The most dominant revenue stream will continue to be mobile internet search, which will grow at a CAGR of 55% from 2009 to 2013. “Location based services (LBS) becoming a key feature of mobile search will help drive this growth,” said Justin Davidson head analyst at FirstPartner, “Advertisers will continue to position LBS and search as way to tap into consumers’ needs. Consumers will enjoy the benefits of mobile advertising and location aware searches by, for example, receiving promotional vouchers whilst in a certain location”.
With the iPhone effect there has been a positive influence on the market for widgets and applications, with application sales bringing in significant revenues for Apple, and other device manufactures and operators clamouring to develop their own stores. However that said, widgets and applications will be under 10% of the mobile advertising total revenue by 2013. “Consumer behaviour is such that they have a commitment to a core number of applications and quickly delete ones they don’t like. This will mean that advertising revenues from applications will not be as high as some have projected,” Davidson explains.
The key to the development of mobile advertising is that operators, agencies and sales houses begin to work more closely together to educate the market about the benefits of mobile advertising. Those involved should work on publicising the real benefits of mobile advertising to brands. The release by the GSMA, working with the UK’s five operators, of mobile advertising metrics later in 2009 will help give the industry a boost as more brands will be able to see its benefits. Education of the market must not stop if mobile advertising is going to move from being a niche revenue stream into the mainstream.
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The forecast gives revenue figures for all Western European countries and ad formats. The forecast is a result of talking with leading industry figures. The forecast is broken out into the following countries Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, France, Ireland, Greece, Benelux (Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands)
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