Press Releases

• Jan. 09, 2012

  As Smartphone Market Expands, Many Mobile OS Vendors Will Be Left Behind

  Yankee Group finds iOS is the only contender poised to gain share in the next 6 months.

• Dec. 06, 2011

  Yankee Group's Predictions: Instability Will Rule Mobility in 2012

  With 2 billion new mobile users in just the last five years, 2012 promises to be a year of challenges, change and disruption.

• Oct. 27, 2011

  4G World 2011 a Success for the 4G Ecosystem

  Third annual event draws over 8,500 registered attendees and over 250 sponsors and exhibitors.

• Oct. 25, 2011

  Best of 4G Award Winners Announced

  Samsung and Alcatel-Lucent walk away the big winners.

• Oct. 24, 2011

  4G Technologies to Reach Nearly 700 Million Mobile Users by 2015

  Yankee Group data points to smartphone penetration and growing user demand as the driving force of LTE and WiMAX deployments.

• Oct. 13, 2011

  4G World 2011 Teams With Mobinett to Offer Event-Based Mobile App

  Mobinett Application Allows 4G World Attendees to Access the Program, Connect and Meet

• Oct. 04, 2011

  Google's Osama Bedier to Keynote at 4G World 2011

  Google Wallet to headline the NFC Summit.

• Oct. 04, 2011

  2011 Best of 4G Finalists Revealed

  Annual 4G World awards honor movers and shakers of the 4G ecosystem.

• Oct. 03, 2011

  Yankee Group Expands Analyst Expertise with New Affiliate Program

  Company Deepens Focus on Mobility, Announces Inaugural Program Members

• Sep. 08, 2011

  App Piracy Is Hurting Android Developers' Bottom Lines

  New research from Yankee Group and Skyhook finds that Apple users download six times more paid apps than do Android users.

• Sep. 08, 2011

  Yankee Group Expands Forecast Data Visualization Tools

  Industry Leaders Rely on Mobility Research Firm's Forecasts for Strategic Decisions

• Sep. 07, 2011

  Yankee Group Announces 4G World Asia Call for Papers

  The dedicated 4G event will focus on technologies fueling growth across the mobile and wireless ecosystem.

• Aug. 17, 2011

  Data Dominates Europeans' Mobile Buying Behavior, According to Yankee Group Study

  Text tops voice as the No. 1 mobile communications method.

• Aug. 02, 2011

  Yankee Group to FCC: AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Will Result in Higher Prices

  Leading Mobility Research Firm Warns of Negative Impact Due to Increased Market Concentration and Less Choice

• Jul. 25, 2011

  Yankee Group Launches Free Daily Insight Service Dedicated to Mobility Issues and Trends

  Propelled by double-digit top-line growth, research firm debuts Mobile Now.

• Jul. 18, 2011

  4G World® 2011 Expands Four-Day Conference With Collocated Programs, Technology Summits, Keynotes, Exclusive Events and VIP Press Functions

  The industry's largest event focused on the rapidly expanding 4G and mobile Internet markets will be held Oct. 24-27, 2011, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

• Jul. 11, 2011

  New Yankee Group Summit Focused on Mobile Cloud for the Enterprise, Collocated at CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011

  As workers increasingly bring personal devices and apps to work, enterprise IT must adapt or lose productivity.

• Jul. 11, 2011

  Mobility Is the No. 1 Driver of Enterprise SaaS Adoption

  New Yankee Group survey data shows cloud computing is an enterprise reality.

• Jun. 29, 2011

  Yankee Group Sees Global Mobile Transactions Exceeding $1 Trillion by 2015

  Firm launches Mobile Money Strategies (TM) to help industry players capitalize on the emerging opportunity.

• Jun. 22, 2011

  Yankee Group Continues Expansion of its European Team

  Simon Rodd joins the firm as sales portfolio manager in the London office.

• Jun. 22, 2011

  Yankee Group Unveils New European Mobile User Study

  New survey offering finds 40 percent of smartphone buyers plan to choose an iPhone.

• Jun. 15, 2011

  Yankee Group Announces 2011 Best of 4G World Awards

  Awards to be presented at 4G World Conference and Expo Oct. 24-27 in Chicago.

