Video now accounts for half of all data transferred on mobile networks, up from 40% during the same time last year, according to ByteMobile's first quarter 2012 Mobile Analytics Report.

Where is the video growth coming from? Increased use of tablets, more support for HD video etc?

On certain mobile networks, video can account for up to 69% of traffic, ByteMobile found in its quarterly survey of 3G and 4G mobile networks that use ByteMobile's network management tool, SmartCapacity.

Lesser-known smartphone maker ZTE says it's set to launch a Windows phone and eight new Android handsets at Mobile World Congress.

ZTE PF200

France Télécom a publié ses résultats 2011. On y apprend que le groupe comptait sur 226,3 millions de clients dans le monde au 31 décembre 2011 (en hausse de 8% sur l’année), dont 167,4 millions d’abonnés mobiles hors MVNO.

Amazon Web Services has launched Simple Workflow Service (SWF), which will allow enterprises to automate business processes across both cloud-based and on-premise applications.

With SWF, developers get full control over implementing processing steps and coordinating the tasks that drive them, without worrying about underlying complexities such as tracking their progress and keeping their state, Amazon said.

More information on 2012 tablet sales. See comments.

The iPad will maintain its lead, though its share will drop because of competition from Android devices, estimates research firm TrendForce.

Cell phone owners are turning to other services to chat with friends, according to Ovum. It also says carriers lost $8.7 billion in SMS revenue in 2010 because of social messaging.

Is iMessage hurting SMS revenue? You better believe it.

It's no secret SMS is wildly popular, but according to a new report from research firm Ovum, carriers around the world lost quite a bit of revenue last year after mobile phone owners turned to other services to chat with friends.

Adoption of mobile devices has reached a tipping point in the workplace, with most businesses in a recent Symantec survey pondering development of custom applications or already running line-of-business applications on these handheld units.

Microsoft has struck a deal which will make it easier for more Windows Phone users to pay for Marketplace apps via their phone bill. Payments on Microsoft Marketplace are handled by Microsoft's new Commerce Platform, which it has now integrated with the Direct Billing Gateway (DBG) developed by Mach.

The integration makes it easier for mobile carriers to add operator billing, according to Mach. Among the first to profit from the new arrangement will be customers of Canadian operator Telus Communications.