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Market Research Report

Mobile Messaging & IP Evolution Players, Strategies & Forecasts 2009-2014

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Table of Contents

Glossary

Executive Summary

  • Types of Mobile Messaging
  • VAS & Voice, Video and Other Services
  • Market Evolution & Convergence
  • Mobile Messaging Market Opportunity
  • Mobile Messaging Challenges
  • Future Mobile Awards 2009

1. Challenges, Conclusions & Recommendations

  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Challenges
  • 1.3 Conclusions & Recommendations

2. Commercial Landscape for Mobile Messaging

  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Mobile Messaging Market Overview
    • 2.2.1 Mobile Messaging Market Definitions
      • i. Mobile Messaging Categories
      • ii. Mobile Messaging Experiences
        • Table 2.1: Synchronous and Asynchronous Messaging Types
      • iii. Motivation and Usage Scenarios
      • iv. Mobile Messaging Mechanisms
        • a. Conversation Thread
        • b. Converged Inbox
        • c. Emoticons
          • Figure 2.1: Examples of Emoticons
        • d. Predictive Text
        • e. Presence
        • f. Text Speak
    • 2.2.2 Market Drivers
      • i. Bundled/Unlimited Tariffs
      • ii. Cultural Influences
      • iii. Prosumer
      • iv. Youth Market and Online Communities
        • Table 2.2: US Teens Communications Habits
  • 2.3 Messaging Service Development
    • 2.3.1 SMS
      • i. Background
      • ii. Adoption
      • iii. Commercial Options
        • a. Mobile-originated SMS
          • Table 2.3: Retail Cost per SMS (by Region) 2008-2013
        • b. Mobile-terminated SMS
        • c. Premium-Rate SMS (PRSMS)
        • d. Expanding SMS Services
          • Figure 2.2: The SMS/MMS Market
      • i. Company Profile: Anam Mobile
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy
      • ii. Company Profile: TeleMessage
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 2.3: The TeleMessage Architecture
        • c. Case Study: AIS (Thailand)
    • 2.3.2 MMS
      • i. Background
      • ii. Adoption
        • a. MDA (Mobile Data Association)
          • Table 2.4: Growth Of UK SMS and MMS Volumes, 2007-2008
      • iii. Commercial Options
        • Table 2.5: Retail Cost Per MMS ($), Forecast 2009-2014
        • a. MMS Postcard Service
      • i. Company Profile: Acision
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Messaging
          • Mobile Marketing
            • Figure 2.4: Acision' s Mobile Marketing Architecture
          • Charging Solutions
    • 2.3.3 Mobile Email
      • i. Background
        • Table 2.6: Mobile Email Challenges
      • ii. Adoption
      • iii. Commercial Options
        • Table 2.7: Cost Per Email Monthly Subscription ($), Forecasts 2009-2014
        • Figure 2.5: The Mobile Email Market
        • a. ASP/NOC
        • b. Behind the Firewall
        • c. Webmail
      • iv. Company Profile: SEVEN
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. 3 UK
        • d. Telefonica
      • v. Company Profile: Visto
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 2.6: Visto Mobile Platform Options
        • c. Strategy
    • 2.3.4 Mobile IM
      • i. Background
        • a. AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
        • b. Google Talk
        • c. Yahoo! Messenger
        • d. Windows Live Messenger
      • ii. Adoption
      • iii. Commercial Options
        • Figure 2.7: Mobile IM Market
        • Table 2.8: Cost per Monthly IM Subscription, Forecasts 2009-2014
      • iv. Company Profile: Orange France
        • a. Company Background
          • Table 2.9: Orange France KPIs Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
        • b. Strategy
      • v. Company Profile: eBuddy
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy
          • Table 2.10: eBuddy Users & Revenues by Region