• Jun. 07, 2011

  NFC Forum and Yankee Group to Produce Executive Summit at 4G World 2011

  New event to focus on enabling new revenue opportunities with near field communication (NFC) technology.

• May. 31, 2011

  Yankee Group Brings Mobile Money Tour to Atlanta and San Francisco

  Events will focus on opportunities driven by the multi-billion-dollar mobile payment ecosystem.

• May. 25, 2011

  Yankee Group Forecast Shows Global Telecom Spending Rising for First Time Since Financial Crash

  North America is the only region cutting spending.

• May. 12, 2011

  Yankee Group Unveils 4G World 2011 Conference Program

  The industry's largest event focused on the rapidly expanding 4G ecosystem will be held Oct. 24-27, 2011, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

• May. 09, 2011

  Jaime Ellertson Joins Yankee Group's Board of Directors

  Former Gomez CEO and current Cloudfloor founder brings strong operating experience, successful track record.

• Apr. 19, 2011

  Yankee Group Revolutionizes Delivery of Market Forecast Data

  New data visualization environment brings mobile and wireless trends to life.

• Apr. 19, 2011

  Yankee Group Says Asia-Pacific Will Lead the Mobile App Gold Rush by 2015

  Firm also finds carriers enabling app store purchasing for new users, accounting for 25 percent of the $36 billion in app revenue billed by 2015.

• Apr. 14, 2011

  Yankee Group and European Communications Launch Mobile Customer Experience Seminars in Europe

  Stellar customer experiences are critical for profitability in the era of the connected user.

• Apr. 05, 2011

  Global Enterprise Cellular M2M Connections Will Nearly Triple by 2015

  Yankee Group forecasts revenue from connections alone will approach U.S. $7 billion.

• Mar. 21, 2011

  Yankee Group Predicts Consumers Will Drive $2 Trillion Technology Market by 2014

  Research firm identifies consumers as new power brokers across content, devices and networks.

• Mar. 09, 2011

  Yankee Group Announces Call for Papers for 4G World 2011

  Four-day conference program focuses on how 4G empowers next-generation mobile networks, devices, applications, services and users.

• Mar. 08, 2011

  Yankee Group Taps Industry Veteran Gigi Wang for Chief Research Officer Role

  Market research pro will spearhead company's research strategy.

• Mar. 01, 2011

  More than 80 Percent of CIOs Say Improving Customer Experience Is Their Top Goal

  Yankee Group survey finds CIOs are driven by business objectives, not technology.

• Feb. 22, 2011

  New Yankee Group Summit Focuses Exclusively on Customer Experience

  Customer experience is the last frontier for communications service providers seeking to differentiate.

• Feb. 14, 2011

  Yankee Group Forecasts Global Mobile Transaction Value Will Near $1 Trillion by 2014

  Still, fewer than 10 percent of consumers are willing to pay extra for mobile transaction services.

• Feb. 08, 2011

  Global E-Reader Sales Will Soar to $8.2 Billion by 2014

  Yankee Group forecast finds Asia-Pacific overtaking North America as leader in e-reader sales revenue.

• Feb. 01, 2011

  Yankee Group Says U.S. E-Book Downloads Will Outpace Paid Mobile App Downloads Through 2013

  Latest forecast predicts U.S. e-book sales will reach nearly $2.7 billion in three years.

• Jan. 05, 2011

  Global Tablet Market Will Soar to U.S.$46 Billion by 2014

  Yankee Group data reveals tablets sold will grow from 21 million in 2010 to 168 million in 2014.

• Dec. 07, 2010

  Yankee Group's 2011 Predictions: 4G Emerges Slowly But Changes Everything

  Researchers predict key 4G deployment and adoption trends driving Anywhere connectivity.

• Nov. 15, 2010

  Yankee Group Strengthens its Enterprise Mobility Expertise

  Denise Lund joins company as senior analyst.

