The mobile industry is set to take in more than $1.5 trillion in revenues in 2012, according to research from analyst Chetan Sharma. Of that $1.5 trillion, 28 percent will be attributable to mobile data, the study indicates.
“He notes that within the revenues expected for mobile data, non-messaging revenues led by apps, mobile Web browsing and streaming media have finally overtaken those of traditional messaging like SMS as smartphone usage continues to grow,” according to TechCrunch.
He says that “non-messaging” will account for 53 percent of the total, meaning about $212 billion of that total revenue will come from apps, music and video streaming, games and mobile Web browsing.
The report also details that the U.S. now accounts for 69 percent of all smartphone sales, “the highest rate with the global average at about half that, 32 percent,” details the post.
TechCrunch also notes that “the total worldwide base of mobile subscribers now stands at 6 billion, and while it took 20 years to reach the first billion, the speed at which this has accelerated is pretty remarkable: Sharma notes that it took only 15 months for that number to go from 5 billion to 6 billion.”
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