Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Mobile Content

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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Mobile E-Mail Tops British iPhone Usage

According to a report from mobile usage analysts, comScore, three-quarters of British iPhone owners use mobile e-mail, making it the most popular type of mobile content consumed on the device. more

Related Tags: nokia, iphone, smartphone, tim, ovi, comscore, mobile-games, app-store, UK

Mobile Applications Stores: A Virtual 'Farmer's Market'

The mobile content market with the advent of the applications store has brought a new model of mobile content distribution. The applications store gives an opportunity to capitalize on direct relationships with consumers, linking them to the brand and offering an easy-to-use way of purchasing a variety of applications. It is like on a farmer's market, where people can purchase fresh products and homemade food eliminating the middleman and the additional costs associated with buying through an intermediary. more

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UK Mobile Web Slowly Trudges Forward

The fact that mobile Web users in the UK visit so few sites is evidence that the mobile Web still offers a very limited range of useful content - says a report from eMarketer. There are not many worthwhile mobile Websites to visit, and the user experience is not yet compelling enough to support long sessions browsing via mobile. more

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Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry

comScore reports that the number of people downloading a mobile game grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device. more

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Consumers Will Accept New Forms of Advertising if Companies Follow Their Rules

IBM's survey of consumer digital media and entertainment habits revealed that consumers are adopting digital content services -- such as social networking and videos -- on mobile phones and personal computers at an accelerated pace, and it is impacting traditional consumption habits. more

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Majority of US Phone Users Report Surging Mobile Phone Usage

Azuki Systems has published a user survey of US mobile phone users which reports that over 54% of those surveyed said their mobile phone usage had increased by more than 25% over the last two years, and one in five respondents said it had increased by more than 50%. A significant catalyst behind this growth is smart phone adoption, with 62% of respondents indicating they either own or will own such a device in the next 12 months. more

Related Tags: iphone, text-messaging, blackberry, sharp, text-messages, seven, catalyst, USA

Advertising to Fuel Mobile Social Networking Growth

Ad-funded social networks will provide the bulk of revenues in the mobile user-generated content (UGC) space by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. more

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Online Social Networking Goes Mobile: 140 Million Users by 2013

Online social networking is huge and growing strongly, but what happens when all those virtual friends hit the road? Increasingly, they will be able to keep in touch via mobile versions of their favorite social networks, running on their cellular phones. ABI Research forecasts that in 2013, more than 140 million subscribers will share "anytime, anywhere" experiences this way, and they will generate subscription revenues in excess of $410 million. more

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Content to Rejuvenate Revenue Growth in the European Mobile Market

The mobile communication market in Europe has reached a saturated and mature phase. Mobile penetration is more than 100 percent in many western and eastern countries, even as many other countries are rapidly reaching full penetration. It is clear that the mobile industry in Europe requires investing and committing in other services and applications in order to grow effectively. Mobile premium content services and applications represent a potential source of significant revenues for the mobile industry. more

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