3. Enterprise Mobile Messaging

  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Market Overview
    • 3.2.1 Background
    • 3.2.2 Adoption
    • 3.2.3 Commercial Options
      • i. Company Profile: iAnywhere (Sybase)
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Afaria Mobile Management and Security Software
          • iAnywhere Mobile Office
            • Figure 3.1: Mobile Inbox of the Future
        • c. Strategy
  • 3.3 SMS & MMS
    • i. PageOne
      • a. Company Background
        • Table 3.1: Revenue and Net Income Growth ($m) 2004-2008
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 3.2: PageOne' s Network-Independent Messaging Architecture
      • ii. Clickatell
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Table 3.2: Clickatell Messaging Pricing SMS-MT & SMS-MO - Germany
          • Figure 3.3: The Enterprise Messaging Gateway Value Chain
        • c. Strategy
  • 3.4 Mobile Email
    • i. Company Profile: Isode
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 3.4: Mobile Email Via IMAP-IDLE
      • c. Strategy
    • ii. Microsoft Windows Mobile
      • Table 3.3: Microsoft KPIs 2004-2008
      • a. Products and Services
      • b. Strategy
        • Figure 3.5: Exchange 2007 SP1 DM (Device Management)
      • c. Mobile Messaging with Exchange ActiveSync
        • Exchange ActiveSync Protocol
        • Direct Push
    • iii. Motorola Good
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 3.6: Good Mobile Connection Overview
      • c. Strategy
    • iv. RIM (Research In Motion)
      • a. Company Background
        • Table 3.4: RIM KPIs Q3 2008 to Q3 2009
      • b. Products and Services
        • NOC (Network Operations Centre)
        • BlackBerry MDS (Mobile Data Service)
          • Figure 3.7: BlackBerry Mobile Data Service Architecture
        • BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server)
        • BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service)
        • BlackBerry Devices
        • BlackBerry Connect
        • BlackBerry Built-In
        • BlackBerry Alliance Program
        • BlackBerry Support Services
      • c. Strategy
        • Figure 3.8: RIM/BlackBerry Value Chain
        • Bridging the Enterprise/Consumer Divide
  • 3.5 Mobile IM
    • Figure 3.9: Mobile IM Enterprise Architecture
    • i. Company Profile: CallWave
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services

