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China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population
In case you were still wondering why people in the mobile industry remain fascinated with China, here’s a hint:
China Mobile Subscribers Surpass Total US Population:
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, recently announced that its subscriber base grew to 301 million, surpassing the total population of the United States.
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60% Of US Mobile Subs Are Lucky Guessers
11.07.06 | Permalink | Comments Off40% of US mobile subscribers do not know whether their operator offers 3G - ZDNet:
Nearly 40% of US respondents couldn’t correctly identify whether or not their mobile carrier offered 3G service, In-Stat says.
It’s a bit more surprising that more than 60% could — after all, why should Joe Public need to know what 3G [...] -
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MMS Usage Up 40% In The US
07.19.06 | Permalink | 4 CommentsMessaging company Mobile365 says the number of mobile-originated MMS messages it processed in the US increased 40% from the first to the second quarter, a pretty significant jump. The raw numbers are higher than I’d expected as well, up to 52 million and change in the second quarter. Keep in mind this is just [...]
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We’re All Motormouths Over Here In The US
05.08.06 | Permalink | 3 CommentsThere was some debate in the comments lately about the merits of the receiving-party-pays system used in the US and some other countries, versus the more popular calling-party-pays that’s the norm in Europe. Perhaps CPP is “better”, but as I pointed out, RPP seems to be working okay here in the US, given the rock-bottom [...]
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Survey Says “Few” Cameraphone Users Actually Send Photos
05.02.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFew Consumers Sending Pictures From Camera Phones, says the headline:
Since late 2002, the year camera phones were introduced, the number of users have increased to half of all mobile subscribers, NPD said. Fully 73 percent of the users said they were very or somewhat satisfied with the purchase.
Nevertheless, four out of five camera-phone owners [...] -
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20% of UK Mobile Users Vote in Reality TV Shows
When 20% of the population starts doing anything, you know you have a major trend happening. So it’s fascinating to read about M:Metrics’ latest findings.
An incredible 8.9 million UK mobile phone owners, or 20% of the mobile owning population voted in a TV reality show poll - in January. That’s not ever voted, it was [...] -
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Surging Sales But Tighter Margins Reported by Nokia in Q4 ‘05
01.17.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsReuters news agency reports that Nokia, the world’s largest phone manufacturer saw an increase in sales, particularly in emerging markets, but strong competition particularly for higher end phones such as Motorola’s Razr and Sony Ericsson’s Walkman Phone have made for some tough markets, particularly the usually strong Christmas Season.
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1 in 5 Have Listened To Music On A Phone
11.03.05 | Permalink | Comments OffA new survey says nearly 1 in 5 people in 16 countries around the world have listened to music on a mobile phone. More than a third of those surveyed want to use phones for music more in the future, and inferior sound quality and small amounts of memory are the biggest roadblocks.
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KDDI Hits 20 Million Downloads
10.11.05 | Permalink | 2 CommentsKDDI’s Chaku-Uta Full has now sold 20 million songs since it launched last November, continuing its stellar growth. It hit 10 million back in June.
Here’s what that growth looks like on a graph:
As you can see in the next graph, the number of downloads per day continues to increase as well. (What’s shown is the [...]
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European Mobile Downloads Worth $640 million in 2010
09.14.05 | Permalink | 2 CommentsAnother analyst’s made another prediction about the mobile music market, saying that Europeans will spend just $640 million downloading full tracks to their mobiles, but that the market for real music ringtones will be $1.2 billion. I have a theoretical problem with these studies that lump ringtone and full-track downloads together, as although they’re both [...]
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