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October 13, 2006 - Toronto Wireless User Group Newsletter [www.torwug.org]


Next session is Thursday November 30th starting at 9 am – registration at 8:45 am.
Location: Oracle HQ in Mississauga – map and location at
http://www.torwug.org/local/events.asp
Coffee etc. served. See you there.

Topic: Client Stories and Client Case Studies.
Speakers: Will be confirmed shortly.

Check out some new job postings on Torwug: http://www.torwug.org/jobs/main.asp
Want to know who does what in Wireless in Toronto ? Check out our supplier grid
New: Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study. [info@torwug.org for submissions]
New Polls on www.torwug.org
1) Canada and the mobility gap
2) Mobile Technology Shorts
3) Business cases

Presentations from the Last event now on line - thanks to the presenters and attendees for coming out.
July 27, 2006 photos July 27, 2006 photos
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  Other Events:

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Canadian Telecommunications Consultants Association (www.ctca.ca) will hold an meeting on wireless communications on,
October 26th from 6:45PM to 9:45 PM at,
Neilson Park Creative Centre, Studio A
56 Neilson Dr. Etobicoke, Dundas & 427 ( map )
A $10 fee will be collected at the door to cover room and refreshments
Roger Hay, ( www.rogerhay.ca ) a CTCA consulant, will present what's HOT in wireless, and Darcy McDonald, Senior Manager, Channel Development & Support Ontario, Rogers Communication Inc. will present on The Wireless Future.
Please RSVP to gta.events@ctca.ca

  Articles:

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Canada lags behind others in Mobility adoption
Productivity gains to come via Mobile integration with SFA/CRM back end systems
By: Jeff Jedras
Service providers and vendors are pitching mobility to the enterprise based on potential productivity gains, but analysts say attracting the top young talent and immigrants in a competitive labour environment provides another compelling case for adoption.
Full Story

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Mobile Technology shorts:
127.83 mln mobile subscribers in India
India added 4.39 mln new GSM users in September 2006, the highest ever monthly additions figure, boosting the total mobile base to more than 127.83 mln, according to the Cellular Operators’ Association of India. Click here for the report

$667 bln spent on mobile services by year-end 2006
Mobile global subscribers have grown at a 15% CAGR rate, and global mobile revenues have seen a similar 18% CAGR, exceeding $667 bln, says Pyramid Research.

Mobile infrastructure spending reached $3.4 bln in Japan in 2004
Revenue from mobile infrastructure in Japan peaked at $3.4 bln in 2004. Despite a slight increase in 2006, revenue will decline by 7.5% between 2006 and 2010 as current mobile network buildouts come to an end, Gartner reports.

24% of US mobile subscribers are business subscribers
In 2005, there were approximately 198,500,000 wireless subscribers in the United States. 24%, or 47,640,000, of those subscribers were business wireless subscribers, Research and Markets says.
Click here to get the details: Report on US mobility

Western European mobile phone market up 7% in Q2 2006
Posted by ZDNet Research @ 12:30 am
Western European mobile phone market, consisting of traditional mobile phones and converged devices, grew by 7% YTY in Q2 2006 as shipments reached 41.4 mln units compared to 38.5 in Q2 2005.

Western European mobile phone market in Q2 2006

 

Q2 2006

Q2 2005

Growth

Vendor

Shipments, mln.

Share

Shipments, mln.

Share

YTY

Nokia

14.5

35%

13.1

34%

11%

Motorola

7.1

17%

5.8

15%

21%

Samsung

5.1

12%

6.0

16%

-16%

Sony Ericsson

4.5

11%

4.0

10%

11%

BenQ Siemens

2.9

7%

2.4

6%

17%

Others

7.5

18%

7.2

19%

4%

Total

41.4

100%

38.5

100%

7%

Source: IDC



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