Mobile internet firm Volantis commissioned a report on the mobile web usage and we have some interesting details to share. The main point is that games and social networks will persuade consumers to use mobile internet services more regularly. Here are the key findings: 42% of of US consumers aged 18-34 said that mobile entertainment…
Distimo’s June 2010 report is here
Distimo, which as you may know provides free analytics services for app developers, is out with its June report, covering app performance across mobile app stores. Some of the findings you may have read from Blake’s article on the subject, but here are other highlights as well: More than 50% of applications are priced below…
Harris Interactive: Mobile marketing alerts drive 1 out of 3 recipients into stores
Harris Interactive conducted an online survey, commissioned by Placecast, in May of this year to research consumer receptivity to opt-in mobile marketing. Here are the highlights: One-third of Americans who currently have signed up for mobile marketing alerts indicate that such services impact their decision to go into stores and 27% report that such programs…
Juniper Research: Mobile VoIP minutes to double each year, reaching 470.6 billion by 2015
The number of mobile VoIP minutes will rise from 15 billion this year to 470.6 billion minutes by 2015, finds a new report from Juniper Research. According to the research company, the traffic will steadily rise in all regions over the forecast period, but particularly in developed markets. Juniper’s Senior Analyst Anthony Cox points to…
ABI Research: Worldwide mobile subscriptions will exceed five billion this year
According to ABI Research forecasts, there will be over five billion mobile subscriptions by the end of 2010. The first quarter by itself ended with about 4.8 billion connections with most of subscribers coming from developing markets in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Africa remains the fastest growing mobile market with a year-on-year growth of…
AdMob’s May 2010 Mobile Metrics Report is all about smartphone adoption
AdMob is out with its May 2010 Mobile Metrics, comparing the current figures from the numbers two years ago. As we all know and AdMob’s report proves that, smartphone adoption — most notably iPhone and Android — was growing at a record pace during the period. Here are the key numbers: In May 2008, smartphones…
ABI Research: More than 80 million USB modems to ship this year
ABI Research is forecasting that USB modem shipments will reach nearly 81 million units this year! As a matter of fact, according to the research company’s “Cellular Modem Product Tracking Database,” more than 50% of the modem models now available in the market utilize the USB interface. According to ABI’s principal analyst Jeff Orr, one…
ABI Research: More than 55 million smartphone shipments Q1 2010
ABI Research is out with a new report talking about smartphone shippments. From their press release, we learn that the market continued to build on the strong fourth quarter of 2009 in the first three months of 2010. ABI’s data suggests that a little more than 55 million smartphones were shipped during the period, which…
Juniper Research: 400 million people will use mobile banking services by 2013
According to the new Juniper Research’s study titled “Mobile Banking Strategies: Applications, Opportunities & Markets 2010-2015,” the number of mobile subscribers who use their phones for mobile banking will exceed 400 million globally by 2013. The research company has found that banks are laying the foundations for this rapid user take-up by rolling out services…
ABI Research: Mobile TV services set for accelerated adoption after 2012
Although we’ve heard a numerous reports about the mobile TV prospects, most of them proved to be false. Outside of Japan and South Korea, people simply don’t use mobile TV, despite carriers’ efforts in some countries to push the service towards users. Now we have another report, from ABI Research, suggesting that the market inhibitors…