1.5 billion mobile handsets sold in 2011, nearly one third are smartphones. Nokia is still top dog for handsets, but Samsung and Apple sold more smartphones.
MMA provided the following response to the previous comment:
Aggregators provide trusted connections to carriers. As non-messaging mobile channels continue to grow strongly, we believe aggregators will find that their core competencies are the carrier relationships and the ability to provide channels for information into and out of the carrier. Examples that we can think of that would be relevant in the future, when these services have a mass market include:
- In the area of mobile commerce, couponing services that provide consumers with prepaid minutes
- In area of location based services, services that monitor the level of acceptable location targeting or tracking
- In the area of customer service, services that allow consumers the ability to control their own privacy information
MMA provided the following response to the previous comment:
Aggregators provide trusted connections to carriers. As non-messaging mobile channels continue to grow strongly, we believe aggregators will find that their core competencies are the carrier relationships and the ability to provide channels for information into and out of the carrier. Examples that we can think of that would be relevant in the future, when these services have a mass market include:
- In the area of mobile commerce, couponing services that provide consumers with prepaid minutes
- In area of location based services, services that monitor the level of acceptable location targeting or tracking
- In the area of customer service, services that allow consumers the ability to control their own privacy information