary survey indicated an average 6.8 percent increase for the execs, followed by e-commerce managers who got a 4.6 percent hike. The survey, conducted from May through July 2003, found that the average […]

New cell phones with advanced features are likely to turn up on holiday wish lists as J.D. Power and Associates finds that wireless subscription prices are dropping and demand for new units is growing. The 2003 study reveals that 42 percent of current U.S. wireless subscribers are considering a new cell phone purchase over the […]

Many Internet users are doing without their indispensable e-mail as their inboxes become increasingly overrun with unwanted — and often offensive — messages. A comprehensive study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that a full 60 percent of survey respondents have reduced their e-mail usage because of spam, and 73 percent avoid […]

Women Internet users hold the slight edge over men in the U.S., but not so in Europe. As of May 2003, 42 percent of European Internet users — or 35 million people — were women, compared to nearly 5 2 percent in the U.S. Nielsen//NetRatings doesn’t expect European parity to occur until 2010. Both Nielsen//NetRatings […]

The untethered life holds great appeal for Internet users worldwide as the number of subscribers to wireless applications continues to grow. The Yankee Group predicts that global wireless users will grow nearly 9 percent from 2002 to exceed 1.75 billion in 2007, and In-Stat/MDR expects the number of worldwide wireless Internet subscribers will have risen […]