Friday, February 16, 2007
Content expanding from messaging to entertainment to enterprise and a NEW MOBILE EXPERIENCE is beginning to emerge.
Here's a research blurb from API:
ABI Research Sees a Mobile Content Goldrush at 3GSM, as WCDMA Clocks 100 Million Subscribers
Friday February 16, 9:35 am ET
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the 3GSM Congress in Barcelona, it was possible to hear a whistling noise as the mobile operators scrambled past each other to reach mobile content providers, and it is not hard to find out why. Data-heavy mobile content services will be key to their future success.
ABI Research is releasing two Research Briefs, "Mobile Operator Performance Benchmarks, 4Q-2006" and "Global Wireless Subscriber Dynamics, 4Q-2006" that track the latest developments in the global mobile marketplace. "As of the end of 4Q-2006, there were over 100 million WCDMA subscribers around the world," said Asia-Pacific research director Jake Saunders. "The WCDMA subscriber sector is moving particularly fast, growing 102% YoY and 16.6% QoQ."
3G subscribers are providing a much-needed shot in the arm for mobile operators, because they deliver an average revenue per user (ARPU) that is 5% to 20% percent greater than the average...."Non-voice now represents between 15% and 29% of operator service revenue, depending on the market. Of that, mobile Internet downloads and data now contribute a very respectable 3% to 17% of total service revenue. Operators are striving to lock down entertainment content, including not only broadcast network syndicated shows, but also user-created material that enables an operator to differentiate itself and reduce churn.
The amount of traffic an operator carries is about to explode, and within seven years the majority of the traffic carried will be data-orientated (music, video streaming, messages, enterprise applications and more). Handling that traffic efficiently will then become the new challenge for operators.
ABI Research Sees a Mobile Content Goldrush at 3GSM, as WCDMA Clocks 100 Million Subscribers
Friday February 16, 9:35 am ET
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the 3GSM Congress in Barcelona, it was possible to hear a whistling noise as the mobile operators scrambled past each other to reach mobile content providers, and it is not hard to find out why. Data-heavy mobile content services will be key to their future success.
ABI Research is releasing two Research Briefs, "Mobile Operator Performance Benchmarks, 4Q-2006" and "Global Wireless Subscriber Dynamics, 4Q-2006" that track the latest developments in the global mobile marketplace. "As of the end of 4Q-2006, there were over 100 million WCDMA subscribers around the world," said Asia-Pacific research director Jake Saunders. "The WCDMA subscriber sector is moving particularly fast, growing 102% YoY and 16.6% QoQ."
3G subscribers are providing a much-needed shot in the arm for mobile operators, because they deliver an average revenue per user (ARPU) that is 5% to 20% percent greater than the average...."Non-voice now represents between 15% and 29% of operator service revenue, depending on the market. Of that, mobile Internet downloads and data now contribute a very respectable 3% to 17% of total service revenue. Operators are striving to lock down entertainment content, including not only broadcast network syndicated shows, but also user-created material that enables an operator to differentiate itself and reduce churn.
The amount of traffic an operator carries is about to explode, and within seven years the majority of the traffic carried will be data-orientated (music, video streaming, messages, enterprise applications and more). Handling that traffic efficiently will then become the new challenge for operators.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Smarter Agent wins BEST MOBILE LBS BUSINESS application at 3GSM in Barcelona.
News…
In Barcelona today, at the 3GSM conference ( http://3gsmworldcongress.com/index.asp )
Smarter Agent won the BUSINESS category at the Oscars of GPS/LBS- the Navteq Global LBS Challenge. http://www.lbschallenge.com/eu/judges.html
Smarter Agent receives 5000 euros plus over $100,000 in mapping and hosting licenses.
Judges included those from British Telecom, Orange and Sony. noted
In Barcelona today, at the 3GSM conference ( http://3gsmworldcongress.com/index.asp )
Smarter Agent won the BUSINESS category at the Oscars of GPS/LBS- the Navteq Global LBS Challenge. http://www.lbschallenge.com/eu/judges.html
Smarter Agent receives 5000 euros plus over $100,000 in mapping and hosting licenses.
Judges included those from British Telecom, Orange and Sony. noted
Smarter Agent, an app for real estate fanatics
Yahoo Tech News writer Judith Raskin.
She saw a real demo. Sse also lives in NYC. Here is what she has to say about Smarter Agent.
A Phone App for Real Estate Fanatics
Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:02PM EST
In New York, where I live, real estate is second only to the weather on the buzz meter. So naturally, I was tickled to see the first mobile app for real estate mavens, Smarter Agent.
At the moment, Smarter Agent is available as a downloadable application from Sprint/Nextel. You pay a monthly service fee. Because it uses Sprint's built-in GPS service, Smarter Agent is what's come to be called "location-based." You'll be able to walk down the street and press a button on your phone. The phone will know where you are and start cluing you in about real estate: what's been sold or is available in the area, price, floor plans, taxes, and more. If you've seen Zillow, it's similar, but the phone-sized version.
See a home with a FOR SALE sign and want to find out the scoop? Know you want to rent an apartment close to your office? Afraid of paying yesterday's prices in today's market? In the business and looking for the inside edge?
At the moment there three different variants of the Smarter Agent service:
Recent Sales: A Java app that gets data from various public records and costs about $5 a month.
Apartment Finder: This will launch at the end of the month for $3 a month. (The company founders say that real estate season kicks in when the Super Bowl ends.)
Homes for Sale: Launches this spring for $10.99 a month.
I had a demo of the recent sales application. The interface looks like a cross between a mapping program and a classified ad. It's easy to navigate and surfaces a lot of information. In my conversation with Eric and Brad Blumberg, the two brothers who founded the service after successful careers in real estate, they told me that the U.S. is a mobile country. "Forty million people move each year," said Eric. Most people shop for 18 months before buying a home, and one-third of all existing apartment renters move every year (that's 12 million apartments). That could be a lot of people who want a Smarter Agent in their pocket.
She saw a real demo. Sse also lives in NYC. Here is what she has to say about Smarter Agent.
A Phone App for Real Estate Fanatics
Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:02PM EST
In New York, where I live, real estate is second only to the weather on the buzz meter. So naturally, I was tickled to see the first mobile app for real estate mavens, Smarter Agent.
At the moment, Smarter Agent is available as a downloadable application from Sprint/Nextel. You pay a monthly service fee. Because it uses Sprint's built-in GPS service, Smarter Agent is what's come to be called "location-based." You'll be able to walk down the street and press a button on your phone. The phone will know where you are and start cluing you in about real estate: what's been sold or is available in the area, price, floor plans, taxes, and more. If you've seen Zillow, it's similar, but the phone-sized version.
See a home with a FOR SALE sign and want to find out the scoop? Know you want to rent an apartment close to your office? Afraid of paying yesterday's prices in today's market? In the business and looking for the inside edge?
At the moment there three different variants of the Smarter Agent service:
Recent Sales: A Java app that gets data from various public records and costs about $5 a month.
Apartment Finder: This will launch at the end of the month for $3 a month. (The company founders say that real estate season kicks in when the Super Bowl ends.)
Homes for Sale: Launches this spring for $10.99 a month.
I had a demo of the recent sales application. The interface looks like a cross between a mapping program and a classified ad. It's easy to navigate and surfaces a lot of information. In my conversation with Eric and Brad Blumberg, the two brothers who founded the service after successful careers in real estate, they told me that the U.S. is a mobile country. "Forty million people move each year," said Eric. Most people shop for 18 months before buying a home, and one-third of all existing apartment renters move every year (that's 12 million apartments). That could be a lot of people who want a Smarter Agent in their pocket.