4. Business Models

  • 4.1 Introduction
    • Figure 4.1: P2P Mobile Messaging Commercial Evolution
  • 4.2 Mobile Messaging Value Chain
    • Figure 4.2: The Mobile Messaging Value Chain
    • 4.2.1 Value Chain Members
      • i. Agency/SI
      • ii. Aggregators/Hubbing Providers
      • iii. ASP/ISV
      • iv. Brands
      • v. End User
      • vi. MNOs
      • vii. Vendors
    • 4.2.2 Messaging Category Variations
    • 4.2.3 Disruptive Models
      • i. On Portal vs Off Portal/Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)
        • a. On-Net Portal & ODP
        • b. Off-Portal
        • c. Traffic Trends
        • d. The Messaging‘Longtail'
          • Figure 4.3: Operator Approaches To The Value Chain
      • ii. Mobile Email
        • a. Emerging Business Model Options
      • iii. Mobile IM
      • iv. Personal Instant Messaging Initiative (GSMA)
        • a. Strategy
        • b. Challenges
    • 4.2.4 Messaging Billing Evolution
      • i. Company Profile: Patni Telecom Consulting
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
  • 4.3 Messaging Service Interconnection
    • 4.3.1 Hubbing .
      • Table 4.1: The Hubbing & Bi-Lateral Messaging Market by Region (Approx.)
      • i. Aggregators
      • ii. IPX
        • Figure 4.4: Cascading Interconnect Payments
        • Figure 4.5: The IPX Model
      • iii. Company Profile: mBlox
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy
          • Figure 4.6: The mBlox Value Chain
        • d. Sender Pays Data Trial
  • 4.4 Advertising and Mobile Messaging
    • Figure 4.7: Mobile Advertising Mediums
    • 4.4.1 Mobile Advertising Market
    • 4.4.2 Mobile Advertising Cost Models
      • i. CPC (Cost-per-Click)
      • ii. CPM (Cost-per-Mille)
      • iii. CPA (Cost-per-Action/Acquisition)
      • iv. CPL (Cost-per-Call)
    • 4.4.3 Mobile Advertising Inventory
      • i. Text Messaging (SMS)
        • a. SMS Advertising Creative Technical Specifications
        • b. SMS Ad Units
      • ii. SMS Ad Functionality
      • iii. MMS
        • a. MMS Advertising Creative Technical Specifications
        • b. MMS Ad Units
      • iv. Mobile Web
        • a. Mobile Web Advertising Creative Technical Specifications
        • b. Mobile Web Ad Units
    • 4.4.4 Delivery Mediums
      • i. CSC (Common Short Code)
      • ii. MMS
      • iii. SMS
      • iv. Viral Marketing
      • v. Profile: Mobile Marketing Association (MAA)
        • a. Mobile Marketing
        • b. Adoption .
    • 4.4.5 Mobile Ad-Funded Messaging Tariffs
      • i. Adoption
        • Figure 4.8: Out There Media - Number of Mobile Ad Campaigns
      • ii. Challenges & Drivers
        • Figure 4.9: Most Active Mobile Advertisers
      • iii. Company Profile: Amobee
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Table 4.2: Amobee Ad Pricing (West Europe & North America)
          • Figure 4.10: Amobee' s Unified Platform For Ad Management
        • c. Case Study: Orange Pilots In-SMS Ads Concept
          • Figure 4.11: P2P SMS On-Net Traffic Interception
        • d. Case Study: Frog2Frog Partnership for Mobile Messaging Advertising
        • e. Case Study: Vodafone Czech Republic Launches Mobile Advertising
          • Figure 4.12: SMS Gratis Message Flow & Ad Insertion
      • iv. Company Profile: Blyk
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Mobile Messaging Forecasts
  • 5.1 Forecast Definitions & Methodology
    • 5.1.1 Forecast Definitions
    • 5.1.2 Forecast Methodology
      • Figure 5.1: Forecast Methodology
  • 5.2 The Global Market for Mobile Messaging
    • 5.2.1 Total Global Revenues For Mobile Messaging
      • Figure 5.2: Total Global Revenues for Mobile Messaging ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.1: Total Global Revenues for Mobile Messaging ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
      • Figure 5.3: Total Global Revenues for Mobile Messaging, Split by Product (SMS, MMS, IM, Email) ($m) 2007-2014
      • Table 5.2: Total Global Revenues for Mobile Messaging, Split by Product (SMS, MMS, IM, Email) ($m) 2009-2014
  • 5.3 SMS
    • 5.3.1 SMS Subscribers
      • Figure 5.4: Number of Mobile Subscribers Using SMS (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
      • Table 5.3: Number of Mobile Subscribers Using SMS (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.3.2 SMS Volumes
      • Figure 5.5: Total Annual SMS Volume (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.4: Total Annual SMS Volume (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.3.3 Volume of Paid-for SMS Messages
      • Figure 5.6: Total Volume of Paid-for SMS Messages (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.5: Total Volume of Paid-for SMS Messages (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.3.4 Operator Billed SMS Revenues
      • Figure 5.7: Total Operator Billed SMS Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.6: Total Operator Billed SMS Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.3.5 SMS Based Advertising Revenues
      • Figure 5.8: SMS Based Advertising Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.7: SMS Based Advertising Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
  • 5.4 MMS
    • 5.4.1. MMS Subscribers
      • Figure 5.9: Number of Mobile Subscribers Using MMS (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.8: Number of Mobile Subscribers Using MMS (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.4.2. Volumes of Paid-for MMS Messages
      • Figure 5.10: Total Volume of Paid-for MMS (bn), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.9: Total Volume of Paid-for MMS (bn), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.4.3. Operator-billed MMs Revenues
      • Figure 5.11: Total Operator-Billed MMS Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.10: Total Operator-Billed MMS Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.4.4 Total Ad-funded MMS Volumes
      • Figure 5.12: Total Ad-funded MMS Traffic (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.11: Total Ad-funded MMS Traffic (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.4.5 MMS Based Advertising Revenues
      • Figure 5.13: MMS Based Advertising Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.12: MMS Based Advertising Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
  • 5.5 Mobile Email
    • 5.5.1 Subscribers Using Mobile Email
      • Figure 5.14: Number of Mobile Subscribers Using Email (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.13: Number of Mobile Subscribers Using Email (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.5.2 Total Operator-billed Email Revenues
      • Figure 5.15: Total Operator-Billed Email Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.14: Total Operator-Billed Email Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
  • 5.6 Mobile IM
    • 5.6.1 Subscribers Using Mobile IM
      • Figure 5.16: Number of Mobile IM Users (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.15: Number of Mobile IM Users (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.6.2 Users Paying for Mobile IM
      • Figure 5.17: Number of Users Paying for Mobile IM (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.16: Number of Users Paying for Mobile IM (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.6.3 Operator-billed IM Revenues
      • Figure 5.18: Total Operator-Billed IM Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.17: Total Operator-Billed IM Revenues ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
    • 5.6.4 Number of Ad-funded Mobile IM Subscribers
      • Figure 5.19: Total Number of Ad-funded Mobile IM Subscribers (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.18: Total Number of Ad-funded Mobile IM Subscribers (m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014
      • Figure 5.20: Total Value of Mobile IM Ad-Spend ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2007-2014
      • Table 5.19: Total Value of Mobile IM Ad-Spend ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions 2009-2014

