McGuire’s Law

Bonus: A cool collection of data: “Singularity is Near Graphs”

Another Bonus: Morgan Stanley’s Internet Trends (including lots of mobility linkages)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• More Than 1 in 10 Mobile Subscribers to Use Mobile Ticketing in 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Global market for mobile patient monitoring pegged at $1.9B by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• 50 Billion Connections 2020 (Ericsson)
• US Mobile eCommerce Revenues set to Rise to $23.8bn in 2015 (Coda Research)
• Nearly Half of Mobile Phone Users Worldwide to Make Mobile Payments by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• 487 Million Users to Enjoy HD-Quality Mobile Voice in 2015 (ABI Research)
• Shopping by Mobile Creates an $8bn Opportunity for Mobile Advertising and Coupons (Juniper Research)
• 1.7 billion smartphones by 2014 (Analysys Mason)
• Global Smartphone Shipments Jump 50 Percent to 54 Million in Q1 2010 (Strategy Analytics)
• Report Predicts 894 million mobile banking users by 2015 (Berg Insight)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• US Wireless Data Market Update: Q4 2009 and 2009 (Chetan Sharma)
• Companies Able to Reach 1 Billion Customers via Smartphones by 2013 (research2guidance)
• Touchscreen Mobile Device Sales Will nearly Double in 2010 (Gartner)
• Number of Mobile VoIP Users Will Approach 300 Million by 2013 (In-Stat)
• Mobile managed services expected to generate $29 billion by 2014 (Informa)
• More Than 130 Million Enterprise Users in the Mobile Cloud by 2014 (Juniper)
• In 2014, Monthly Embedded Mobile Data Traffic Will Exceed 2008 Total (ABI)
• Physician smartphone adoption said to top 80 percent by 2012 (Manhattan Research)
• Mobile Retail Market to Exceed $12 Billion by 2014 (Juniper)
• WiMAX device shipments surged in 2009 (Maravedis)
• Global Location-Based Platform and Infrastructure Revenues to Reach $1.8 Billion by 2015 (ABI Research)
• Web 2.0 mobile revenues expected to reach $19B by 2014 (Juniper)
• North American smart phone shipments to exceed 65 million units in 2010 (Canalys)
• Sizing up the Global Mobile Apps Market (Chetan Sharma)
• US Smartphone Ownership Expected to Reach 162 million by 2015 (Coda Research)
• Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Surpassed 271 Million by Year End 2009 (ABI Research)
• USA Mobile Handset Data Traffic Climbs toward 327TB per Month in 2015 (Coda Research)
• Mobile Data Traffic from PC Modems and Routers Will Increase Fourfold by 2014 (ABI)
• Mobile Web Presence Based Revenues to Generate $6bn by 2012 (Juniper)
• 1 Trillion Connected Devices by 2013 (Cisco)
• Global Mobile Data Market Update 2009 (Chetan Sharma)

Bonus: The Tomi Ahonen Cheat Sheet on all major mobile industry numbers

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Smartphone Market Grew 39% in Q4 2009 (IDC)
• Netbook Shipments Grew 79% in 2009, Further Growth in 2010 (Strategy Analytics)
• Wireless M2M Modules in Security Apps to Reach 22 Million by 2014 (Berg Insight)
• Mobile Cloud Application Revenues To Hit $9.5 billion by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Cisco forecasts mobile data traffic to grow 39-fold through 2014 (Cisco)
• Embedded Mobile and M2M Device Revenues to Rise to $19 Billion by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Global telecom services market estimated at $1,440 billion in 2009 (IDATE)
• Mobile messaging revenues expected to top $233B by 2014 (Portio Research)
• App stores anticipated to generate $15 billion in 2013 (Futuresource)
• WiMAX to Cover More Than 800 Million People by End of 2010 (The WiMax Forum)
• ITU sees 5 billion mobile subscriptions globally in 2010 (ITU)
• Mobile shopping will balloon to $119B by 2015 (ABI Research)
• More Than One Billion Mobile Workers Worldwide by Year’s End (IDC)
• Mobile Location-Based Services Market to exceed $12bn by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Over 160 Million Smartbooks Expected to Ship in 2015 (ABI Research)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Mobile Consumer Electronics Device Shipments to Grow 55-Fold in Six Years (ABI Research)
• Connected Devices Fuel 1 Billion New Mobile Broadband Subs by 2014 (Strategy Analytics)
• Cellular Broadband Chipset Shipments Expected to Grow 35% YoY Through 2014 (IDC)
• Pre Pay Mobile Broadband to reach a third of a billion users by the end of 2013 (Tariff Consultancy)
• Mobile Augmented Reality App Downloads to Pass 400 Million Annually by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• US Mobile video users to climb to 74m by 2015 - Little future for FLO TV. (Coda Research Consultancy)
• Mobile Devices with 3rd-Party Security to rise to 77 million by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• 4G Mobile Consumer Service Revenue Will Exceed $70 Billion in 2014 (ABI)
• Data Revenues Will Push Mobile Biz Past $1 Trillion (Informa)
• Mobile Security Market to Exceed $4 Billion by 2014 (ABI Research)
• USA will have 365.7 million mobile subscribers in 2014 (IE Market Research)
• Unified Communications to Grow by 50% to $30 Billion by 2013 (Wainhouse Research)
• Embedded Mobile and M2M Devices to Rise to 412 Million Globally by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Gartner forecasts mobile app revenues to near $7 billion in 2010 (Gartner)
• Gartner measures all apps of apps stores worth 4.2B dollars in 2009 (Gartner)
• Mobile Game Industry Revenue Nears $540 Million In 2009 (SNL Kagan)
• Consumer demand increases for rich communication services on mobile (Collibria)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Nearly Two Billion Bluetooth Chipsets to Ship in 2014 (ABI)
• Almost Two Million Mobile WiMAX Subscribers Expected by End of 2009 (ABI)
• Mobile Coupon usage to triple exceeding 300 million people globally by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Nearly Half of Mobile Phone Users Willing to Pay for Mobile Apps (Samsung)
• Mobile Internet Devices Expected to Surpass One Billion by 2013 (IDC)
• Operators to spend $800 million on subscriber data management by 2013 (Infonetics)
• Global Navigation System Shipments to Exceed 500 Million in 2010 (ABI Research)
• The Next Internet Boom: Connected Cars (iSuppli)
• Mobile Device Shipments to Nearly Double Before 2015
• Contactless Smart Card Shipments to Break the One Billion Barrier 2014
• Global WiMAX Deployments Hit 500 in 2009

