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Articles tagged with: Ringback Tones and Ringtone
Mobile content grows on social networks, but ringback tones, music still top demand
The past year has seen a steady rise in the consumption of [mobile] premium content on social networks and communities, as well as other new applications such as location-based services and mobile advertising. Ringback tones and mobile music, however, still remain the top revenue earners, accounting for about 21.4 percent (US$6.2 billion) of the region's mobile content revenues in 2008, and are expected to continue to top mobile operators' and content providers' billings in the next five to six years. more
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Virgin Mobile's Top Ringtones for Valentines Day
While more than 220 million wireless Ringtones and Ringback Tones are sold annually each year, they take on special significance when February 14 rolls around. To find out how Americans use their cell phones to show their feelings about torrid love...or downright disgust, no annual contract wireless provider Virgin Mobile USA conducted a survey of Americans ages 18-49, asking them to rate their top Ringtones and Ringback Tones for the current or "ex" loves of their lives. more
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Consumer Spending on Mobile Music Will Surpass US$32 billion by 2010
The amount of money that mobile phone users worldwide spend on music received on mobile handsets will reach US$32.2 billion by 2010, up from US$13.7 billion in 2007, according to new global forecasts from Gartner. This is despite competition from various digital music players and a host of challenges faced by telecommunications carriers in delivering these services. more
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Nielsen Mobile Adds Sprint Nextel as Data Provider
Nielsen Mobile has announced an agreement to use Sprint Nextel weekly ringtones and full-length over-the-air song download sales data for Nielsen Mobile's point of sales tracking services. In addition, the agreement will also include sales data from Boost Mobile, the lifestyle-based telecommunications subsidiary of Sprint Nextel that distributes wireless communications products for the youth market. Nielsen Mobile compiles data from wireless carriers, aggregators and other mobile entertainment retailers. more
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Mobile Music to Breakout Next Year
The convergence of digital music and mobile phones is likely to develop at a steady pace according to a new report published by The NPD Group. The report, which explores consumer demand for mobile music, is based on a survey of more than 8,200 teens and adults. It takes an in-depth look at subscriber interest, how they'd like to access tunes and just how much they're willing to pay for the privilege. more
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Ringback tones popular in Taiwan
More than 200,000 mobile phone subscribers in Taiwan signed up in the first three months to add commercial music ringback tone service to their mobile phone experience. With ChungHwa Telecom's new ringback tones service, subscribers choose from a wide selection of commercial music, voices, and sound recordings to replace the standard "ring, ring" connecting tone heard by people who call them. Subscribers have now topped 500,000, creating a substantial new high margin revenue source for ChungHwa. more
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