6. Strategies

  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Aggregators & Hubs
    • i. NeuStar
      • a. Company Background
        • Table 6.1: NeuStar Revenue and Net Income Growth 2003-2008 ($m)
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 6.1: NeuStar ICP Overview
      • c. Strategy
        • ii. Sybase 365
      • a. Company Background
        • Table 6.2: Sybase KPIs 2004-2008
      • b. Products and Services
        • Table 6.3: Sybase Messaging KPIs 2008 vs. 2007
      • c. Strategy
        • iii. Syniverse Technologies
          • a. Company Background
          • b. Products and Services
            • Figure 6.2: The NEXT Advanced Messaging Hub
            • Figure 6.3: Syniverse Revenue Growth 2003-2007 ($m)
        • iv. VeriSign
          • a. Company Background
          • b. Products and Services
          • c. Strategy
            • Table 6.4: VeriSign Estimated Revenues Generated for Customers in Q1 2007-Q4 2008
  • 6.3 ASP/ISV
    • i. Danger
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 6.4: T-Mobile' s Sidekick Slide
    • ii. MSN & Windows Live for Windows Mobile
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
      • c. Strategy
    • iii. MXit
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
      • c. Strategy
    • iv. IXI Mobile & Ogo
      • a. Company Backgroun
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 6.5: Ogo Devices for Messaging and Web 2.0
      • c. Strategy
    • v. Tencent QQ
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Strategy
  • 6.4 Brands & Ad Networks
    • i. Fox Mobile Group
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
    • ii. Out There Media
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 6.6: Mobucks Mobile Advertising Marketplace Value Chain
      • c. Case Study: Tomato Plus!
        • Figure 6.7: Tomato Plus!/Blyk Subscriber Growth
  • 6.5 MNOs
    • i. MTN (South Africa) & noknok
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Strategy
    • ii. O2 UK & Bluebook
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Strategy
        • Table 6.5: O2 UK - Typical Messaging Costs
        • Table 6.6: O2 UK KPIs Q1 2008 to Q4 2008
  • 6.6 Vendors
    • i. Miyowa
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 6.8: Miyowa Move Multimedia Platform Architecture
      • c. Strategy
    • ii. Nokia
      • a. Company Background
        • Table 6.7: Nokia KPIs - 2008 versus 2007
      • b. Products and Services
      • c. Strategy
      • e. Devices & Services
        • Figure 6.9: Nokia' s E66
    • iii. Cloudmark
      • a. Company Background
      • b. Products and Services
        • Figure 6.10: Cloudmark Technology and Global Threat Network

