My Comments on the below: It would be interesting to know how many of these organisations have a mobile presence. Considering Facebook is so widely adopted by mobile users you would think they all should. Posted By ] Jake Hird I’ve previously ranted a bit about how Facebook is driving forward a large element of social [...]
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STATS: Consumers keen on m-commerce (75% of 16-24 year olds in favour)
Posted: May 16, 2011 in E-Commerce, Industry News, Information communications technology, M-Commerce, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Payment SolutionsTags: Apple, China, iphone, iTunes, Mobile Commerce Research, mobile commerce stats, mobile payments, Nokia, PayPal, South Korea, United States
NUREMBERG: A majority of consumers around the world are interested in mobile commerce, a trend most pronounced in emerging nations like Brazil and China, a multimarket study has shown. Research firm GfK surveyed 8,603 adults in nine countries – Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea, the UK and US – and reported that 62% [...]
LTE investment now totals 208 countries
Posted: May 16, 2011 in Industry News, Information communications technology, Mobile Industry News, Mobile Internet, Mobile Technology, Technology, TelecommunicationsTags: Estonia, Finland, Germany, Global Mobile Suppliers Association, Hong Kong, Philippines, United States, Uzbekistan
The Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has said in an update to its Evolution to LTEreport that, since June 2010, 98 additional countries have invested in LTE, bringing the total to 208. In terms of hard deployments, either existing or planned, the numbers have gone up by 32, taking it to 154 across 60 countries. [...]
On the Call: MasterCard CEO on mobile payments
Posted: May 4, 2011 in Financial Services, Industry News, Information communications technology, M-Commerce, RetailTags: Ajay Banga, MasterCard, Mobile payment, Smartphone, The Wall Street Journal, United States, Visa, Wells Fargo
PURCHASE, N.Y. Electronics payment processors like MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. are trying to adapt to new technologies for making purchases. That includes the use of mobile devices, including smartphones that enable “contactless” payments just by flashing a phone at an electronic scanner. One obstacle to adoption of the technologies is the small number of [...]
Mobile advertising should be incorporated into all media buys: Yahoo
Posted: April 12, 2011 in Digital Display Advertising, Digital Marketing, Display advertising, Industry News, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Applications, Mobile Industry News, Performance Advertising, Smartphones, TabletsTags: CTIA – The Wireless Association, ipad, Mobile Advertising, Mobile device, Mobile phone, mobile web, Personal computer, United States
Posted By ] Giselle Tsirulnik There is no question as to whether consumers have embraced smartphones with open arms, and the mobile Internet has finally reached enough scale to offer critical opportunities for marketers, according to Yahoo Inc. According to Yahoo’s report, “Mobile Internet – Delivering on the Promise of Mobile Advertising,” brands have not yet [...]
Tomi T Ahonen ] Time to Confirm some Mobile User Numbers: SMS, MMS, Mobile Internet, M-News
Posted: January 14, 2011 in Digital Marketing, Digital Trends, Industry News, Information communications technology, Marketing, Mobile Industry News, TelecommunicationsTags: ABI Research, Acision, Aenas, Asia Marketing Yearbook, Boston Consulting, Business and Economy, ComScore, gfk, Informa, Jagtag, m-news, mms, Mobile Internet, Mobile News, mobile statistics, mobile user stats, Multimedia Messaging Service, Nielsen, Ofcom, Pew, Research & Markets, Sms, TNS and Trak In, United States, USA
This is the time of the year when we can do verifications of many statistics, was it true what they said back then. I have good data now on SMS, MMS, Mobile Internet users and consumers of Mobile News.



