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Articles tagged with: Mobile Music and Ict
USA Ringback Tones to Grow to $235 Million in 2009
Music performing rights organization, Broadcast Music (BMI) has published its annual mobile music market revenue projections for 2009 and finalized its earlier figures for 2008. BMI projects that ringback tones will surpass $235 million in U.S. retail sales during calendar year 2009, up 15% from BMI's 2008 market estimate of $205 million and 68% from BMI's 2007 estimate of $140 million. BMI estimates that more than 10 million U.S. subscribers are signed up for ringback-tone services with their wireless carriers. Ringback-tone services have an industry-wide average penetration rate of approximately 4%. Subscriber penetration by carrier for ringback tones ranges from less than 2% to a high of 9%. more
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China's Mobile Services Market Continues Strong Growth
China's CCID Consulting has reported that in Q3 2008, China's mobile value-added services maintained rapid development. The Olympic Games brought about more telecom services, but without benefiting carriers significantly. After years of rapid development, China's mobile value-added services industry needs a breakthrough to support its development in the future. more
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Growing Demand for Mobile Music to Spur Uptake of Mobile and 3G Services
Digital music- the most popular form of mobile entertainment- is set to drive customer adoption of 3G services, with record labels, aggregators and handset manufacturers pursuing the mobile music arena. more
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Improved Mobile Networks to Increase Music Sales in Europe
Advances in technology have enabled participants in the music industry to participate in a parallel market for audio equipment and thus create the mobile music markets. Innovations ranging from Sony's Walkman to the 'it' gadget of the hour - Apple's iPod avidly market music on the move but, it's the mobile handset which has the added advantage of combining both communication and entertainment (music) while allowing customers to share music in a secure environment. more
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IDC's 2006 Top 10 Telecommunications Predictions
According to IDC's latest research and insights on the top 10 trends in the Asia/Pacific Telecommunications Industry, 2006 will be a year where several game-changing technologies and services will enter the marketplace and redefine the rules of the game. more
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