7. American & European Markets

  • 7.1 North America
    • 7.1.1 AT&T (US)
      • Table 7.1: AT&T KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 7.2: AT&T - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Voicemail)
    • 7.1.2 Helio (US)
      • Figure 7.1: Helio' s Ocean Device
      • Table 7.3: Helio ‘A La Carte' - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & VVO)
    • 7.1.3 Rogers Wireless (Canada)
      • Table 7.4: Rogers Wireless Text Messaging Bundles
      • Table 7.5: Rogers Wireless KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
    • 7.1.4 Virgin Mobile USA
      • Table 7.6: Virgin Mobile USA KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 7.7: Virgin Mobile USA - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Video)
  • 7.2 South America
    • 7.2.1 America Movil
      • Table 7.8: America Movil KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • i. Mexico (Telcel)
        • Table 7.9: Telcel KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
        • Table 7.10: Telcel - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Web to SMS, Mobile, IM, Data & Voicemail)
      • ii. Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (Claro)
        • Table 7.11: Claro (Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay) KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4, 2007 to Q4 2008
        • Table 7.12: Claro (Argentina) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Voice Messaging)
      • iii. Brazil (Claro)
      • iv. Chile (Claro)
      • v. Colombia (CoMCEL)
      • vi. Ecuador (Porta)
      • vii. Peru (Claro)
      • viii. Central America (Claro)
      • ix. Caribbean (Claro)
      • x. United States (TRACFONE)
    • 7.2.2 ENTEL (Chile)
      • Table 7.13: Entel PCS KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 7.14: ENTEL - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, Mobile Data, IM & SMS Messenger)
    • 7.2.3 Telefonica LatinoAmerica
      • Table 7.15: Telefonica LatinoAmerica KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • i. Telefonica Moviles Chile (Movistar)
        • Table 7.16: Telefonica Moviles Chile KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
        • Table 7.17: Telefonica Chile - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Mobile Data, Voicemail & Voice Messaging)
      • ii. Vivo (Brazil)
        • Table 7.18: Vivo KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
        • Table 7.19: Vivo - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Data)
  • 7.3 Western Europe
    • 7.3.1 Vodafone
      • Table 7.20: Vodafone Group KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) for Six Months Ended September 30, 2008
      • Table 7.21: Vodafone Group (Europe) KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) for Six Months Ended September 30, 2008
      • Table 7.22: Vodafone Group (Rest of World) KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) for Six Months Ended September 30, 2008
      • i. Vodafone Germany
        • Table 7.23: Vodafone Germany - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Visual Mailbox)
      • ii. Portugal
        • Table 7.24: Vodafone Portugal - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email & IM)
      • iii. Spain
      • iv. UK
    • 7.3.2 Telefonica Moviles Espana SA (Telefonica Movistar - Spain)
      • Table 7.25: Telefonica Moviles Espana KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Figure 7.2: Telefonica Moviles Espana Mobile IM Screenshot
      • Table 7.26: Telefonica Movistar (Spain) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, & IM)
    • 7.3.3 Telefonica Europe
      • i. Telefonica O2 UK
        • Table 7.27: Telefonica UK KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
        • Table 7.28: O2 UK - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Voicemail)
      • ii. Telefonica O2 Germany
        • Table 7.29: Telefonica O2 Germany KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4, 2008
      • iii. Telefonica O2 Ireland
        • Table 7.30: Telefonica O2 Ireland KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4, 2008
      • iv. Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
        • Table 7.31: Telefonica O2 Czech Republic KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4, 2007, Q4 2008
        • Table 7.32: Telefonica O2 Czech Republic - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Voicemail)
  • 7.4 Eastern Europe
    • 7.4.1 mobilkom austria group
      • Table 7.33: mobilkom austria group KPIs (Revenues, Operating Income & Subscriptions) Q4 2008 and Q4 2007 y-o-y Comparison .
      • i. mobilkom austria
        • Table 7.34: mobilkom austria KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2008 and Q4 2007 y-o-y Comparison
        • Table 7.35: mobilkom austria - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email & IM)
      • ii. Vipnet
        • Table 7.36: Vipnet KPIs (Revenues, Operating Income, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) Q4 2008 and y-o-y Comparison
        • Table 7.37: Vipnet - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, Data & Voicemail)
    • 7.4.2 VimpelCom Group - Beeline (Russia & CIS)
      • Table 7.38: VimpelCom Mobile KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) (Russia) Q3 2007 to Q3 2008
      • Table 7.39: VimpelCom (Russia - Moscow) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, IM & Voice Messaging)
    • 7.4.3 Turkcell
      • Table 7.40: Turkcell KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q3 2007, Q2 2008, Q3 2008, Q4 2008
      • Table 7.41: Turkcell - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM & Voice SMS)

