Tag Archives: Juniper Research
BMW’s connected car offers streamed music thru rara
Powered by Vodafone across five European countries
It appears that the connected car (or smart vehicle) has suddenly become all of the rage. At the forefront, it seems is BMW which has just launched Europe’s first in-car music streaming service in association with rara.com. Crucially, no smartphone; (user supplied) SIM card, or dongle is needed. Instead rara.com streams its music catalogue of 14 million plus music tracks direct to a new BMW 5 Series fitted with a ConnectedDrive online entertainment system. The service is powered by Vodafone – an interesting use of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communications. Crucially this means that you can drive across UK, Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands and still be connected thanks to Vodafone. Continue reading
Posted in M2M, Mobile Music, Mobile Stats, Vodafone
Tagged ABI, AR Rahman, bmw, connected car, Fela Kuti, Jez Bell, Juniper Research, PIAS Group, rara.com, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Strategy Analytics, Will Cooper
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In-car app market will be worth $1.2 billion + within 5 years says Juniper
Revenues from smart vehicle apps to rise ten-fold by 2017
Apparently, the new frontier for app developers over the next five years will be the’smart vehicle’ also known as the ‘connected car’. That’s the latest finding from a new Juniper Research report which predicts that the market for in-vehicle apps will be worth over $1.2 billion by 2017. It also found that there will be a downward pressure on the price of vehicle manufacturers’ own embedded telematics infotainment services – as the in-vehicle app ecosystem matures. Continue reading
Posted in Big Data, Mobile applications
Tagged Anthony Cox, Juniper Research, MirrorLink, telematics, V2I, V2V
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By 2016 mobile content revenues will rise to $65bn from over $40bn says Juniper
Direct Carrier Billing implementation to fuel growth
Growth in mobile content revenues will primarily be fuelled by an increased opportunity for content monetisation via DCB (Direct Carrier Billing) on smartphones, along with an upsurge in game, video and e-book purchases via tablet devices. This is one of the main conclusions from the latest report from Juniper Research entitled, ‘Mobile Content Business Models: OTT & Operator Strategy & Forecasts 2013-2017 ‘. It predicts that over the next three years, annual revenue generated from content delivered to mobile handsets will reach $65 billion by 2016. That’s an increase of nearly $25 billion. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Content, OTT, direct operator billing, eBook, tablets
Tagged Dr Windsor Holden, Juniper Research, kindle, Kobo, Nook
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Apple needs to attract to emerging markets to keep smartphone crown
Rating: Juniper smartphone research show small rise for Apple
It seems that Apple managed a small rise in its smartphone shipments according to the latest estimates from mobile analyst firm, Juniper Research. The firm reckons Apple sold something like 37.4 million iPhones in Q1 2013 compared to 35.1 million in the same period last year [2012]. Overall, around 200 million smartphones are estimated to have been shipped in Q1 2013. No surprises for guessing who came out best. Samsung’s estimated 68 million smartphones represent 34 per cent of all smartphone shipments in the quarter. So, if Apple is to retain its smartphone crown, it will have to take drastic steps. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, BlackBerry, Huawei, LG, Mobile Devices, Mobile Stats, Samsung, nokia
Tagged Juniper Research, shipments, smartphone
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Report looks at pay-per-download & in-app purchases mobile game strategies
Rating: Juniper’s forecasts include revenue from mobile games advertising
An area which frequently gets overlooked – game monetisation strategies, which form a major part of a new report from Juniper Research. The report is entitled ‘Mobile & Tablet Games: Discovery, In-App Purchases & Advertising’ and those wanting more details should go here. This report provides an in-depth analysis of revenues gleaned from both pay-per-download and in-app purchases and the size of the market for advertising in mobile games. One curious figure is that by 2017, across smartphones and tablets only seven per cent of games will be paid for at the point of purchase. Continue reading
USA poised to overtake South Korea in mobile streamed music
Rating: Juniper Research says impending iRadio launch will drive growth
The most significant growth in mobile music streaming has come in the USA, which is poised to overtake South Korea this year as the leading market for mobile streamed music services. That’s according to a recent report from Juniper Research, ‘ Mobile Music: Market Prospects 2013-2017‘. That trend is likely to accelerate as Apple is poised to launch its iRadio services. OTT [Over-The-Top] players like Apple are also set to challenge existing service leaders – such as Pandora and Spotify, for supremacy in the streamed music space. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Music, Mobile Stats, Music
Tagged Dr Windsor Holden, Juniper Research, pandora, simfy, south korea, spotify, streamed music
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GoMo releases Direct operator Billing 101
Rating: All-you-want to-know-about DoB/DOC
