Main Highlight
The Mobile Internet is always likely to be hamstrung by bandwidth bottlenecks as even HSDPA is a relatively poor substitute to the ever-increasing throughput rates offered by copper, and especially fibre optic, fixed-line connections. It must also be borne in mind that peer-to-peer communication have always been, and are always likely to be, the primary business model for wireless carriers. Being an ISP should always be expected to be a secondary concern for them, with their network resources needing to be prioritised in favour of voice and messaging instead.
Topics covered include
- Mobile Internet and Mobile Broadband End Users and Revenues - how this will grow over time in each region.
- The development of Mobile Content - the transcoding of existing Internet content as well as the creation of mobile-specific content, via websites, widgets, web apps and application stores.
- The development of end user device suitability for accessing remotely hosted content - hardware based competitive enablers, browsers and the standardisation of essential cross-device non-competitive enablers.
Key questions answered by this report
- What defines the Mobile Internet and how will it evolve?
- What is the Mobile Internet value chain and what are the associated business models for each segment?
- How does Mobile Browser usage compare to Desktop Browser usage?
- What effect can widgets, web apps and applications stores have in growing the Mobile Internet?
- What is the status of Mobile application store launches and what is their prognosis for future success?
- What key regulatory issues remain to be resolved and what further standardisation is required?
- How suitable are today’s end user devices for enabling mass market Mobile Internet services?
- What are the trends in Mobile Internet and Mobile Broadband tariff pricing?
- How many Mobile Internet end users will there be?
- How much revenue will be generated by the Mobile Internet?
- How many Mobile Broadband end users will there be?
- How much revenue will be generated by Mobile Broadband?
- What barriers to the development of the market remain and what is required for them to be overcome?
Forecasts in this report include:
- Mobile Internet End Users, by Market and world regions, 2007 to 2013
- Mobile Internet Access Revenues, by Market and world regions, 2007 to 2013
- Mobile Broadband End Users, by Market and world regions, 2007 to 2013
- Mobile Broadband Access Revenues, by Market and world regions 2007 to 2013
Countries covered:
- USA
- Canada
- Brazil
- Japan
- Korea
- China
- India
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Spain
- UK
- Russia
Who should read this report?
Mobile Operators - identify the future opportunities for revenue generation from mobile data (handset-based and portable) access.
Mobile Content Developers - Use this report to outline the business models and benefits of having a dedicated mobile presence.
