Articles tagged with: Social Networking 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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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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Wireless Trade Show Will Push Mobile TV, Ads"

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will be focusing on getting consumers to spend even more time on their mobile phones at this year's CTIA Wireless trade show. more

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