Market Corner N54 (2)

[            According to Juniper Research, mobile music revenues will grow to $9bn in 2009 (from $3.6bn in 2004), of which 50% in mobile ringtones, 20% in full-track downloads and 30% in ring-back tones.

[            Juniper Research unveiled also a mobile gambling study. Worldwide revenues would grow from $2bn in 2005 to $ 19.3bn by 2009. Lotteries (about 41% market share by 2009), followed by sport betting (about 36%) and casino gaming (with 23%) would make the market.

[            About 43% of mobile messaging is made of spam, according to Wireless Messaging. Spam (wireline and wireless) costs worldwide businesses some $50bn in low productivity and other expenses. The US account for 34% of the worldwide total.

[            According to Infonetics, the PBX/KTS market grew 11% in 2004 to $6.1bn, and is expected to grow to $ 9.1bn by 2008. 26.6m lines were shipped in 2004, up 19%. Nortel, Avaya and Alcatel dominated the market. The IP-PBX/KTS is the fastest growing sub-segment. Hybrid and pure IP-PBX account for 64% of PBX line shipments in 2004. Alcatel is the sub-segment leader, ahead of Avaya, Nortel, Cisco and Mitel.

[            Infonetics unveiled results of its switch/router market study. Worldwide revenues grew 26% to 6.1bn in 2004, and would grow to $8.9bn by 2008. IP routers, IP VPN and broadband traffic growth fuel growth. The trend towards IP/MPLS is quite apparent.

[            Broadband CPE market (broadband modems, routers, and gateways) reached $ 4.6bn in 2004, up 15%. It will grow to $ 5.6bn by 2008, according to Infonetics.

[            Alcatel leads the DSL market with 38% market share and 58m lines shipped, according to Dell’Oro. Alcatel shipped 19.6m lines in 2004, up 24%.

[            According to IMS Research, broadband subscribers have passed 150m mark, up 52%, and would reach 400m by 2009.

[            Another Hispanic MVNO in the US: InPhonic targets to address the 40m Hispanic community in the country.