8. Asian & African Markets

  • 8.1 China & Far East
    • 8.1.1 China Mobile
      • Table 8.1: China Mobile KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Traffic), 2007-2008
      • Table 8.2: China Mobile - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, GPRS, Email, IM, Voice & PIM)
    • 8.1.2 China Unicom
      • Table 8.3: China Unicom (GSM) KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU), 2007-2008
      • Table 8.4: China Unicom - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS & MMS)
    • 8.1.3 NTT DoCoMo (Japan)
      • Figure 8.1: Aggregate ARPU by Japanese Operator
      • Figure 8.2: Packet ARPU by Japanese Operator
      • Table 8.5: NTT DoCoMo Wireless KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) 2007 (December 2007) to Q3 2008 (December 2008)
      • Table 8.6: NTT DoCoMo - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, Email, Mobile Data & Chaku-moji)
    • 8.1.4 KTF (South Korea)
      • Table 8.7: KTF KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU, Data Usage &Messaging) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 8.8: KTF - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, & Mobile Data)
  • 8.2 Indian Sub Continent
    • 8.2.1 Bharti Airtel
      • Table 8.9: Bharti Airtel KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 8.10: Bharti Airtel - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM, & Voice)
    • 8.2.2 Reliance Mobile
      • Table 8.11: Reliance Mobile KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) December 2007 to December 2008
      • Table 8.12: Reliance Mobile - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, Alerts, IM, Talking Message & Voicemail)
    • 8.2.3 Telenor Pakistan
      • Table 8.13: Telenor Pakistan KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 8.14: Telenor Pakistan Data Packages
      • Table 8.15: ‘SMS fulltime' Tariffs
      • Table 8.16: Telenor Pakistan - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Alerts, Email, Bubble Message & Backup)
  • 8.3 Rest of Asia
    • 8.3.1 3 (Australia)
      • Table 8.17: 3 (Australia) KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions & ARPU) Half Year and y-o-y Comparison
      • Table 8.18: 3 (Australia) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, Email, Mobile Data, & IM, Video & Voicemail)
    • 8.3.2 DiGi (Malaysia)
      • Table 8.19: DiGi KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, Mobile Data & ARPU) Q4 2007 to Q4 2008
      • Table 8.20: DiGi - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM, BubbleTalk & Mobile Data)
    • 8.3.3 Globe Telecom (Philippines)
      • Table 8.21: Globe KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, Mobile Data & ARPU), 2007-2008
      • Table 8.22: Globe - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, Mobile Data IM)
    • 8.3.4 Telstra Mobile (Australia)
      • Table 8.23: Telstra (Australia) KPIs ((Revenues, Subscribers & ARPU) Full Year Results and yo-y Comparison
      • Table 8.24: Telstra - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, & IM)
  • 8.4 Africa & Middle East
    • 8.4.1 etisalat
      • Table 8.25: Etisalat - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email & Data)
    • 8.4.2 Vodacom (South Africa)
      • Table 8.26: Vodacom KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share) Six Months Ended September 30 2008 and y-o-y Comparison
      • i. Mobile Email
        • a. Mobile IM
      • ii. SVS (Short Voice Service)
      • iii. Voicemail2SMS
        • Table 8.27: Vodacom South Africa - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Voicemail & SVS)
    • 8.4.3 Zain
      • Table 8.28: Zain Group KPIs (Revenues & Subscriptions), 2007-2008
      • i. Jordan .
        • Table 8.29: Zain (Jordan) KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share), 2007-2008
        • Table 8.30: Zain (Jordan) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email & Mobile Data)
      • ii. Kenya
        • Table 8.31: Zain (Kenya) KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share), 2007-2008
        • Table 8.32: Zain (Kenya) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email & Mobile Data)
      • iii. Nigeria
        • Table 8.33: Zain (Nigeria) KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share), 2007-2008
        • Table 8.34: Zain (Nigeria) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS, MMS, Email & Mobile Data)
      • iv. Uganda
        • Table 8.35: Zain (Uganda) - KPIs (Revenues, Subscriptions, ARPU & Market Share), 2007-2008
        • Table 8.36: Zain (Uganda) - Typical Messaging Costs per Message (SMS & Voicemail)

