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ABI Research: Economic woes won’t affect global mobile device market this year

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:22:55 +0000

In the Q2 2008, tier one handset vendors enjoyed year-over-year unit shipment growth of between 15 and 22 percent. According to ABI Research estimates, 301 million units were shipped during the period reaffirming the research company’s forecast that the mobile device market will deliver 13% growth to take 2008 annual shipments to 1.3 billion units. In [...]

ABI Research: Location-based mobile social networking will generate $3.3 billion in global revenues by 2013

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:21:16 +0000

According to ABI Reseach, the emergence of location-based mobile social networking services such as GyPSii, Pelago and Loopt is revolutionizing social networking and is set to generate $3.3 billion by 2013. However, at the moment it’s not the advertising that generates the revenue for the service providers. Rather it’s licensing and revenue-sharing deals that location-based [...]

ABI Research: Camera, Bluetooth and music preferred consumers’ features on mobile phones

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:55:06 +0000

According to a recent ABI Research survey, digital camera, Bluetooth, and music/radio playback are the top three features that consumers consider essential for the next mobile phone purchase. The desire for camera phones with 2 or more megapixels leads the pack with 47% of consumers listing this feature as a “must have,” followed by Bluetooth at [...]

ABI Research: SMS to garner 83% of all mobile messaging revenues through 2013

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:50:20 +0000

According to a recent report from ABI Research, SMS will continue to maintain its lead as the highest revenue generator across all messaging categories, providing global service revenues of $177 billion in 2013. However, ABI notes it’s the regional differences that will determine the success of messaging expansion into the Web, advertising, and the incorporation [...]

ABI Research: Cellular modem industry will exceed 200 million units by 2013

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:33:26 +0000

According to ABI Research, last year cellular modem sales — including PC Cards, Express Cards, USB modems, embedded modems and 3G/Wi-Fi routers cumulatively — increased more than 300% compared to 2006. The research company forecasts that by 2013, shipments of cellular modems will exceed 200 million units. However, ABI notes, the last year growth did not [...]

ABI Research: Mobile operators to spend nearly $850m on fixed-mobile convergence and 4G equipment in 2013

Thu, 22 May 2008 15:20:17 +0000

The growing use of mobile broadband services will place ever-increasing demands on the existing 3G networks. In the end, 4G networks will be required because people want to use their devices wherever they are. Meanwhile, one way to reduce the stress on network capacity is through the use of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC), which routes traffic [...]

ABI Research: Mobile browser market to grow to 1.5 billion "units" in 2013

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:24:14 +0000

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 [...]

ABI Research: Mobile messaging revenues to reach $212 billion by 2013

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:43:13 +0000

With SMS taking off in the Americas, mobile e-mail continuing strong growth in developed regions, subscriber growth driving messaging adoption in Asia-Pacific, and social networks lifting the messaging boat across nearly all regions — revenues from mobile messaging are set to hit $212 billion by 2013. According to the new study from ABI Research called "Mobile [...]

ABI Research: Mobile operators losing control over mobile content

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:36:01 +0000

According to ABI Research's recent survey titled "Mobile Content Survey Results", today's mobile phone owners use a mix of mobile content obtained from the Web, from their personal collections, and from their mobile operators. As an example, today's mobile consumer is more likely to watch a video from YouTube on his or her phone than [...]

ABI Research: More than 90 million 4G subscribers worldwide in 2013

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:30:42 +0000

The total number of 4G subscribers worldwide, including both LTE and WiMAX, is expected to exceed 90 million in 2013, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Worldwide WCDMA subscriber numbers hit 180 million in Q4 2007 and the research company expects migration to HSPA+ to begin in early 2010, while the LTE migration will [...]

ABI Research: Recycled handset shipments to exceed 100 million units in 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:05:51 +0000

