Articles tagged with: Mobile Music and Idc
Wireless Mobile Music Users Could Surpass Online Music Service Users by 2010
Wireless over-the-air (OTA) music services offer mobile phone users a convenient way to buy music and provide the music industry with an exciting new distribution channel. While adoption remains low today, IDC forecasts that U.S. wireless music services will have over 50 million users and generate more than a billion dollars in revenue in 2010, just 5 years after appearing in late 2005. 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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US ring tone market to top US$1 billion
Although the USA's ringtone market is small in 2003, a combination of several key trends will drive the revenue opportunity for this market to more than US$1 billion by 2007. In mid-2003, ringtones top the list of U.S. carriers' wireless data service offerings. These 15-second snippets of songs and sound effects fill the rosters of carrier wireless content catalogs - everything from Missy Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" to the Ben Hur theme song to bird-chirping sound effects. more

