Tuesday, October 03, 2006

2. mobile subscribers responded via SMS to an ad

mMetrics:

French Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications M:Metrics Benchmark Survey: August 2006

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

30,312

70.5%

2.5%

Used Photo Messaging

8,797

20.5%

5.0%

Browsed News and Information

3,867

9.0%

2.9%

Purchased Ringtone

2,594

6.0%

(0.8%)

Used Personal E-Mail

2,532

5.9%

0.4%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

1,291

3.0%

2.3%

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

1,093

2.5%

(2.0%)

Used Work E-Mail

794

1.8%

(7.8%)

Downloaded Mobile Game

491

1.1%

0.1%

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of French mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 August, 2006, n= 12,458

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

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

36,388

80.9%

2.5%

Used Photo Messaging

9,239

20.5%

3.0%

Purchased Ringtone

2,888

6.4%

(1.6%)

Used Personal E-Mail

2,477

5.5%

(3.2%)

Browsed News and Information

1,741

3.9%

2.1%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

1,425

3.2%

(6.6%)

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

1,240

2.8%

(1.6%)

Used Work E-Mail

1,189

2.6%

(7.1%)

Downloaded Mobile Game

1,157

2.6%

(0.9%)

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of German mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 August, 2006, n= 15,078

Spanish Mobile Subscriber Monthly Consumption of Content and Applications M:Metrics Benchmark Survey: August 2006

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

25,392

83.3%

1.6%

Used Photo Messaging

8,671

28.4%

8.0%

Used Personal E-Mail

2,804

9.2%

5.6%

Purchased Ringtone

2,771

9.1%

4.0%

Browsed News and Information

2,264

7.4%

5.3%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

2,164

7.1%

0.5%

Used Work E-Mail

1,578

5.2%

0.8%

Downloaded Mobile Game

1,475

4.8%

7.4%

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

1,063

3.5%

(8.2%)

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of Spanish mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 August, 2006, n= 12,231

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

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

37,062

85.2%

2.3%

Used Photo Messaging

13,363

30.7%

3.8%

Browsed News and Information

6,273

14.4%

0.7%

Used Personal E-Mail

2,723

6.3%

0.1%

Purchased Ringtone

2,414

5.6%

3.1%

Downloaded Mobile Game

1,818

4.2%

4.7%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

1,613

3.7%

1.8%

Used Work E-Mail

1,319

3.0%

1.6%

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

968

2.2%

2.4%

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of U.K. mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 August, 2006, n= 15,051

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

Activity

Subscribers (1000s)

Pct

Pct Change

Sent Text Message

73,635

38.0%

3.9%

Used Photo Messaging

28,218

14.5%

8.2%

Browsed News and Information

22,766

11.7%

9.9%

Purchased Ringtone

20,146

10.4%

2.2%

Used Personal E-Mail

16,890

8.7%

10.1%

Used Mobile Instant Messenger

14,449

7.4%

10.9%

Used Work E-Mail

9,901

5.1%

11.0%

Purchased Wallpaper or Screensaver

7,092

3.7%

7.3%

Downloaded Mobile Game

6,264

3.2%

10.5%

Source: M:Metrics, Inc., Copyright © 2006. Survey of U.S. mobile subscribers. Data based on three-month moving average for period ending 31 August, 2006, n= 35,016

Monthly use of text message short codes Publ 20061003