9. Mobile Messaging Value Added Services

  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 Voice
    • 9.2.1 Voice Messaging/Voice SMS
      • i. Background
      • ii. Adoption
      • iii. Commercial Options
    • 9.2.2 Voice Messaging Providers
      • i. Bubble Motion
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services .
        • c. Strategy
          • Figure 9.1: BubbleTALK Deployment Options
      • ii. Kirusa
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
      • iii. SpinVox
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy
    • 9.2.3 Visual Voicemail
      • i. Background
        • Figure 9.2: Visual Voicemail User Interface
      • ii. Adoption
        • Figure 9.3: Visual Voicemail Delivered to TV Screen .
      • iii. Company Profile: Comverse
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
  • 9.3 Video
    • 9.3.1 Videomail
      • i. Background
      • ii. Adoption
      • iii. Commercial Options
        • a. Video Colour Ring Back Tones
        • b. Video Caller ID
      • iv. Company Profile: Dialogic
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 9.4: Dialogic' s Portflio
  • 9.4 Other
    • 9.4.1 Address Book
      • i. Address Book & Presence
      • ii. Address Book ‘Favourites' List
        • Figure 9.5: On-Device Client Providing Converged Favourites List
      • iii. Network Backup & Storage
      • iv. Company Profile: NewBay Software
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 9.6: NewBay' s LifeCache ‘Model for Innovation and Delivery'
    • 9.4.2 Media Translation
    • 9.4.3 PIM

10. Mobile Messaging, Convergence & IP

  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 Convergence and IP
    • 10.2.1 Legacy Mobile Infrastructures
      • i. Circuit-Switching vs. Packet Switching
      • ii. SS7 Signalling
      • iii. IN (Intelligent Network)
    • 10.2.2 Paths to IP
      • i. Migration Drivers
        • Figure 10.1: An IP-Based Messaging Architecture
      • ii. IP Efficiencies
      • iii. Messaging 2.0
      • iv. IMS & SDP
    • 10.2.3 Vendor Profiles
      • i. Airwide Solutions
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 10.2: Airwide Solutions' Fusion - A Next-Generation Messaging Architecture
      • ii. Bharti Telesoft
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy
      • iii. Ericsson
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
      • iv. Nokia Siemens Networks
        • a. Company Background
          • Table 10.1: Nokia Siemens Networks - Revenue and Net Income Growth 2007-2008($m)
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy
  • 10.3 Converging Communities
    • 10.3.1 Social Media & Web 2.0
      • Figure 10.3: Social Networking On Mobile
      • i. In Mail & Public Messaging
      • ii. Facebook
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Services and Products - Fixed Internet
        • c. Mobile Services
      • iii. MySpace
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • MySpace Mobile
      • iv. Twitter
    • 10.3.2 IM and the Interactive Communication Landscape
      • Figure 10.4: The Interactive Communication Market
      • i. Bots
      • ii. Company Profile: Colibria
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 10.5: The Colibria Elevate Platform
        • c. Strategy
    • 10.3.3 Messaging to Blend Fixed & Mobile Web?
    • 10.3.4 VoIP Communities
      • i. Company Profile: fring
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
          • Figure 10.6: The fring Value Chain
        • c. Strategy
        • d. Case Study: mobilkom' s A1 & fring
          • Figure 10.7: The fring Mobile Client
      • ii. Company Profile: Skype
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
      • iii. Company Profile: Vyke
        • a. Company Background
        • b. Products and Services
        • c. Strategy

