Friday, February 27, 2009

SMS & MMS Penetration in APAC 2008

SMS Penetration in Select Countries in Asia-Pacific, by Age, 2008 (% of population)

AGE RANGE.......<25yrs......25+yrs
Australia.................92.0%..........76.7%
Hong Kong..............63.3%..........44.4%
Indonesia................38.6%..........30.0%
Malaysia ................70.8%..........47.0%
Philippines.............47.0%..........49.8%
New Zealand..........74.6%..........73.0%
Singapore...............92.8%..........65.6%
Taiwan....................83.1%..........42.7%
Thailand.................86.4%..........73.3%

MMS Penetration in Select Countries in Asia-Pacific, by Age, 2008 (% of population)

AGE RANGE......<25yrs......25+yrs
Australia.................24.1%..........13.0%
Hong Kong..............24.6%..........13.8%
Indonesia................3.5%............1.9%
Malaysia ................12.9%..........4.8%
Philippines.............16.0%..........19.6%
New Zealand..........3.1%............1.4%
Singapore...............36.2%..........17.2%
Taiwan....................7.2%............3.0%
Thailand.................35.1%..........20.9%

Source: Nielsen Media Index and Nielsen Panorama as cited in press
release, October 21, 2008

State of the Mobile Web, January 2009

Wickid source of growth around the world in mobile data and browsing from Opera's CEO

Go to Opera's Report

In January 2009, Opera Mini had over 20.0 million users, a 12.1% increase from December 2008.

Opera Mini users viewed approximately 7.6 billion pages in January 2009. Since December, page views have gone up 18.3%.

In January 2009, Opera Mini users generated more than 122 million MB of data for operators worldwide.

iPhone AppStore Secrets - Pinch Media

Next time a brand wants to build an iPhone app... read this