Stat Spot
CategoryStat Spot: SMS predictions
3.7tr
…yes, trillion! This is the number of SMS messages which will be sent worldwide in 2012, according to a new estimate from Portio Research, who expect SMS to generate USD 67 billion in revenues in the same year. Source: Portio Research.
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Stat Spot: MVNO revenues
$15.4b
…in revenues generate by MVNOs worldwide during 2006. This figure will rise to USD 67.4 billion in 2012, while subscriber numbers will grow from 93m last year to 352m in 2012. Source: Juniper Research.
Stat Spot: Mobile social networking growth
100m
…monthly page impressions for GoFresh’s mobile social networking service, itsmy.com. The portal has been promoted entirely through viral marketing. 80 percent of contributions come through MMSs, 16 percent via direct upload and 4 perce…
Stat Spot: Vodafone annual customer additions
8.7m
…is the average number of new subscribers Vodafone has acquired worldwide each year since launching its first network in the UK on 1st January 1985. Vodafone now has over 200m customers around the world according to its calculations of …
Stat Spot: Walkman phone sales
17m
…Sony Ericsson Walkman phones sold in 2006, compared to 39 million iPods. However, if you include all music-enabled Sony Ericsson handsets, the total jumps to 60 million. Source: Sony Ericsson.
Stat Spot: AQA questions
12,000
…questions per day answered by AQA, the text messaging service run by IssueBits. The company has now answered more than 5m questions since launching two years ago and promises to answer any question (hence the name A-Q-A) submitted to…
Stat Spot: Motorola’s falling margins
65.7m
…handsets shipped by Motorola in Q4 2006, up 47 percent on the same period a year ago. However, revenues from mobile device sales only increased 19 percent due to an increased number of low-cost handset shipments. Profits from this di…
Stat Spot: Mobile gambling revenues
$665m
…is the total value of mobile bets placed in Europe during 2006, representing 49% of a worldwide market totalling USD 1.35 billion. This figure is estimated to grow to USD 16.6 billion by 2011, despite the negative regulatory environme…