Sep 30
Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile handsets are expected to reach 250 mln units by 2010, up from more than 70 mln units in 2006, according to iSuppli.
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- Global handset market to grow 3% in 2009
- 30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers
- Mobile searchers across different countries in June 2008
- Mobile penetration: how many people access a mobile site at least once a week
- Top mobile search engines in June 2008
- 4 bln mobile subscriptions by year-end 2008
- Average US mobile subscriber sends 357 SMS messages a month
- 19.6 mln Symbian phones shipped in Q2 2008
- German mobile users who play mobile games
- Mobile Internet users in Germany in June 2008
- Smartphone market to grow 52% in 2008
- Global cell phone market to grow 11% in 2008
- 9.2 mln mobile users added in India in July 2008
- Top iPhone-related search terms in April 2008
- What Web sites people visit on mobile phones
- Mobile Internet Penetration Across Countries
- US cell phone sales down 13% in Q2 2008
- Top US wireless providers in customer satisfaction: Verizon, Alltel, TMobile, ATT
- 266 mln wireless subscribers in the US by 2013
- US mobile phone shipments up 5.3% in Q2 2008
- 75.8% of UK iPhone users are males
- Internet usage habits among smartphone subscribers
- Location-based mobile social networking to generate $3.3 bln by 2012
- Growth of photo messaging users in April 2008 in US and Europe
- Mobile user activities among 7 countries
- Accessing online maps from PC
- Stats on accessing Internet via mobile device around the world
- 40% of all Internet users will have mobile Internet access by 2012
- 78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store
- 68% of cell phone buyers consult the owner’s manual
- 39% of cell phone buyers research phones on the internet
- Only 3% recycle their mobile phones
- Only 3% recycle their mobile phones
- 39% of adults said they had bought a cell phone in the previous year
- 59% of cell-phone buyers ask an expert for advice
- How cell-phone buyers learn about their future cell phone
- 78% of cell buyers say they felt they had the right amount of information in considering their purchase
- 3G iPhone is expected to take 7.38% of the converged device market in Australia
- In Q1 2008 2.02 mln mobile devices were sold in Australia
- How much extra audience does a Web site gain by having a mobile version?
- Mobile subscriber monthly consumption of content and applications in March 2008
- 24% of European households don’t have landlines
- Mobile TV to generate $19 bln by 2012
- Mobile TV to generate $19 bln by 2012
- US cell phone sales down 22% in Q1 2008
- 78% of US adults now having cell phones
- 86% of cell phone owners likely to be internet users
- 27% of cell phone buyers said online information had a major impact on their decision
- 12% of users buy their cell phone online
- 87% of US cell phone users are satisfied with their new phone and their service
- US wireless operator satisfaction leaders: T-Mobile, Alltel, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel
- Mobile social networking reach in US and Europe
- 45% of girls and 26% of boys talk on cell phone
- 189 bln mobile messages sent in 2007
- 39% of teens say they talk with their friends in person outside of school
- Mobile phone shipments down 11.6% in Q1 2008
- Top 5 mobile phone vendors in Q1 2008
- Top mobile phone vendor in Q4 2007: Nokia, Samsung, Motorola
- Demographics of a European mobile user
- Size of mobile audience in February 2008
- Q1 2008 cell phone sales up 14% YTY
- 20% of mobile phones to run Linux by 2013
- iPhone users spend 46.5% of their time in voice calls
- 80% of mobile operators likely to become data connectivity providers
- 55% of mobile consumers are looking forward to receiving mobile multimedia
- 66% of mobile subscribers view operators as data providers
- Mobile subscriber monthly consumption of content and applications, February 2008
- How digital music gets on the users’ phones
- 16% of mobile phone owners use mobile banking
- Mobile activity by country
- 25% of cellphone owners shop online on their phones
- 31% of phones sold in 2013 will be smartphones
- 66% of cellphone users worry about sharing personal data
- 49.7% of iPhone users accessed a social network in January 2008
- 500 mln music phones shipped in 2007
- Mobile messaging to generate $212 bln by 2013
- Mobile content consumption in January 2008
- 14% of mobile phone owners watched video on their cell phone
- Mobile activity on iPhones vs. regular smartphones
- 51% of Americans would not give up Internet
- 58% of Americans used their phone for a non-voice activity
- 74.1% of iPhone owners listened to mobile music in January 2008
- What PDA owners do on their PDAs
- 52% of Internet users connect wirelessly
- 3.3% of US mobile subscribers downloaded a game in December 2007
- Mobile search to generate $4.8 bln by 2013
- Text messaging among various races
- Mobile game consumption in December 2006
- Global smart device market in Q4 2007
- Ringtones and mobile TV to account for 5.1% of mobile revenues
- Mobile game consumption in December 2007
- Top mobile activites by country
- 85% of young Americans send or receive text messages
- 60% of Americans aged 18-29 send or receive text messages
- 75% of people who played a mobile game did not download it
- 65% of Hispanic Internet users have wireless Web access
