This year, mobile search advertising will reach $445. As expected, it will keep growing and according to Juniper's forecast it will reach $2 billion by 2013. The reports, Mobile Search and Discovery and Mobile Advertising, found that as operators abandon the "walled garden" model, consumers were increasingly searching for content both on and off-portal, thereby providing [...]

According to the new Juniper Research's report called "Mobile Search & Discovery: Opportunities and Markets 2008-2013", nearly 1.3 billion mobile users — 30% of the subscriber base — will utilise local mobile search services by 2013. The report argues that the best equipped regions for the delivery of mobile local search are currently Western Europe and [...]

In its new study "The Mobile Browser Market," ABI Research predicts that mobile browsers which can handle advanced client-side coding (JavaScript) will keep growing over the next five years, as the open-Internet browser (OIB) segment for mobile grows from 76 million in 2007 to nearly 700 million browsers delivered in 2013. Still, ABI argues it's important [...]

A new report from Juniper Research titled "Mobile Entertainment Markets: Opportunities and Forecasts 2007-2012 (Second edition)" has found that the combination of greater 3G adoption and a marked increase in rich media, made-for-mobile content will drive mobile entertainment revenues to $47.5 billion by 2010. However, there's also a caution here. Entertainment service adoption will be retarded [...]

Well folks it’s been an interesting 26 years since the first cellular network was launched in Scandinavia. And today, we’re glad to report there’s 3.3 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, equivalent to 50% of the global population. Of course, this doesn’t mean that half of the 6.6 billion people in the world now have a mobile phone — it just means that some people in developed countries use more than a single mobile phone. According to Informa Telecoms & Media, as of the end of September, 59 countries had mobile penetration of over 100%, while almost half that figure, 27, had penetration under 10%. The economic difference between the more mature markets and those in developing countries is highlighted by the vast differences in operator Average Revenue per User (ARPU). To highlight the difference, Informa is saying such carriers as Kuwaiti Zain, Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 UK, Qatar’s Q-Tel, Japanese KDDI, and Hutchison’s Austrian 3 network have ARPU of more than $65. In sharp contrast, Hutchison’s Sri Lankan operator, Bangladesh’s PBTL (CityCell), Ukrainian Astelit, and Pakistan’s CMPak have an APRU around 3 bucks. Yap, mobile industry keeps developing. And we’re here to stay — to cover every step on the way. So, stay tuned… ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:3.3 billion mobile phones worldwide - 50% global market penetrationNokia says that the Internet is the key to the next phase of growth in the mobile phone industryMobile advertising to hit $11 billionU.S. spending on mobile content set for growthSMS Text News live blogs Nokia CEO Olli's keynote