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App stores like Google Play and Windows Phone Store that have implemented Direct Carrier Billing solutions have experienced a sharp increase in transaction volumes, average transactions values and conversion rates, according to a new white paper from Juniper Research and Amdocs. The research has also found that while operator storefronts and portals now account for…
The GSMA’s Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) programme released the findings of its second annual Global Mobile Money Adoption Survey to analyze the state of the mobile money industry in 2012. The research shows the number of active mobile money users grew impressively with more than 30 million people undertaking 224.2 million transactions totaling…
Mobile operators are all set to turn into dump pipes, with GSMA predicting their data revenues overtaking voice revenues globally by 2018 as we move towards a fully connected world. A surge in demand for connected devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications is driving this trend, transforming the “socioeconomic future of people” in both developed and…
In its latest report, MaAfee looked at how people (fail to) protect their mobile phones and tablets. Some 3,000 consumers were asked to answer few questions and their responses are weird, to say the least. Here are the key findings: A majority of consumers in the UK and Germany stick with the first PIN they…
The GSMA is out with a new report titled “The Mobile Economy 2013”, providing us with a comprehensive overview of the mobile industry today. At the same time, the report also outlines key opportunities and challenges for the industry over the next five years. Developed by the GSMA and A.T. Kearney, the wide-ranging study shares…
Apigee came up with a neat infographic to show how desperately tied we are to our mobile apps. For instance, did you know that the majority (85%) of people would rather go without water than their mobile apps? That’s crazy and pretty much impossible, but that’s what the survey respondents said in their answers. Speaking…
We know mobile advertising is getting really big, but it’s always nice to have numbers to put behind any claim. Thanks to the infographic prepared by Smart AdServer, we have some cool figures to share with our readers. Here are the key findings: Mobile traffic is expected to exceed desktop traffic as early as this…
Tablet users are all set to adopt mobile gaming and according to Juniper Research, they will spend more than $3 billion on in-app purchases in 2016, which is more than 10 times the $301 million calculated for 2012. According to the report author Sian Rowlands, only a low proportion of gamers make in-game purchases and…
Just when I said that MetaWatch is preparing to launch a fancy-lookin’ version(s) of its smart watch, I caught a press release from ABI Research, saying that wearable computing devices are set to explode in popularity over the next year and eventually become the norm for most people within five years. The research company forecasts…
We know the app economy is booming but it’s always nice to have numbers to put behind any claims. And Berg Insight brings us the goods, saying that during 2011, the number of mobile app downloads reached 29.5 billion, growing to 60.1 billion in 2012. And guess what, that number will keep going north, eventually…