- 54% of Hispanics find it very hard to give up their cell phones
- 70% of young online users have logged on wirelessly away from home or work
- 62% of young adults find it very hard to live without a cell phone
- 59% of US mobile broadband users log in from work
- Mobile broadband usage by income segment in Q4 2007
- 154% mobile broadband growth in the US in Q4 2007
- 25% of US cell phone users saw a mobile ad
- Mobile ad revenues to hit $533 bln by 2010
- Australian mobile market to grow 1-2%
- 1.15 bln mobile phones sold worldwide in 2007
- Mobile/handheld TV could bring $2 bln by 2012
- Global mobile infrastructure market reached $850 mln in Q4 2007
- Top mobile shopping activities: checking store locations, checking prices, checking delivery status
- Australian mobile data services to grow in Australia by 50% in 2008
- Mobile ad market
- Australian mobile market to grow by 1-2% a year
- Mobile TV viewers and ex-viewers in EU countries
- 46.1 mln mobile searchers in the US
- 229 mln mobile phones sold in China in 2007
- 56% of people were happy to have received political SMS ads
- 60% of WAP searchers are male
- Mobile marketing revenues to hit $24 bln in 2013
- Mobile search and display revenues will reach $1.91 bln by 2012
- 19% of direct assistance users throught it was free
- 40.1% of directory assistance users wanted to inquire about a business
- Mobility management services revenues to grow by 81% by 2013
- 78 mln of US mobile users saw a mobile ad
- 462 mln mobile TV subscribers by 2012
- SMS traffic over the 2007/2008 New Year period increased by 30%
- 32% of Americans have difficulty find the right mobile phone
- 69% don’t know about the most important mobile phone features
- 220 mln ringtones sold for $567 mln in 2007
- Top-selling polyphonic ringtones in 2007
- Top mobile vendors, Q4 2007
- Top-selling mastertone ringtones in 2007
- Japanese mobile ads grew by 42.5% in 2007
- US and European mobile ads to exceed $5 bln by 2012
- African-Americans and Hispanics are 50% more likely to be SMS users
- Subscription music market to reach $3.3 bln in 2012
- Men recall mobile ads 20% better
- 56% of Americans use SMS, 33% see ads on cell phones
- SMS traffic over 2008 New Year period increased by 30%
- More than 20% of Norwegian children helped their parents with a mobile phone
- 88% of 10-year-olds in Norway have a mobile phone
- Belarus mobile market
- European ringtone market generated $1.1 bln in 2007
- 2.3 mln SMS messages to be sent in 2008
- Cellular spending exceeded wireline spending in the US in 2007
- 34% of US government telecom spending to go towards wireless
- Mobile location technologies to generate $23.2 bln by 2007
- 35% of new wireless customers in 2008 to be pre-paid
- 429 bln SMS messages sent in China in 2006
- 59% of US households have landlines and cell phones, 24% have just landlines
- 63% of mobile owners never access mobile Internet
- 35% of kids 8-12 own cell phones
- Half of Americans satisfied with their wireless service
- Mobile content revenues to reach $2 bln by 2011
- Global mobile penetration reaches 50%
- 18% of European households have only mobile phones
- Mobile revenue per user higher 24% for business users than personal users
- Mobile phone gaming revenues down 9% in Q2 2007
- Global mobile penetration to pass 50% in 2008
- Mobile phone market shares in Q3 2007
- 285 mln mobile phones sold in Q3 2007
- 28.8 bln text messages sent in June 2007
- 288 mln mobile devices shipped in Q3 2007
- Mobile fund transfer to become an $8 bln market by 2012
- North American businesses spend on mobile services 23% more than consumers
- 43 mln US and European users to download mobile maps in 2012
- 70% of Americans over 50 like their wireless provider
- 54 mln mobile phone subscribers in Mexico
- 250 mln GPS-enabled phones to sell by 2010
- 95 mln ultra-mobile devices to sell by 2012
- Samsung has 50% of South Korean mobile phone market
- 15% of mobile calls have problems with quality
- 4 mln users to access mobile maps in 2007
- Cellular capex to reach $23 bln by 2012
- 8 mln ultra mobile devices shipped by 2011
- 33 mln mobile phones sold in the US in Q2 2007
- 36 mln femtocells to ship by 2012
- UMA subscriber numbers to reach 65 mln by 2012
- 34% of US households to use only mobile services by 2011
- Mobile video telephony to generate $1 bln in 2007
- 263.8 mln mobile phones sold in Q2 2007
- 25% of mobile phones sold in 2011 will be low-cost
- 258 mln mobile phones sold in Q2 2007
- 3.1 mln cellular base stations by 2011
- 165 mln multimedia phones to sell in China by 2011
- 185.1 mln mobile subscribers in India in June 2007
- Mobile fund transfers to generate $8 bln for operators by 2012
- 40.6 mln femtocell subscribers by the end of 2011
- 12.3 mln Americans accessed blog or social networks on their mobile in June 2007
- 70% of enterprises to use mobile VOIP by 2009
- 60% of wireless users feel unappreciated by wireless operators
- Mobile phone accessories to generate over $32 bln in 2007
- 70% of organizations report Blackberry downtime over 15 minutes a month
- 300 mln mobile connections in Latin America in 2006
- Mobile connections up 23% in Eastern Europe in 2006
- Premium mobile content to generate $44 bln in 2011
- 52 mln TD-SCDMA subscribers in China by 2011
- 45% of mobile connections to be WCDMA HSDPA by 2010
- Men spend 458 minutes a month on wireless, women - 453 minutes
- Mobile subscriber churn is at 2.5% a month
- 3 bln mobile subscriptions in 2009