Netsize launches 2004 guide: 'Developing the Multimedia Mobile Market
18th March 2004, London. The Netsize Guide 2004 covers the development of the mobile data market in 21 countries supported by detailed statistics and analysis including mobile penetration, average revenues per users, fixed line vs. mobile growth, SMS volumes, operator market shares, market pricing, new industry regulations and the development of the multimedia market.
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Netsize, the global leader for mobile business and entertainment solutions, today announced the launch of its 2004 guide to ‘Developing the Multimedia Mobile Market’. In its third edition, the Netsize Guide has become the industry reference document for information relating to key country influencers and nuances for messaging and infotainment services across Europe, China and the US.
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Key findings of the guide conclude that: ·
- Voice revenues across Europe have become commoditised.
- Data services accounted for over 17% of operator revenues.
- Average mobile penetration rates in Western Europe has reached 75%.
-·With over 400 million mobile users Europe is the second largest GSM market in the world.
- The growth in this market is now been driven by handset renewals.
- There are over 15 billion messages being sent per month across Europe.
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- Germany, Italy and UK are the largest markets for mobile services with 59.2, 53.5 and 50 million mobile phones users respectively.
- Mobile penetration in the UK exceeded 85% in 2003 with Orange and Vodafone having the largest market shares followed closely by O2 and T Mobile.
- Virgin had over 3million users and 3 launched the first 3G service in the UK in 2003. · The growth of fixed line subscriptions in Western Europe has reached a plateau.
- Italy has the largest number of prepaid users accounting for 90% of total subscribers. The European average is 63%.
- The average mobile phone user in Europe exchanges 35 text messages per month.
- Ireland leads Europe with an average of 82 text messages sent per user per month.
- Handset customization services (ringtones and logos) accounted for a market worth $1.2 billion in 2002.
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- Customisation services represented 40% of all data revenues in 2003.
- There are more mobile phones than personal computers.
- Premium SMS has revived the mobile market with the ability to charge for content and is now available via all major operators. Content is priced between 0.10 and 10 Euros.
- Flexible revenue share models are needed to encourage creativity and content development.
- Emerging mobile markets such as China and USA present enormous opportunities but also challenges due to market fragmentation.
- WAP usage grew at its fastest pace in 2003 due to the increased penetration of WAP enabled handsets and the use of WAP to download rich content such as polyphonic ringtones, Java games and images. Increasing number of smart phones being used in the corporate arena also supported the growth in WAP.
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- Operator Browsing services such as Vlive, Tzones, Orange World and O2Active are growing rapidly with premium content downloads increasing.
- 2003 saw a record number of new handsets being launched supporting features such as Colour Screens, Java, WAP, MMS, Polyphonic Ringtones, MP3, etc.
- The report concludes that Premium SMS will continue to be the preferred billing mechanism for all new data services for the foreseeable future.
Whilst these figures are set to be surpassed this year, 2004 will be the year of rich value added services driving revenues and reinvigorating the market. Multimedia-enabled handsets, combined with the ease with which users can send and receive rich content, will create yet another valuable vein of data traffic for operators.
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The guide also examines how the last 12 months have paved the way for the onset of 3G technologies, with high-speed data transmission over GPRS now commonplace. While SMS retains its popularity, 2004 will prove pivotal as new handsets are progressively adopted by end-users. The ubiquitous polyphonic ringtones and colour pictures will give way to video streaming, multi-player gaming and complex corporate applications.
About the Netsize Guide: ‘Developing the Multimedia Mobile Market’. The 160-page guide, which is now in its third year, provides an overview of how technologies such as SMS, MMS, Java and mobile browsing are shaping the market, along with a detailed look at 21 European countries (new additions include the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Russia). The guide also includes a section on the burgeoning markets in the United States and China.
The Netsize Guide is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to understand more about the rapidly changing landscape of the multimedia mobile market, from operators and service providers to brand owners and marketers. You can download the 2004 edition of the Netsize Guide: Developing the Multimedia Mobile Market at www.netsize.com.
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