ringback
Microsoft punts R&D and speech recognition in mobile battle
News Canadian analyst group Vectis believes that lessons learnt from the rollout of ringback tone services, which first surfaced in 2002, have served the operators well. Simon Bureau, MD of Vectis and co-author of the report... [07 Mar 2005]
The Walkman returns - as a Sony Ericsson phone
News Figures out today from Juniper Research put the mobile music market - including things such as ringback tones and ringtones as well as downloaded tracks - at $9.3bn globally by 2009. Sony Ericsson has revived the Walkman... [01 Mar 2005]
Leader: 118 - not so great?
Leader Analyst house Ovum predicts there is a future - albeit not as bright a future as some have suggested at times - for ringback tones in Europe. Ringback tones are when you call someone and that individual... [24 Aug 2004]
Ringback tones coming to European mobiles
News The growth of ringback tones in Europe is set to mean hundreds of millions of euros in extra revenues for mobile phone operators - but that growth is below some previous estimates and held back by certain factors, not... [24 Aug 2004]
Mobile music mosquito repellent
News From mosquito repelling tones to personalised ringback music, Asian telcos are getting creative in the chase for download revenue streams. A ringback tone is what people dialling a telephone number hear... [11 Jul 2003]