With explosive growth of mobile phone sales around the world, it’s only natural that some people opt for recycled handsets instead of buying new devices — either because of the lower price or cause they simply don’t like the fancy features of the powerful smartphones. As a result of this — and also as a result of increased demand in the emerging markets — companies like ReCellular, Fonebak, and Eazyfone which are in the business of recycling mobile phones are witnessing good market growth. As a matter of fact, according to ABI Research shipments of recycled handsets are expected to exceed 100 million units over in 2012, while generating $3 billion along the way. Naturally, handset makers are doing their share to help the environment by producing phones that are easily recyclable and contain a minimum of hazardous elements… Full ABI’s release follows after the jump. PRESS RELEASE - Shipments of recycled handsets (old handsets recycled for reuse) are expected to exceed 100 million units in 2012, according to a recent study from ABI Research. Shorter handset replacement periods, growing demand for low-cost handsets in emerging markets, regulatory requirements, and growing consumer awareness are key factors driving the market for recycled handsets. ABI Research industry analyst Shailendra Pandey says, “Mobile phone recycling companies such as ReCellular, Fonebak, and Eazyfone are witnessing good market growth, but increasing consumer awareness and retrieving used handsets at affordable prices are still key challenges. Also, the ASP of used handsets falls rapidly, so these handsets need to be handled at the lowest possible cost to ensure decent margins on their resale.” Handset vendors including Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and LG are concentrating more on designing and manufacturing mobile phones to ensure that they are easily recyclable and contain a minimum of hazardous elements. This is being complimented by the efforts of mobile operators, retailers, recycling companies, charities and various take-back schemes, resulting in more users starting to return their old, no longer used handsets for recycling. ABI Research expects the market for recycled handsets to grow steadily in the next five years, generating over $3 billion in revenue in 2012. Having these handsets in their portfolios can help mobile operators and MVNOs in optimizing customer profitability by better management of subscriber acquisition costs. They can use recycled handsets to address low ARPU subscribers and use new expensive handsets to target the high ARPU customers. ABI Research’s recent study “ Handset Recycling and Refurbishment ” focuses on the growing market for recycled and refurbished handsets and the associated opportunities and challenges for handset vendors, mobile operators, recycling companies and retailers. It discusses the high level business and marketing issues, and critical considerations for addressing this market. It also provides detailed shipments and revenue forecasts for recycled and refurbished handsets as well as ethical disposal of handsets from 2005 to 2012. This study forms part of two ABI Research services: Mobile Devices and Mobile Operators, which include a variety of Research Reports, Research Briefs, Market Data, Online Databases, ABI Insights, ABI Vendor Matrices, and analyst inquiry support. ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:ABI Research findings indicate declining market share for Symbian OSMobile video telephony and messaging services to exceed $17 billion by 2012Mobile Linux set to rule: More than 200 million handsets will use it by 2012264 Million Mobile Devices Shipped in Q2 2007Operator-branded handsets will generate over $10 billion in sales this year

ABI Research: Japan and South Korea leading in mobile advertising

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:57:57 +0000

ABI Research has a new study titled “Mobile Marketing and Advertising in Japan and South Korea.” As you can guess for yourself, it’s not just the coolest handsets Japanese and Korean people are using — it’s also the most advanced services. That being said, it doesn’t surprises that they’re leading the pack with their mobile advertising efforts. According to ABI Research, the total value of all mobile advertising and marketing will reach $1.2 billion in Japan and $684 million in South Korea by 2012. As a reason for such a growth, ABI is quoting advanced 3G and HSDPA networks and users who are well accustomed to accepting rich content advertising messages. As a matter of fact, while most of mobile advertising dollars in the western world goes into text-message based advertising, consumers in these two countries sometimes regard SMS advertising as spam, so that some consumer-related companies are changing their advertising vehicle to MMS. Wow! Full release follows after the jump. PRESS RELEASE - Globally, mobile marketing has been regarded as a new way to monetize services and develop new sources of revenue for mobile operators. Japanese and South Korean operators are building on existing technologies and consumer preferences to pioneer this new medium. By 2012, the total value of all mobile advertising and marketing will reach $1.2 billion and $684 million in the two countries respectively. With closely-targeted marketing using demographic data from existing mobile subscribers, mobile ads over phones are effective in reaching consumers who are open to receiving commercial messages. Senior analyst Andy Bae of ABI Research says, “Japan and South Korea have almost the same market structures, value chains, and service applications. This is because mobile operators in both countries established their own mobile ad agencies to support operators’ business models for mobile ads. The relationships between operators and the affiliated mobile ads firms are close, in order to produce desirable business results.” One of key reasons for mobile advertising’s market growth is the well-established range of 3G and HSDPA-based handsets available in both regions. Consumers in Japan and South Korea are well accustomed to accepting rich content advertising messages. Compared with other regions, these markets are entering a new, advanced phase. SMS-based mobile ads are still mainstream, but consumers here are quite ready to accept rich format advertising that utilizes multimedia capabilities. More important, consumers sometimes regard SMS advertising as spam, so that some consumer-related companies are changing their advertising vehicle to MMS (multimedia messaging service), instead of text-based SMS. Bae concludes, “Mobile search and gaming will be promising sectors for the next growth phase in these regions. Mobile operators believe that search results with location-based advertising messages could generate large revenue streams with gradually increasing usage by subscribers. Google and Yahoo are already implementing their business activities in the regions by cooperating with mobile operators in Asia.” ABI Research’s new study, Mobile Marketing and Advertising in Japan and South Korea highlights both conventional and newly developed advertising tools, covering SMS, MMS, mobile coupons, idle screen-based advertising, ringback tone ads, hot codes and hot numbers, vehicle navigation-based ads, mobile search for ads, mobile games, and more. The report includes forecasts for spending and market values segmented by advertising tool. It forms part of the firm’s Mobile Content Research Service . ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:No surprise here: Japan and South Korea lead mobile TV adoptionABI Research findings indicate declining market share for Symbian OSMobile advertising to reach $3 billion by 2008, $19 billion by 2011Operator-branded handsets will generate over $10 billion in sales this yearDavid Beckham selling MOTO RAZR2 in Korea