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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

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