Comments on: Mobile content is BIG business

By: alan p

alan p — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:32:14 +0000

I have a basic rule with any estimate for Mobile numbers – divide by 2 for every year the forecast goes out by

By: jamescoops

jamescoops — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:00:10 +0000

not arguing with the size of the numbers at all – that's my point – they have been big for ages! A lot of new money is coming into mobile now – mobile casino taking off, mobile advertising getting critical mass, mobile virtual goods emerging as a new biz model – the big kicker will be if mcommerce stats to move onto mobile e.g. high value purchases like travel, financial products etc.

By: alan p

alan p — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:32:14 +0000

I have a basic rule with any estimate for Mobile numbers – divide by 2 for every year the forecast goes out by

By: james

james — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:00:10 +0000

By: brisbourne

brisbourne — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:15:21 +0000

Thanks James – I agree that the truth is a bit less than the headlines imply. They are still big numbers though.

By: james

james — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:50:06 +0000

This isn't new though – end user spending on mobile has been far larger than for PC/ online services since the early 2000s. The problem has been that a lot of this was ringtones – which was easily a £500m +market in the UK at one point but has been in decline with nothing really replacing it as a growth driver. Sonera Zed did $545m in revenue in 2007, Buongiorno is doing ~euro 400m+ a year…

By: brisbourne (Nic Brisbourne)

brisbourne (Nic Brisbourne) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:30:04 +0000

New blog entry: Mobile content is BIG business http://tinyurl.com/7mmqap