Cell phone content, services set to boom: report
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The market for content and services on  cell phones is expected to grow to $150 billion by 2011, as  access to the Web while on the move becomes easier and faster,  research from Informa Telecoms & Media showed.
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Mobile phone users around the world  will spend $1 billion a year on pornography sent to their  handsets by 2008, which may boost the wireless services sector  much as it fueled growth in the fixed-line Internet, a market  research firm said.
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(InfoWorld) - Revenue from mobile entertainment services could soar over the next five years thanks to high-speed mobile phones and a range of new offerings, according to market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media. Informa expects the market for mobile entertainment services, including games, gambling, and adult content, to grow to $38.12 billion in 2011 from $18.84 billion in 2006. Mobile music will continue to be the major revenue generator, although its overall share of the market will fall from 40 percent in 2006 to 36 percent in 2011 as new forms of entertainment, such as mobile TV and video services, gain consumer interest. User-generated content, a relatively new development that gained momentum in 2006, will continue to grow as new applications begin to extend communities to users on the move. Informa expects revenue from user-generated services to be $13.17 billion by 2011. The arrival of mobile phone technologies that offer high transmission speeds, particularly HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), has helped create a Web surfing and video streaming experience similar to what users are accustomed to on their PCs, according to Informa.
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Global mobile phone use will pass the 3  billion mark -- equivalent to half the world&#39;s population --  for the first time in 2007 as cell phone demand booms in China,  India and Africa, a survey said on Wednesday.
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Mobile Internet Devices will surf, play music and video, take calls and pictures--and more.
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Music is becoming the dominant entertainment on mobile phones, reports BBC Click.
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Global smart phone shipments are set to rise dramatically over the next five years, as better devices and lower prices combine with other factors to fuel growthand meet
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Many experts are now predicting that localized search on mobile devices will become the next frontier for advertisers.
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Although set to remain a niche market, mobile gaming will continue its rise as a generator of wireless data usage and revenue, new research has claimed.
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Revenue from cellular services is expected to jump by more than 18 percent each year for the next five years.
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Cell phones will soon be the biggest destination for music downloads, Napster says.
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By Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer  Goodbye, analog.  Or shall we say, good riddance? At least that could be what executives at the mobile phone service providers are thinking.
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High-speed Internet access, streaming video, music downloads and other special new features may soon be in store for mobile phone owners thanks to an unprecedented airwaves auction.
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Cellphones, which already double as cameras, Internet devices and music players, are poised to merge with the largest of home appliances - the television.
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With their new 3G networks ready to deliver multimedia content, cell phone operators eye an old revenue source.
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Consumers are much more interested in what their phone does for them than bits and bytes, research suggests.
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By Colin Stewart, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Jun. 19--Editor's note: Second of two columns on new uses of mobile  phones. Last week: an info-on-demand service for cell phones.