Tuesday, May 02, 2006

WHAT AILS THE MOBILE GAMES INDUSTRY? Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption US, UK,german

M:Metrics:

U.S. Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications M:Metrics Benchmark Survey: March 2006

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

64,834

34.9%

0.8%

Used Photo Messaging

20,186

10.9%

2.7%

Browsed News and Information

18,471

9.9%

(1.9%)

Purchased Ringtone

18,349

9.9%

(1.5%)

Used Personal E-Mail

13,297

7.1%

(3.0%)

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

11,710

6.3%

(3.0%)

Used Work E-Mail

7,592

4.1%

(7.0%)

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

6,968

3.7%

(4.4%)

Downloaded Mobile Game

4,957

2.7%

(9.7%)

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of U.S. mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 March, 2006, n= 35,500

U.K. Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications M:Metrics Benchmark Survey: March 2006

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

35,880

83.4%

4.7%

Used Photo Messaging

11,752

27.3%

7.9%

Browsed News and Information

4,787

11.1%

9.2%

Purchased Ringtone

2,690

6.3%

0.8%

Used Personal E-Mail

2,582

6.0%

6.1%

Downloaded Mobile Game

1,813

4.2%

9.7%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

1,500

3.5%

13.7%

Used Work E-Mail

1,110

2.6%

1.0%

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

1,055

2.5%

2.3%

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of U.K. mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 March, 2006, n= 15,025

German Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications M:Metrics Benchmark Survey: March 2006

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

34,523

79.4%

3.1%

Used Photo Messaging

8,426

19.4%

0.7%

Purchased Ringtone

3,140

7.2%

(0.7%)

Used Personal E-Mail

2,777

6.4%

2.9%

Browsed News and Information

1,780

4.1%

2.6%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

1,509

3.5%

14.3%

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

1,285

3.0%

(4.1%)

Used Work E-Mail

1,256

2.9%

4.7%

Downloaded Mobile Game

1,092

2.5%

(2.8%)

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of German mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 March, 2006, n= 15,303

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