Mobile

MOBILE MARKET STATS

There are an estimated 229 million mobile subscribers in the U.S. and 2.1 billion worldwide, according to eMarketer, 2006.
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U.S. Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications
M:Metrics, Inc. 2005

Sent or received text messages 37.3%
Retrieved news and information via browser 13.4%
Used personal email 11.35
Used photo messaging 10.4%
Purchased ring tone 9.7%
Used mobile instant messenger 9.6%
Used work email 5.8%
Purchased wallpaper or screensaver 3.8%
Downloaded mobile game 3.4%

By 2007 35.9 million Americans will participate in mobile marketing camaigns. - Frost & Sullivan

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89% of major brands are planning to market via mobile devices by 2008. - Airwide Solutions

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The number of cameraphone owners climbed to 106 million in the United States, crossing the 50 percent threshold.

M:Metrics Press Release April 2007

All told, marketers will spend just $3 billion worldwide on mobile ads this year, according to an Apr. 10 report by ABI Research, an industry research group. But that's expected to grow to $19 billion by 2011 as more users surf the Web via handset.

The Sell Phone Revolution, Business Week

Nearly 17.4 million mobile consumers downloaded a mobile game last quarter, up 45 percent from a total of 12 million downloaders a year ago, according to Telephia.

Mobile Game Revenue in the U.S. Hits $151 Million, Telephia Press Release

eMarketer has social media advertising spending pegged at $865 million in 2007, with $525 million aimed at MySpace, $200 million headed for the Facebook/Friendster ilk (i.e., sites other than MySpace).

DeathWatch: Yahoo!, iMediaConnection

Advertisers spent $420 million on mobile advertising in 2006 and predict a leap to $900 million in 2007 eMarketer: Ad Spending

There are currently nearly 50 million members in "mobile social communities" and is expected to reach 174 million worldwide by 2011, according to ABI Research.

Mobile Social Communities , ABI Research

The Kelsey Group predicts that the number of mobile Internet users will grow from 37.9 million in 2007 to 91.7 million in 2012, a CAGR of 19 percent.

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The Kelsey Group's U.S. Mobile Advertising Forecast predicts that the U.S. mobile ad market will grow from $33.2 million in 2007 to $1.4 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 112 percent.

Other analysts have predicted the mobile ad market will grow to anywhere from $1.5 billion to $2.9 billion in 2011. The end result of course depends on the definitions and assumptions being used, but overall, every forecast calls for huge growth in the mobile ad space.

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