• Nov. 10, 2010

  Survey: 80 Percent of Telecom Wholesalers Expect Near-Term Revenue Growth

  Yankee Group Report Highlights Increasingly Bullish Market Outlook

• Nov. 08, 2010

  Yankee Group Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of New President and CEO Terry Waters

  Firm Names Emily Nagle Green Chairman of the Board; Increases Investment in Research Team and Data Products

• Oct. 21, 2010

  4G World® 2010 a Success for the 4G Ecosystem

  Second annual event draws more than 10,000 attendees and 250 sponsors and exhibitors; sets stage for 4G World China 2011.

• Oct. 20, 2010

  Yankee Group Lists the B/OSS Vendors Most Likely to Deliver a 4G Experience

  Back-office software for the future focuses on delivering personalization, self-management, retailing, intelligence—and revenue.

• Oct. 20, 2010

  Yankee Group Highlights Hidden Threat to 4G: Spectrum Fragmentation

  New report released at 4G World 2010 shows that as countries fail to harmonize on a few key 4G bands, they end up stunting roaming revenue and hurting device economies of scale.

• Oct. 19, 2010

  Yankee Group Identifies Early 4G Leaders and Followers

  Operators like TeliaSonera, Clearwire and KDDI lead the way to 4G.

• Oct. 19, 2010

  Mobile Web Performance Matters More Than Ever, According to New Research at 4G World 2010

  Yankee Group, in partnership with Keynote Systems, ranks the top mobile Web sites across four categories.

• Oct. 18, 2010

  Yankee Group Deepens Investment in Data Portfolio

  Gives 4G World 2010 attendees sneak peek into innovative data visualization platform.

• Oct. 07, 2010

  4G World® 2010 Announces Final Program, Industry Leading Keynotes, Partner Programs and Special Events

  Industry's largest event focused on the rapidly expanding 4G and mobile Internet markets to be held Oct. 18-21, 2010, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

• Sep. 23, 2010

  4G World® to Expand to China in 2011

  Yankee Group and T&S International Commerce & Cultural Development Center Collaborate to Expand World’s Largest 4G Conference and Expo to China

• Sep. 22, 2010

  Yankee Group Moves Its European Headquarters

  Company expands European analyst team; moves London office to the City district.

• Sep. 16, 2010

  4G WORLD® 2010 Expands Four-Day Conference Program with Collocated Programs, Operator Summits, Keynotes, Exclusive Events and VIP Press Functions

  The industry's largest event focused on the rapidly expanding 4G and mobile Internet markets will be held Oct. 18-21, 2010, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

• Sep. 14, 2010

  Yankee Group Expands its Anywhere Consumer Research Expertise

  European digital media and consumer expert Jason Armitage joins the firm as a senior analyst.

• Sep. 08, 2010

  Yankee Group Bolsters its Consumer Wireless Expertise

  Wireless industry mainstay Tole Hart joins company as senior analyst.

• Aug. 23, 2010

  Yankee Group Survey Finds Infrastructure-as-a-Service Adoption Growing

  Twenty-four percent of large enterprises already use IaaS, proving cloud deployments are no longer limited to software as a service (SaaS).

• Aug. 16, 2010

  Yankee Group Continues to Broaden its Cloud Expertise

  SaaS expert George Hamilton rejoins company as principal analyst.

• Aug. 03, 2010

  4G World® 2010 Conference Program Released

  Official program brochure outlines 4G wireless industry's premier event October 18 to 21 at McCormick Place, Chicago.

• Jul. 27, 2010

  Cloud Proponents Outnumber Skeptics for First Time, Yankee Group Finds

  Sixty percent of enterprises say they view cloud computing as key to business innovation.

• Jul. 26, 2010

  Yankee Group Grows its Anywhere Enterprise Team

  Networking and data expert Charles Carr joins the firm as a senior analyst.

• Jul. 20, 2010

  Attention Mobile Operators: Courting Apple Owners Is Good Business

  New Yankee Group research finds iPhone owners are the most valuable mobile phone consumers.

• Jun. 30, 2010

  Yankee Group Reveals Initial Phase of $10 Million Investment Plan

  Research Firm Expands Data Portfolio, Augments Analyst Staff

• Jun. 29, 2010

  Yankee Group Broadens its Enterprise Mobility Expertise

  European mobile device and strategy expert Chris Marsh joins company as senior analyst.