11. Industry Bodies and Developments

  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Industry Bodies
    • 11.2.1 3GPP
      • i. IP-Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
        • Figure 11.1: IMS Architecture Overview
      • ii. MMTel
        • Figure 11.2: MMTEL Interworking Overview
    • 11.2.2 Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance
      • Figure 11.3: FMCA Objectives
    • 11.2.3 GSM Association (GSMA)
      • i. IP Interworking
        • a. GRX
          • Figure 11.4: The GRX Architecture
        • b. IPX
          • Figure 11.5: The IPX Architecture
      • ii. Open Connectivity Programme
        • a. SMS Hubbing
      • iii. PathFinder
      • iv. Voice Messaging Service Definition
        • Table 11.1: Voice Messaging Functions
        • Figure 11.6: Distributed Interworking Method for Voice Messaging Service
    • 10.2.4 Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP)
      • Figure 11.7: OMTP Focus
      • i. BONDI Initiative
    • 11.2.5 RTT Alliance
  • 11.3 Wireless Web Developments
    • 11.3.1 IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
      • i. ENUM
      • ii. LEMONADE (licence to enhanced mobile oriented and diverse endpoints)
      • iii. Real-Time Text over IP (ToIP)
      • iv. SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
      • v. SIP-SIMPLE (SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions)
        • a. Optimisations
        • b. Instant Messaging
        • c. IM Chat Rooms
        • d. IM Features
      • vi. XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol)
    • 11.3.2 XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF)
    • 11.3.3 OMA (WAP 2.0 & IMPS v.1.3)
      • i. Converged IP Messaging (CPM)
        • Figure 11.8: Converged IP Messaging
      • ii. OMA Browsing
      • iii. OMA-CP (Client Provisioning)
      • iv. OMA-EMN (Email Notification)
      • v. OMA MEM (Mobile E-Mail)
      • vi. OMA MMS 1.3
      • vii. OMA Presence SIMPLE V2.0
      • viii. OMA Push V2.2
      • ix. OMA SIMPLE IM V1.0
        • a. Deferred Messaging
      • x. WAP 2.0
        • a. WAE (Wireless Application Environment)
        • b. Introduction of Internet Protocols
        • c. WAP Programming Model
        • d. Enhanced Services
      • xi. IMPS V.1.3 (Instant Messaging and Presence Service)
        • Figure 11.9: OMA' s IMPS Architecture
      • xii. OMA DS (Data Synchronization)
      • xiii. XDM
    • 11.3.4 Web Services
      • i. REST (REpresentational State Transfer)
      • ii. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
    • 11.3.5 W3C and the Mobile Web Initiative (MWI)

Appendix: Mobile Messaging Technologies

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Core P2P Mobile Messaging Services
    • 2.1 SMS (Short Message Service)
      • i. SMS Architecture
        • Figure A1: SMS Architecture
      • ii. SMS Standards & Protocols
      • iii. SMS Interworking
    • 2.2 Enhanced Messaging - EMS & RCS
      • i. Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative
        • Figure A2: The Objectives of RCS
    • 2.3 MMS
      • i. MMS Architecture
        • Figure A3: MMS Architecture
        • Table A1: Supporting non-MMS Phone Access
      • ii. MMS Standards & Protocols
      • iii. MMS Interworking
        • Figure A4: The SMTP Design Structure
    • 2.4 Mobile Email
      • Figure A5: Email Architecture
      • Table A2: Common Email Approaches
      • i. Mobile Email Architectures
        • Figure A6: Pull and Push Technology
      • ii. Mobile Email Standards
    • 2.5 Mobile IM & Presence
      • i. Mobile IM (Web-Based)
      • ii. SMS+/SMS 2.0/Super SMS (On-Net)
    • 2.6 Messaging Gateway and Routers
      • i. Messaging Gateways
        • Figure A7: Messaging Gateway Architecture
      • ii. SMS Router
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