When will be the tipping point when mobile internet really takes off?
Ok, so the mobile Internet industry is the industry from hell with the whole eco-system seemingly out to get you. No industry has ever limited access to a market like the mobile telecoms industry does. The obstacles the innumerable from the countless number handsets, operating systems APNs, walled gardens, confusion over the data pricing plans etc. On the face of it is unconquerable! Some would say that we have already reached the tipping point. In 2008 more people will access content from their mobile phones than on the Web. It has already started in Japan, Korea and China and in 2006. In 2006 the industry earned $725 billion. $135 billion of which was mobile data revenues (majority is SMS but over $45billion was mobile content revenues) and revenue growth was 16.8% -$105 billion but this barely scratches the surface of what is to come. We also know that the killer app is still communication. Communication comes in different forms depending upon our needs and desires. Communication in
