Analysis of European mobile music markets - report

October 25, 2004

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Digital Music Meets Mobile Music A Detailed Analysis of the European Market to their offering.

This is the definitive report for music and mobile industry professionals helping you understand the future of digital music so you can be more successful.

This report explains all these trends in detail providing for the first time a total picture, which will be equally valuable to professionals working in the mobile industry and also the music business.

You will find detailed profiles of the very latest developments in the digital music business up to September 2004 following a flurry of activity and announcements in 1H04.

We have built on these developments to explain in detail what the next wave of announcements are likely to be and, in addition, what this means for the various players in the market.

Key Questions Addressed:

-- What role will mobile operators play in the digital music business retailers, destination portals or access providers?

-- How will digital music affect the operation and structure music industry?

-- Will digital music completely replace the CD or more simply emerge as a complementary format?

-- What will be the effect on the overall music industry: contraction or growth?

-- What impact will the emergence of realtones have on the ringtone value chain and who will be the winners?

-- How much of the digital music pie will the mobile operators see?

-- What are the key success factors involved in the digital music business?

-- Will broadband and 3G-penetration boost or inhibit the development of the market?

This report contains the results of a detailed test program carried on a wide range of digital music services in several categories both online and mobile that will allow you to clearly see how the various services work and how they compare.

These test results are supplemented by in-depth strategic analysis drawing upon on many years of operational and consulting experience in the technology industry to provide you with a unique 'birds-eye' view of how the market will evolve.

This report contains detailed projections of the value of the digital music market as well as the proportion of this that will be realised via mobile devices.

In addition, the report provides very detailed explanations of the basis for all forecasts that will allow you to clearly understand the market drivers.

Supporting the forecasts are numerous frameworks that clarify some of the most contentious and intractable issues in both digital music and mobile communications.

Because the mobile channel will have an increasingly important role as the digital music market develops, we have carried out a detailed analysis of the European 3G market over the next 10 years.

In addition, we address the mobile Internet and explain in detail how this will develop and what the implications will be for mobile operators and, in particular, WAP portals.

With this one report you will be able compare projections for fixed and mobile broadband with smartphone rollout -- and with 3G and digital music rollouts.

You will also be able to understand how these parallel markets are inter- related from the perspective of digital music. This report has gone well beyond the usual forecasting boundaries and provide many specific examples of how the digital music market will develop -- both online and offline -- even including in some cases actual product mock-ups.

This report will open your eyes to the most likely developments in the coming years so you can better identify business opportunities and assess the competitiveness of your own position in the market.