The Global Market for Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) is Projected to Reach US$701.3 Billion by 2020
Robust Sales of Smartphones & Tablets Drives the Global Mobile
Value Added Services Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA announces the release of a
comprehensive global report on Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS). The
global market for Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) is projected to reach US$701.3
billion by 2020, driven by the growing penetration of smartphones and media
tablets among mobile subscribers, increasing mobile Internet subscriber base
and availability of high-speed 3G and 4G mobile broadband services.
Mobile value added services (MVAS) has
gained widespread consumer acceptance and is currently a multi-billion dollar
market. An emerging vector of growth in the mobile communications industry, mobile
value added services are helping supplement declining service provider revenues
in the traditional voice services market. Data traffic generated by the use of
MVAS is growing at a robust pace and has already surpassed voice traffic. Growing
mobile subscriber base and widespread penetration of smartphones and media
tablets suitable for accessing a range of new data applications will continue
to foster new growth opportunities for MVAS. The change in consumer data
consumption behaviour is additionally spurring growth in the market. Steep increase
in the use of mobile apps, social networking platforms, internet search, and
mobile payment systems, among others, is helping support consumer demand for mobile
value-added services.
With mobile users exhibiting willingness to
pay extra for a superior mobile usage experience, demand for personalized
services such as Multimedia Messaging Service, Voicemail, Caller Ring Back
Tones, Push-to-talk, News Alerts, is witnessing growth. Rapid proliferation of
3G and evolution of 4G networks are opening up a range of possibilities for
MVAS. The growing dominance of application based services is compelling mobile
service providers to develop separate platforms that allow users to download
mobile applications over their 3G/4G networks. The MVAS market is also
witnessing increased demand for utility based services such as M- health, M-
governance, M-education, M-commerce, M- agriculture, and M-Law. Over the years,
delivery of mobile services has witnessed radical changes supported by the rapid
proliferation of App Store and Google Play. Launched during mid to late 2008,
App Store and Google Play continue to remain major mobile content distribution
platforms specifically designed to serve Apple and Android handheld devices,
respectively. Ease of use, low cost, and easy accessibility represent major factors
fuelling the popularity of apps.
As stated by the new market research report
on Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS), Asia-Pacific
represents the largest as well as the fastest growing market worldwide. The growth
in the region is driven by improving mobile broadband penetration, robust sales
of 3G enabled smartphones, steady proliferation of 4G services, increase in content
consumption on mobile phones, and growing popularity of mobile gaming.
Key players covered in the report include Acision,
Amazon.com Inc., America Movil SAB de CV, Apple Inc., AT&T Inc., Bharti
Airtel Limited, Blackberry Limited, CanvasM Technologies Limited, Computaris,
Comverse Inc., Dialogic Inc., eServGlobal Limited, Etihad Etisalat Co., Gemalto
NV, Google Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Intersec SA, KongZhong Corp., Mahindra
Comviva, NTT DoCoMo Inc., OnMobile Global Ltd., Opencode Systems Ltd., Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Corporation, Tech Mahindra Limited, Telefónica
S.A., Vodafone Group Plc and ZTE Corporation.
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