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Mobile Coupon Redemption Value to Approach $6bn Globally by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Cellphone Memory Card Revenue to Reach $9 Billion By 2013 (Strategy Analytics)
• Smartphone sales to overtake standard mobile phones by 2012 (Infonetics Research)
• Mobile Coupon Redemption Value to Approach $6bn Globally by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Mobile subscribers to hit 5.9 billion in 2013, driven by China, India, Africa (Infonetics Research)
• Quarter of All Cars to Support Remote Cell Phone Control by 2016 (iSuppli)
• Mobile broadband to overtake fixed-line internet connections in the UK in 2011 (MobileSQUARED)
• One in six users to own NFC-enabled phones by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• US Mobile Data Market Update Q3 2009 (Chetan Sharma)
• Wi-Fi Hotspot Market Surge to 1.2 Billion Connections (In-Stat)
• Mobile Handset Accessories Market to Turn Over Nearly $55 Billion This Year (Michael Morgan)
• International mobile money transfer services to exceed $65bn by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• 88 percent of PNDs sold in 2015 will have integrated cellular connectivity (Berg Insight)
• Shipments of Mobile WiMax Chipsets Will Reach 4 Million by Year’s End! (Maravedis)
• International mobile money transfer services to exceed $65bn by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Augmented Reality on the Mobile to Generate $732 million by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Mobile will account for 11.7% of digital ad spend in 2014 (Berg Insight)
• Unified Communications Market to Approach $4.2 Billion in 2014 (ABI Research)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Symbian Handset Shipments to Reach 180 Million by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Femtocell Revenues Will Remain Small Through 2010 (Unstrung Insider)
• 4.6 billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2009 (ITU)
• Telemedicine Spending to Approach $3.6 Billion Annually by 2014 (Pike & Fischer)
• Memory Card Based Mobile Phone Shipments to Swell to 990 Million by 2013 (Strategy Analytics)
• Mobile navigation users increased twofold year-on-year to 28 million (Berg Insight)
• Wi-Fi Still Rules As Consumer Electronics Network Connections Grow (ABI Research)
• Linux to Capture over 60 Percent of Smartphone Market (Telecom Trends International)
• US mobile ad revenues to reach $4.2bn in 2015, 70% from search (Coda Research)
• Google Mobile Search to Top $500M by 2011 (Jefferies & Co.)
• Global MPLS over WiMAX - Fixed and Mobile (Research & Markets)
• FMC and femtocell equipment forecast to hit $7.4 billion in 2013 (Infonetics)
• Nearly Half of US Consumers Would Choose a “Green” Handset - At the Right Price (ABI Research)
• 2.5 Billion Bluetooth Low Energy Chipsets to Ship in 2014 (ABI Research)
• Off-Grid Charging for Mobile Phones to Power US$2.3bn Market Opportunity (GSMA)
• Global WiMAX Subscriber Base Reaches 4 Million (Maravedis)
• Apple Helping to Drive Mobile Game Market Sales to $11.7 Billion by 2014 (DFC Intelligence)
• Over half a billion people to use mobile money transfer services by 2014 (Juniper)
• ITU says 4.6 B subscribers by end of year (ITU)
• Uptake of Mobile Data Services Boost Prospects for the Mobile Ad Market (Frost & Sullivan)
• Android Smartphone Shipments to Reach 32 Million Units in 2013 (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute)
• 385 Million Ultra Mobile Devices to Ship in 2014 (ABI Research)
• Apps Store Ecozones to help push Green App Download Volumes to 400m by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Mobile Computing Devices, Handsets Drive 409 Million Unit Wi-Fi Device Market (Strategy Analytics)
• Half of U.S. subscribers to access mobile web by 2013 (JBB Research)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• NFC Mobile Payments to Exceed $30bn by 2012 (Juniper Research)
• More than 15M U.S. subs viewing mobile video each month (Nielsen)
• OLED Shipments for Primary Cell-Phone Displays to Rise Eightfold by 2015 (iSuppli)
• Global LBS Revenues to Reach $2.6 Billion in 2009 (ABI)
• WiMAX: 3M strong and growing (ABI)
• Demand for improved 3G reception to drive growth of 3G Femtocell Subscribers (Juniper Research)
• Mobile broadband services expected to more than double by 2013 (Infonetics)
• Nearly Half of All Mobile Phone Users Will Do Mobile Banking in 2014 (Javelin)
• Wi-Fi Pushing Radio IC Market to $4 Billion in 2013 (Strategy Analytics)
• Consumer Voice Market to Decline by $16 Billion by 2014 (Atlantic-ACM)
• Mobile broadband cards expected to be an $8.4 billion market by 2013 (Infonetics)
• Cellular M2M Connections to Triple by 2014 (ABI)
• Global Wireless Data Market Update - 1H 2009 (Chetan Sharma Consulting)
• MEMS Microphones Shipments to Rise to 1 Billion in 2013 (iSuppli)
• Smartphones Driving the Rise in Mobile Advertising (eMarketer)
• Mobile app sales forecast to top $16 billion by 2013 (Wireless Expertise)
• OLED Displays Find Success in Mobile Phones with Q2′09 Up 22% Y/Y (DisplaySearch)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Managed Wireless Security Services Market to Top $1 Billion in 2014 (ABI Research)
• In 2014 Monthly Mobile Data Traffic Will Exceed 2008 Total (ABI Research)
• Enterprise FMC Will Grow at a CAGR of 27%, Reaching Over 27 Million by 2014 (ABI Research)
• US Wireless Data Market Update - Q2 2009 (Chetan Sharma)
• App store downloads forecast to reach 6.7B by 2014 (Frost & Sullivan)
• Mobile game revenues forecasted to reach $18B in 2014 (Pyramid Research)
• In-Building Wireless Deployment Revenue Will Maintain 21%+ Growth Through 2014 (ABI Research)
• Worldwide data revenues expected to grow 26.2% in 2009 (iSuppli)
• Wi-Fi-Enabled Phone Shipments Continue to Double Every Two Years (ABI Research)
• Mobile web adspend expected to reach $2B a year by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Mobile ad budgets forecast to reach $5.7B by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• 70 million femtocell users by 2014 (Berg Insight)
• Global e-Paper Display Market to Exceed $2.5 Billion by 2013 (NextGen Research)
• There will be at least 300 million mobile TV users by 2013 (InStat)
• Nearly 400 million mobile video phones are expected to sell worldwide in 2013 (Infonetics Research)
• One Billion Wi-Fi Chipsets to Ship in 2011 Alone (ABI Research)
• WiMAX equipment market to hit $4.9B in 2013 (Infonetics Research)
• E-Paper Display Revenues Forecast to Reach $9.6B by 2018 (DisplaySearch)
• Wi-Fi Connectivity Becoming Pervasive on Devices (In-Stat)

Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:

• Mobile security client software market to hit $1.6 billion in 2013 (Infonetics Research)
• Over 100 million LTE Mobile Broadband Subscribers by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• Consumer Location-Based Services Market Will More Than Double in 2009 (Gartner)
• Revenue from Wi-Fi-enabled Healthcare Products to Reach Nearly $5 Billion in 2014 (ABI Research)
• Entry-level Mobile Phone Markets to Enjoy 24% Annual Growth through 2014 (ABI Research)
• Mobile broadband via laptop users to reach 418m worldwide in 2017 (Coda Research Consultancy)
• Mobile app downloads to hit 20 billion by 2014 (Juniper Research)
• 170 Million Mobile Subscribers Will Make Domestic Person To Person Payments in 2011 (ABI Research)
• One-Third of Mobile Phones to Use Accelerometers by 2010 (iSuppli)
• Mobile Search Advertising Revenues to Reach $3.3 Billion in 2013 (The Kelsey Group)
• North American Mobile Enterprise Applications Market to Reach $10.3 Billion in 2013 (Frost & Sullivan)
• Wearable Wireless Sensor Market to Grow to More than 400 million Devices by 2014 (ABI Research)
• GPS smartphone growth accelerating this year (Strategy Analytics)
• WiMAX Broadband Subscribers to Approach 50 million by 2014 (Juniper Research)