Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
- previous news
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Mobile photo messaging market will grow to $440 million - report
August 31, 2003
The arrival of camera handsets and consumer familiarity with digital
photo sharing will result in significant revenue opportunities for wireless
operators and handset manufacturers. The Zelos Group unveiled the findings
of its most recent applications roadmap report, US Photo Messaging: Internet
Services Will Drive Market Acceptance. The report reveals that the market
for mobile originated photo transmissions will grow from $10.3 Million
today to over $440 Million in 2008 in five years.
“The utility of imaging is immediately obvious to a substantial
portion of mobile subscribers,” said Seamus McAteer, senior analyst,
Zelos Group and author of the report. “Consumers will use images
captured with camera handsets as a way to add visual context to communications,
versus using them for a long-term memorial record.”
McAteer said that camera phones will not replace the need for digital
cameras. Instead, they will be primarily used to provide a picture of
a social situation, and collaborate with friends (i.e. while shopping)
via email or to create mobile Blogs, like a celebrity-spotting Web community.
However, a market will eventually emerge for high-end digital camera
phones, that feature higher resolution imaging components, more advanced
color displays, higher quality optics and flashes. Zelos expects these
handsets will not arrive in the US in volume for 18 months, and that imaging
components that rival stand-alone digital cameras will not be available
in the US until 2005.
“This is still a nascent market,” commented McAteer. “Only
four percent of mobile subscribers will have camera-enabled handsets by
the end of year, and they will send about two mobile originated photos
per month, on average.”
The low installed base of handsets that support the MMS (Multimedia Messaging
Service) and a lack of inter-connectivity between MMS infrastructure deployed
by various carriers will not stymie the evolution of the market for photo
messaging. Carriers and consumers will make use of Internet services such
as shared online photo albums and email. Zelos Group expects that direct
peered connectivity between handsets on the major networks in the US will
become a reality in 2005.
The growth of the market will be fueled by increased options for camera
handsets, as well as a shift in operator pricing schemes. According to
its findings, Zelos Group said the price structure will evolve to a per-message
price, like SMS messages are billed.
“Photo messaging will be an important incremental source of revenue
for mobile carriers and will account for about 2% of average revenue per
active user in 2008” said McAteer. “The proliferation of handsets
that support multimedia messaging will also provide another target for
delivery of interactive media such as interactive horoscopes, and short
animations that will satiate the mobile users desire for diversionary
entertainment”
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