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Picture Messaging (MMS or Multimedia Message Service)Penetration RAtes
According to M:Metrics, 28,218,000 mobile subscribers in the United
States use photo messaging (MMS).
U.S. Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications
Activity Subscribers (1000s) Percent
Sent Text Message 73,635 38.0%
Used Photo Messaging 28,218 14.5%
Browsed News & Information 22,766 11.7%
Purchased Ringtone 20,146 10.4%
Used Personal E-Mail 16,890 8.7%
Used Mobile Instant Messenger 14,449 7.4%
Used Work E-Mail 9,901 5.1%
Purchased Wallpaper
or Screensaver 7,092 3.7%
Downloaded Mobile Game 6,264 3.2%
M:Metrics October 6, 2006
http://www.mmetrics.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?article=20061003-sms-shorttext
MMS PENETRATION
According to J upiterResearch senior wireless analyst Julie Ask, ?only
6 percent of U.S. subscribers, or about 12 million people, used MMS in
2005. Jupiter believes 21 percent of subscribers - about 52.5 million
- will be using these services by 2010.?
In-Stat's May 2005 report, "Mobile Messaging: More Products, More
Growth," predicted that ?21 million mobile subscribers in the U.S.
would use MMS in 2005, rising to 112 million by 2009.?
MMS CAPABILITIES
?James Colby, chief marketing officer at Comverse Americas, which
provides carrier messaging service and billing platforms, estimates
that only 40 percent of the phones in use worldwide have MMS
capabilities. However, now that almost all new consumer phones have
cameras, that number is growing by about 20 percent a year, he says.?
Source:
IT Management
Mobile Messaging: Part II - The MMS Conundrum
May 22, 2006
By Gerry Blackwell
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/mowi/article.php/3607866
Picture Messaging (MMS or Multimedia Message Service)
?21 percent of all American mobile subscribers use picture messaging,
according to the Mobile Media Monitor?
Enpocket: 04 Aug, 2006
http://www.enpocket.com/news/in-the-press/three-ways-to-market-on-mobile
Operators
?The list of operators with MMS interoperability is escalating.
Besides Sprint, Verizon Wireless has MMS interoperability with
Cingular Wireless, Leap Wireless, Alltel and U.S. Cellular. Sprint has
MMS interoperability with Verizon and T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile is
interoperable with Sprint and Cingular Wireless. And Cingular Wireless
has interoperability with Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Leap
Wireless and U.S. Cellular customers.
According to Verizon spokesman Jeffrey Nelson, MMS interoperability
between all the major U.S. operators likely will be completed within
the next month or so. "This is a very important development for the
entire industry," he says. "This is important for our customers and
for the adoption of MMS."
"VeriSign and Mobile 365 are two of the vendors powering the MMS
services among carriers.?
Wireless Week: July 2005
http://www.wirelessweek.com/toc-newsat2/2005/20050715.html
?Mobile 365, the global leader in mobile messaging and data services,
today announced that their U.S. Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
traffic increased 40% from Q1, 2006 to Q2, 2006. Total U.S. MMS Mobile
Originated (MO) traffic for the second quarter was 52,071,114 MO
messages; total traffic for the first quarter was 34,405,598 MO
messages. MMS mobile content includes video, photos, audio, and rich
text such as wallpaper, ringtones, games, and applications.?
?Since launching inter-operator MMS in 2005, Mobile 365 has delivered
more than 132,000,000 MMS messages in the U.S. The average
month-over-month MMS growth for 2006 is 12%. In terms of MMS traffic,
the United States is the global frontrunner, based on quarterly
statistics released by operators and as published by Informa Telecoms
& Media.?
Mobil 365: July 2006
http://www.mobile365.com/365_news/index.php?release=79
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