Recent Research: April 2008
Bonus: Dean Bubley asks: What’s in a number?
Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:
- 45% of IT professionals say providing mobile e-mail is important
- Despite Higher Costs - Customers Report High Levels of Satisfaction with Wireless Plan Upgrades
- US mobile entertainment to grow 16.3% CAGR to $6.6B by 2012
- 35M mobile banking customers by 2010
- 800M mobile banking customers by 2011
- 104M mobile payment customers by 2011
- MIM challenging SMS
- $412M in on-deck mobile social networking by 2012
- Fewer switching because of coverage
- Mobile device shipments up 13.7%
- Mobile phone shipments up 14.3%
- Mobile device management to grow 80% CAGR to $20B by 2013
- Search related mobile advertising to reach $5B in 2013
- $7.6B in mobile adspend by 2013
- 34% of personal navigation devices to have two-way connectivity built in by 2013
- Mobile location based services to reach $13.3B by 2013
- 3B mobile coupons by 2011
- 47M “last mile” WiMax broadband customers within 5 years
- Total spending on mobile media services to reach $102B by 2012
- Non-voice mobile revenues to reach $251B by 2012
- 87% increase in mobile TV viewing
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