July 2, 2010
The rise of application stores is nothing less than phenomenal. App downloads from the Apple app store alone are more than 4 billion, 3 billion more than a year ago, and operators, handset manufacturers and independent application stores are all rushing into the apps market.
Every month some 10 new application stores are opening up shop. To date at least 75 app stores are live globally, ranging in size from large (over 200,000 apps in store) to small (just a few hundreds of apps).
The big questions that app stores and app developers are currently facing is how to build a commercially successful business and what are the winning business models.
In its whitepaper “A World of Apps”, Juniper Research estimates the global market for apps to grow to $32 billion in 2015.
“Application Store Billing”, a report by Netsize published May 2010, analyses the wave of recent app store developments and shows providers will need to develop much more than a me-too application storefront modeled on the Apple blueprint.
The report, containing an overview of the top-52 application stores, is available as free download from www.netsize.com.
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February 15, 2010
Mobile network operators and wireless carriers speed time-to-market with Netsize Direct Billing to catch the mobile commerce wave
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February 15, 2010
Netsize, the leading communications and commerce enabler, today launch Netsize Direct Billing, the unique managed Direct Billing solution for Mobile Network Operators.
Direct Billing is a billing method that charges mobile payment amounts directly to the end user’s mobile phone subscription. It does not require intermediate WAP pages or premium SMS.
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January 28, 2010
Netsize Survey of Professionals, Practitioners and Execs Identifies Mobile Trends and Industry Leaders Netsize previews survey results at M-Days mobile conference and trade show in Munich, Germany
Netsize, a leading mobile commerce and communications enabler, today revealed the first results of the Mobile Trends Survey 2010. Drawing from an online survey of 1,000+ professionals and practitioners, the survey provides insights into key trends that top the industry agenda, including the advance of mobile applications stores, progress towards global mobile commerce and the pivotal importance of mobile as a means to bridge our virtual and physical worlds.
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July 21, 2009
Netsize, leading mobile commerce and communications enabler, today unveiled Smart Application Billing, a global billing solution for Application Stores.
Netsize Smart Application Billing enables Application Stores to use operator based billing to charge for application downloads and usage, and permits charging from the mobile application itself.
“Reaching the largest consumer audience and making it easy to buy content are the key success factors for Application Stores. With Smart Application Billing they reach 1.3 billion consumers globally, and consumers can conveniently purchase applications and application extensions via their mobile operator phone bill in both Pay per Use and Subscription business models,” says Stanislas Chesnais, Chairman and CEO, Netsize.
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