12/02/2011 - 12:45 AM
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“The DIBS E-Commerce Survey 2011”* conducted by YouGov reveals that SMS is the most used means of payment for mobile purchases in almost every european country surveyed.
Poland, Sweden and Denmark are leading the way with respectively 54%, 45% and 42% of mobile consumers who have used SMS as a means of payment for [...]
A new research from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) in the UK has highlighted the growing popularity of mobile commerce. The study showed that the amount consumers were spending in the UK per transaction on m-commerce transactions has increased on average by £5.29, a rise of 43.3% to £17.49.
The research has also revealed that websites [...]
The latest quarterly data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Android has become the number 1 operating system in 8 “key” countries including Germany, UK, France and Spain.
According to an article released last week by Paid Content, Investment bank Rutberg & Co. has passed them a chart below highlighting some of the more striking examples to show how significant mobile has become as a channel for online businesses.
For instance, Pandora is sending over 60% of its music streams to mobile devices; Facebook’s [...]
As more consumers switch to smartphones, there are increasingly more options for global users to utilise their mobile device in order to purchase online.
In the US:
The study released in March 2011 by Oracle titled “Mobile Trends: Consumer Views of Mobile Shopping and Mobile Service Providers” highlights the increased use of mobile devices to purchase online. [...]
In the growing smartphone market, the battle of the operating systems continues and Android is poised to become the leading smartphone operating system in 2011 with 39.5% market share, according to IDC*. Its popularity is expected to grow continuously. Indeed, its leadership should be strengthened in the coming years as its market share is expected [...]
According to “The DIBS E-Commerce Survey 2010”* conducted by YouGov Zapera, nearly one quarter of European internet users prefer Micropayment services over any other means of payment. The breakdown of online consumers by major market is below:
• 26% in Germany,
• 23% in the UK,
• 22% in Spain,
• 19% in France (who prefer to pay online using micropayment services).
This [...]
Online media group Hi-media (Code ISIN FR0000075988 – HIM, HIM.FR), the European leader in monetizing the Internet audience, announces the launch of Hi-media Video in Europe.
Hi-media Video: exclusive online advertising video format
Following the launch of Hi-media Mobile last June, Hi-media Advertising continues to develop new services, the latest being Hi-media Video. This new offering [...]
ComScore has just released the report titled “The comScore 2010 Mobile Year in Review” which provides key trends in the mobile landscape in 2010 throughout the U.S., Europe (UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany) and Japan. The report highlights important components of the mobile market including smartphone adoption, browser/application usage and mobile content consumption.
Key findings highlighted [...]
Newspaper publishers in France are threatening to take their case against Apple to the competition authority. The California-based firm is seeking to impose its iTunes payment solution as the sole means of purchasing iPad newspaper subscriptions. The publishers are right to oppose the move, but not solely on the grounds that Apple charges a 30% [...]
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04/06/2011 - 7:39 AM
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