More and more users worldwide are expressing a desire to pay for goods on their mobile and are willing to ignore their concerns over security. China leads the way with almost one in two having bought something via mobile in the last six months. New research by Accenture shows that nearly half (45%) of the…
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6.6 billion mobile users predicted by 2016
Worldwide mobile broadband-enabled subscriptions are mounting up, and will hit the one billion mark in 2011. According to the latest market data released by ABI Research, at the end of 2010 there were more than five billion mobile subscriptions globally, with one in five of those having access to mobile broadband. Another 28% growth or…
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China is the new app market
App developers should start leaning Chinese if a new study from Canalys is right. The Canalys Mobile Application Analysis services suite study shows that 51% of Chinese end users downloaded applications or games on their mobile phones – 29% more than their Western European counterparts. A similar Canalys survey carried out in France, Germany and…
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World mobile population now numbers 5 billion
Last week ABI research were saying that by the end of 2010 the worldwide mobile population would exceed five billion, but according to analysts The Mobile World we’ve already hit the 5 billionth user this weekend. And although it was the July 4 weekend the five billionth mobile subscriber was probably living in India or…