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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January 5, 2010
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 – GTO), the world leader in digital security, today confirmed that it has subscribed to a capital increase in Netsize, with an option to potentially acquire the company outright at a later date. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Netsize offers mobile payment solutions based on operator billing (through premium SMS, MMS and WAP for example) for 100 mobile operators in 28 countries, reaching over 1 billion billable subscribers worldwide, and provides mobile messaging, with SMS and MMS delivery to over 200 countries.
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December 1, 2009
South Africa, a vast country the size of France, Spain and Netherlands together, is also the largest and most developed mobile market in Africa. Is this country already on your business radar?
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November 17, 2009
- Netsize acquires mobile services provider Africa2you’s assets and extends Netsize mPayment with full coverage of mobile network operators in South Africa
- Netsize mPayment offers subscription services billing with MTS in Russia
Netsize, a leading mobile commerce and communications enabler, today announces that it has extended the network coverage of Netsize mPayment, its solution for global remote payments, with three mobile network operators in South Africa, Vodacom, MTN, and soon, Cell-C.
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July 9, 2009
Netsize, leading mobile commerce and communications enabler, today announced that the total value of transactions billed through Netsize mPayment, its solution for global mobile and online billing, has reached 300 million euros in 2008, a new record. Netsize mPayment processes more than 25 million transactions each month.
“Direct consumer charging by mobile operators remains the favorite purchasing method of consumers to get entertainment content or to access services over SMS or Mobile Internet/WAP media,” says Stanislas Chesnais, Chairman and CEO, Netsize. “We witness 800% transaction volume growth year-to-year mainly held up by Mobile Internet/WAP services growth. Our higher aggregation level enables the best revenue pay-out to publishers. Covering more than 100 mobile operators in 28 countries makes Netsize the global market leader.”
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October 30, 2008
Netsize Adds 25 Mobile Network Operators to its Mobile Transaction and Billing Network
Netsize, a leading mobile communications and commerce enabler, today announced the expansion of its global mPayment mobile transaction and billing service with the coverage of all 25 nationwide and regional mobile network operators in Russia. Using Netsize mPayment, international content providers can now reach and bill more than 165 million subscribers in Russia.
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