http://blog.mobileactive.com MobileActive Corporate Blog, bloggin about the mobile entertainment industry with emphasis on Australia Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:52:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [CNET] In spite of the economic slowdown, worldwide mobile-phone sales rose nearly 12 percent in the second quarter of 2008 from the same period in 2007, market research firm Gartner said Thursday. Growth was driven largely by the Asia-Pacific region, in which sales grew 20.5 percent from the second quarter of 2007, ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/08/29/mobile-sales-sky-rocket/ [The Age] Telstra Corp Ltd's mobile phone revenue has surged, extending Australia's biggest telecommunications company's lead over rival Optus in the segment, as the company reaps the benefit of investing in the Next G network. Mobile services revenue rose 12.3 per cent to $5.5 billion as the company increased the number of ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/08/28/telstra-jumps-optus-in-mobile-revenue/ [Cellular News] Mobile advertising agency, AdMob has published their July Mobile Metrics Report, which focuses on increasing usage of the Mobile Web in Africa and worldwide mobile browser marketshare. Mobile Internet usage is growing across Africa, with particularly strong growth in Nigeria and Egypt. AdMob has seen ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/08/27/mobile-web-traffic-in-africa-jumped-21-from-q1-to-q2-2008/ The US mobile data market grew 40 per cent year on year to 2Q2008, generating $8.2 billion Advisory firm Chetan Sharma Consulting says mobile data grossed $15.7 billion in the first six months of 2008, up 38 per cent year on year. This helped US operators increase data ARPUs by ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/08/13/us-mobile-data-up-40-per-cent/ [VIA: Cellular News] Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports there were 3 times more mobile subscribers than access line subscribers worldwide in 2007 (3.3 billion vs. 1.1 billion), and expects continued strong growth in mobile subscribers, mainly driven by basic voice service needs in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/08/08/mobile-subscribers-to-hit-52-billion-in-2011/ After reaching the 3 million mark in Feb, MobiTV  is now claiming that it already boasts over 4 million subscriptions. Charlie Nooney, MobiTV's CEO, was quoted as saying that the firm was "thrilled to be on the cusp of mass market acceptance for mobile entertainment in North America." Check it out ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/08/07/mobitv-gets-4-million-subscribers/ [VIA ME DAILY] Japanese operator says it saw no adverse effects when rival Softbank launched the device in early-July. NTT DoCoMo posted its first operating profit for three years this morning and wasted no time in reaffirming it was right not to strike a deal to offer Apple's iPhone. Back in June there ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/07/31/iphone-has-no-impact-on-japan/ [VIA ME DAILY]  Australian mobile social networking firm snaps up competitor from Norway's Funcom. Swiss-Norwegian games developer Funcom has sold its social networking subsidiary Plutolife AS to Jumbuck for $3.7 million. Oslo-based Plutolife says it has over a million users in 16 countries. Last October the company completed a convertible bond issue ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/07/29/jumbuck-buys-plutolife-for-37m/ [VIA ME DAILY]  Content revenues in the Indian region hit $8.3 billion by 2013, says Juniper. The researcher says revs are will hit $3 billion in 2008 and predicts the arrival of 3G in 2009 will boost an already buoyant market for ringtones, games and music. Other findings were: The Indian mobile ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/07/24/juniper-india-data-revs-to-reach-83bn/ [VIA: MocoNews] Well, the good news for record companies is that they will be able to make some money from mobile music; unfortunately, says eMarketer, they won’t see as much as they’ve been hoping for. eMarketer forecasts worldwide mobile music retail revenues will grow from $2.4 billion in 2007 to over ... http://blog.mobileactive.com/2008/07/23/mobile-music-revenues-will-get-a-needed-boost-from-ads-by-2013-report/