Mobile network operators have come to realise that their own portals have effectively lost the battle to online giants such as Google, Apple, and Amazon. For example, according to a recent report from Juniper Research, sales through operator portals presently account for some six per cent of content downloads worldwide. By contrast, Google’s Play and Apple’s iTunes App Store now comprise nearly 70 per cent between them. We’d argue. however, by far the most elegant solution for mobile subscribers is an instant mobile payments system as offered by Direct operator Billing (DoC) – otherwise known as Direct Carrier Billing (DCB). Continue reading
Posted in direct operator billing
Tagged Charge2Mobile, direct carrier billing, Juniper Research, payforIT, txtNation, WyWallet
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Mobile operator share of content market plummets, but direct carrier billing offers $13bn revenue opportunity by 2017
Implementation boosts conversion rates and average transaction size, says Juniper Research
Press release
March 6th 2013. Revenues from mobile content, monetised through direct carrier billing, is expected to rise from $2 billion last year [2012] to more than $13 billion by 2017, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Continue reading
Feint ray of hope for Nokia from Q4 sales
Rating: Whatever happened to Nokia’s MeeGo sales figures
The focus and a very high percentage of the analysis over the last few days has focussed on the battle between Samsung and Apple for dominance in the smartphone sector. With a BlackBerry 10 OS handset or handsets set for release in a few days time [January 30th 2013], RIM has drawn some focus as well. But poor old Nokia frequently get left out in the cold. Even though it did quite well in Q4 2012. That said as the accompanying graph illustrates, 2012 saw a gradual decline in the smartphone market for Nokia. Continue reading
Smartphone shipments exceed 200 million in Q4 2012, as Samsung accounted for one in three shipments for the year
Samsung continues phenomenal growth, shipping 63 million smartphones in Q4
Apple sells a record 47.8 million iPhones, but faces big challenges
671 million smartphones shipped worldwide in 2012
Press release
January 25th 2013. Leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200 million in Q4 2012, with the annual total reaching 671 million – representing a growth of almost 42 per cent y-o-y. Samsung continued its phenomenal growth over the year shipping a record 63 million smartphones and accounting for over 30 per cent of all smartphone shipments in the quarter. Once again, sales of the Galaxy S3 drove growth, with sales surpassing 40 million in November 2012.
However, despite the festive season and iPhone 5 sales, Apple posted lower than expected iPhone sales at around 47.8 million, still a record quarter for the company. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, Press Release, Samsung
Tagged Juniper Research, smartphones
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Reatilers will migrate their adspend to mobile
Rating: Retail websites still not mobile friendly enough, says Juniper
Reacting to mainly poor recent experiences on the High Street, retailers will almost double the $28 billion annual spend by on mobile marketing expected for 2013 to $55 billion by 2015. This is one of the key findings in a report entitled, ‘Retail mCommerce: Mobile & Tablet Marketing, Advertising & Coupon Strategies 2013-2017′ from Juniper Research. The report also found that adspend on both tablets and smartphones is continuing to grow strongly. Retailers (most notably in North America and Western Europe) are migrating their own adspend to digital in general, and mobile in particular, Juniper says. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Ad&Mktg, NFC, augmented reality, retail
Tagged adspend, AR, Dr Windsor Holden, Juniper Research, NFC, retailers, web site optimisation
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AR glasses will drive smart wearables says Juniper
Rating: 70 million smart wearables to be sold in 2017
Driven by the launch of augmented reality (AR) glasses and the like from Google, Microsoft and Apple, Juniper Research envisages significant adoption of smart wearable devices. It forecasts that almost 70 million such devices will be sold in 2017 compared to sales of just 15 million in 2013. Typical smart wearable devices include glasses, health and fitness devices along with enterprise wearables. These findings are taken from its latest ‘Smart Wearable Devices: Fitness, Healthcare, Entertainment & Enterprise 2012-2017′ report which can be found here. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Stats, mobile fashion, mobile health
Tagged Juniper Research, Nitin Bhas, smart wearables
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Samsung storms ahead of Apple in smartphone sales
Rating: Even RIM, LG and ZTE sell more smartphones than Nokia says Juniper
Samsung increased its lead in terms of smartphone shipments as Juniper Research estimates that the total number of smartphone shipments exceeded 157 million in Q3 2012. The Korean company shipped a record 56.3 million which was almost double the number of iPhones shipped by Apple (26.9 million). The Galaxy S III played a key role for Samsung with estimated sales of 18 million in the third quarter. Things are getting so dire for RIM and Nokia that ZTE has got ahead of them. LG did well amongst the Tier 2 players compared to rivals like Huawei, Motorola and HTC. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, HTC, Huawei, LG, Mobile Devices, Mobile Stats, Motorola, RIM, Samsung, ZTE, nokia
Tagged HTC, Huawei, Juniper Research, Motorola, smartphones
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