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Articles tagged with: Ringback Tones and Ringtones
Indian Mobile Operators - $1 Billion Left on Table?
A report by Strategy Analytics advises established Indian mobile operators to avoid the risk of missing out on the US$1 billion in value-added service revenues predicted for 2012, if they continue to focus their efforts on gaining new subscribers, without responding to the requirements of the MVAS market. more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, analytics, virgin-mobile, strategy-analytics, India
Ringback Tones Worth $4.7 Billion in 2012
Ringback tones are on track to become the most attractive mobile content category by 2012, according to new market research from MultiMedia Intelligence. With worldwide revenue nearly tripling to $4.7 billion, ringback tones will fall just short of mobile gaming revenue in capturing the largest share of the mobile premium content market (not including mobile video and mobile TV). more
Related Tags: mobile-tv, intel, mobile-games, mobile-music, mobile-video, mobile-content, adult-content, drm
Ringback Tones Will Be the Single Largest Source for Mobile Entertainment Revenue by 2010
A new report from IDC is forecasting that the number of worldwide wireless subscribers and customers to grow by a little more than a billion over the next four years, generating US$800 billion in global wireless service revenue by 2011. IDC expects mobile entertainment will account for 5.1% of this total revenue and 23% of all mobile data revenue. 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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Music, video: Fastest-growing apps in mobile entertainment
The Asia-Pacific (mobile) premium content market grew 57.4 percent in 2006 on the back of rising popularity of mobile multimedia content and a fast-growing mobile data services segment as users demand a richer experience on their mobile devices. more
Related Tags: mobile-music
Smaller Wireless Players Tout New Services At Industry Show
ORLANDO, Fla. -(Dow Jones)- While the spotlight of the CTIA Wireless trade show typically centers around the industry's heavy hitters, it also gives smaller companies the chance to hawk unique services on a big stage. 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
Related Tags: sim-card, asia-pacific, itunes, ipod, gartner, ringtone, zune, mobile-music, wlan
Ringback Tones for Alltel Wireless
The USA based, Alltel Wireless has announced the launch of its "ringback tones" service that enables customers to choose a song or sound that callers will hear while waiting to be connected to the customer. The ringback tone catalogue includes music from a variety of genres including hip hop, rock and country and enhances Alltel's offerings of other device "customization" products, including, games, ringtones and wallpapers. 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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