Akamai Technologies is the leader in the content delivery and value added services business.
Sina is an online media company which also offers mobile value added services in China.
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Despite growth in value added services, media revenues declined sequentially as customers renewed contracts at lower price points.
This implies that the company has significant sales opportunities already in the pipeline when it comes to value added services.
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However, the ICO said European laws demand that users must consent to their traffic data being used for "value added services".
The company makes money primarily from its mobile business as well as value added services like SMS, MMS, ringtones and mobile Internet in particular.
An increase in the popularity of smartphones and higher usage of mobile value added services by customers are further fueling growth for the company.
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China Mobile had a total subscriber base of more than 616 million by June 2011, of which more than 90% subscribed to its value added services as well.
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On top of these very basic services, one can easily imagine may value added services that can be provided (long term storage, archival, monetization, cross-referencing with other users, etc).
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China Mobile, the largest mobile service provider in the world, derives most of its revenues from mobile services as well as value added services like data, SMS, mobile Internet, voice mail and other features.
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The report suggests that retailers should tailor discount seasons based on festivals of different regions, offer best prices and value added services (happy hours on shopping deals, offers for retirees, contests for students, for example), among other things.
Revenue from mobile phone sales has hence been increasing and is expected to continue the upward trend owing to both increasing smartphone popularity in China and also more emphasis on value added services like SMS, MMS, mobile internet, to name a few.
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"We want to leverage that BBM platform to create new services that are really value-added services that people, companies, whatever, are really willing to pay for, " Mr. Heins said.
Other companies, such as United Parcel Services and IBM, successfully stepped back and redefined what businesses they were in to create value-added services that built on their core products.
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The various services that First Round offers are part of a growing trend of venture capital firms offering value-added services and staff to help their portfolio companies in order to compete for top entrepreneurs.
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Unlike other e-commerce platforms, Rakuten offers a host of value-added services to merchants on its platform.
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Weibi can be used to purchase virtual goods for gaming and value-added services on the Sina Weibo site.
That will put HP in more direct competition with IBM for value-added services.
Leading with such value-added services has affected a positive mind shift among customers.
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Costolo says more and more brands are flocking to Twitter, and the company would love to see more value-added services.
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An ESCO provides energy-efficiency-related and other value-added services and for which performance contracting is a core part of its energy-efficiency services business.
The company says it will focus on industries such as finance and health care, where RIM can provide value-added services beyond hardware.
Within a year Sulger expects customers to be using SmartPay to buy online and wireless value-added services, in addition to phone and utility bills.
Tencent Holding company owns a number of Tecent name brand internet and computer companies principally engaged in the value-added services markets online and in telecom.
Staying on top means Global Sources will need to continue to expand its line of value-added services, which competitors will have a hard time matching.
Tencent had previously indicated it would let the service remain free and try to monetize the platform by offering value-added services like online games and mobile shopping.
Through this strategic partnership, Juniper Networks is entering into an agreement with OnLive to jointly collaborate on creating additional value-added services and feature-rich applications using Junos Pulse.
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In barely ten months he has made dramatic changes, emphasizing flashier products and marketing, new Web sites to handle customer complaints and ideas and a bigger push to sell value-added services.
Value-added services revenue in this vertical actually grew 7% sequentially.
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