Featured Report:What is an iPhone or Android Phone Really Worth to Consumers?

Mobile Markerting Watch
July,18, 2012
By: Michael
According to a new survey spearheaded by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, iPhones have a higher perceived “worth” to mobile users than Android devices do. Based on Munster’s findings, which were highlighted this week in Forbes, the typical iPhone owner says his device is “worth” $313. By comparison, the average Android customer says his device is “worth” only $220. To reach these findings, Munster surveyed four hundred customers around the world. Respondents were asked to assign a dollar value to their respective iPhone or Android device.
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This Week's Wireless News
RCR Wireless-U.S.
Telecom sector leads the way in domestic economic investments
July,12,2012
By: Dan Meyer.
While the domestic economy continues to struggle, a new report shows that the telecommunications space remains one of the biggest investors in attempting to boost the nation’s fortunes. The Progressive Policy Institute report, “Investment Heros: Who’s Betting on America’s Future?,” found that among non-financial institutions, AT&T and Verizon Communications were the two top investors of capital expenditures in the country last year. AT&T took the top spot with a reported $20.1 billion in investments in 2011, with Verizon investing $16.2 billion.
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Wireless Week
Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 Pressure Apple iPad
By:Andrew Berg
July,16,2012
As Google's Nexus 7 tablet launches to rave reviews, it appears Apple's death grip on the market could be slipping according to new research from iGR that found a shrinking number of consumers who only consider an iPad. In a November 2011 survey, iGR found that 17 percent of respondents indicated that they would only buy an iPad 3, a group iGR refers to as Apple loyalists. By May of this year, however, that number of respondents who would only consider an iPad had dropped to 7.7 percent, representing a 55 percent drop in the number of Apple loyalists in just six months. "Put simply, there are fewer potential Apple-only tablet buyers today than there were a year ago," Iain Gillott, founder of iGR, said in an interview with Wireless Week. "To me, this suggests that there may be an opportunity for competitors to win buyers to their platforms."
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CIO Mobile
For BYOD Best Practices, Secure Data, Not Devices
July, 17, 2012
By:Thor Olavsrud
IT organizations are justifiably concerned about the security risks inherent in bringing your own device (BYOD). Many are turning to mobile device management (MDM) products and services to address the problem. But a number of mobile security vendors believe organizations are focusing the device when they should be focusing on the data.
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