• Jun. 29, 2010

  Yankee Group Further Fortifies its Mobile Network Expertise

  Noted 4G, WiMAX and LTE expert Ken Rehbehn joins company as principal analyst.

• Jun. 29, 2010

  New Addition to Yankee Group's Enterprise Research Team Deepens Firm's Expertise in Service Provider Strategies

  Yankee Group hires Sandra Palumbo as Research Fellow.

• Jun. 15, 2010

  Average US Consumer Spends as Much as a Car Payment on Communications Services, Yankee Group Finds

  Service costs vary widely, however, depending on competition, bundling and geography.

• Jun. 07, 2010

  Yankee Group Strengthens Expertise in Network Software Systems and Strategy

  Telecom marketing and operations software expert Susan McNeice joins company as VP of software research.

• Jun. 01, 2010

  Yankee Group Bolsters M-Commerce and M-Payments Expertise

  Mobile commerce/security expert Nick Holland joins company as senior analyst.

• May. 24, 2010

  Yankee Group Deepens Network Intelligence and Security Expertise

  Former Arbor co-founder Ted Julian joins company as principal analyst.

• May. 13, 2010

  What's the Next Game-Changing Consumer Device? Yankee Group Has the Answer

  New model uncovers devices with the most profit potential

• Apr. 27, 2010

  Yankee Group Says 1 in 8 Consumers Will Ax Their Coax This Year

  New report finds consumers reducing or eliminating pay TV services in favor of Internet options

• Apr. 21, 2010

  Empty Promises and Tough Luck: Yankee Group Exposes the Cloud's Fine Print

  Study of 41 cloud vendors finds weak service level guarantees, poor transparency and limited financial redress are the norm.

• Apr. 14, 2010

  2009 U.S. Ad Market Declines 12 Percent

  TV hit hardest as consumers reduce media time by 2 hours a day; Internet is most popular media.

• Apr. 06, 2010

  Yankee Group Announces $10 Million Investment in Global Connectivity Research

  Plans to Double Research Staff; Launches Search for New CEO

• Mar. 16, 2010

  Soaring Demand Prompts Yankee Group To Double Its U.S. Mobile App Revenue Forecast

  New Estimate Sees Mobile App Revenue Reaching $11 Billion in 2014

• Mar. 09, 2010

  New Yankee Group Analysts Strengthen Firm's Leadership in Connectivity Research and Strategy

  Industry expert Christopher Nicoll joins as distinguished research fellow; three new analysts bolster research team

• Feb. 22, 2010

  Cloud Reality Check: Vendors Will Grow Mindshare, not Market Share in 2010

  Cloud computing pioneers outline paths to success in new Yankee Group report

• Feb. 11, 2010

  Big Four U.S. Carriers Battle for Customers in Tight Wireless Business Market

  Exclusive Research from Yankee Group and Mobile Enterprise Magazine Takes Pulse of Enterprise Customer Satisfaction

• Feb. 09, 2010

  Yankee Group Announces Call for Papers for 4G World 2010

  Four-Day Conference Program Focuses on how 4G Empowers Next-Generation Mobile Networks, Applications and Services

• Jan. 22, 2010

  Hot U.S. E-Book Reader Market Will Spark $2.5 Billion in Revenue by 2013

  Installed Base to Grow to 36 Million

• Jan. 12, 2010

  Yankee Group CEO Launches Book on Global Connectivity Revolution

  ANYWHERE Helps Businesses Harness Connectivity to Ignite Growth

• Dec. 15, 2009

  Yankee Group 2010 Predictions: From Crisis Comes Opportunity

  Company's Annual Report Previews Changing Communications Landscape

• Nov. 20, 2009

  Sixty-Three Percent of U.S. Shoppers Will Spend Less this Holiday Season

  Yankee Group Predicts Mobile Retailing will Transform Consumer Behavior as Shoppers Seek Deals

• Oct. 20, 2009

  U.S. Broadband Stimulus Plan to Fall Short by Nearly $17 Billion, Warns Yankee Group

  Limited broadband to every household will cost at least $24 billion

• Oct. 08, 2009

  Operators Beware: Device Subsidies No Longer a Sure Thing for Profits

  High smartphone data traffic, negative netbook experiences pose significant risks

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