The average American is watching more traditional TV than ever before (127 hrs, 15 min per month), 
while also spending 9% more time using the Internet (26 hrs, 26 min per month) compared to last year, according to a new report from The Nielsen Company. At the same time, a small but growing number of Internet and mobile phone users are watching video online (2 hrs, 19 min per month), as well as using their cell phones to watch video (3 hrs, 15 min per month).
Some other highlights from the report:
while also spending 9% more time using the Internet (26 hrs, 26 min per month) compared to last year, according to a new report from The Nielsen Company. At the same time, a small but growing number of Internet and mobile phone users are watching video online (2 hrs, 19 min per month), as well as using their cell phones to watch video (3 hrs, 15 min per month).Some other highlights from the report:
- As of May 2008, more than 65% of U.S. homes receive digital cable and satellite combined. These digital TV homes receive nearly 160 channels. In addition, 25% and 35% of U.S. homes have DVR and Video on Demand respectively.
- Two hundred twenty million Americans have Internet access at home and/or work and 73%, or 162 million went online in May.
- A total of 119 million unique viewers watcjed 7.5 billion video streams in May 2008. In addition, as of Q1 2008, 91 million Americans (36% of all mobile phone subscribers in the U.S.) owned a video-capable phone.
- As of Q1 2008, 91 million (36% of all mobile phone subscribers in the U.S.) owned a video-capable phone.
- As of Q1 2008, there were already 13.9 million persons (6% of U.S. mobile subscribers) paying for a mobile video
plan, up from 8.4.
The program, now available to the extensive Microsoft partner community, allows partner companies to bring flexible and cost efficient speech-based solutions to enterprise customers. The partner program provides access to Tellme's speech engineers, UI designers, developers and network operations professionals. More specifically, customer care and general practice partners gain the opportunity to market, sell and deliver voice recognition services using the automation capabilities of the Tellme platform.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The service , which offers direct connection to the Internet without the need for a dedicated server, is aimed at individuals as well as small to midsize businesses who want a low-cost system for Web browsing and e-mail with their BlackBerry 8707h smartphones in Japan.
has launched its third-generation (3G) high speed broadband network in several cities, bringing the power of the wireless internet to customers. Nokia Siemens Networks, one of Telcel's preferred vendors, providing a solution combining infrastructure and services based on High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) standards built on its Flexi BTS platform. HSDPA will allow Telcel to deliver broadband speeds of up to 2 Mbps during peak times, as well as expanded voice capacity.http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.comhttp://www.telcel.com
