[Mobile Commerce] Factoids
I thought you might find some of this research regarding Mobile Commerce interesting:
Key facts from this article regarding Mobile Commerce:
– Nine million Americans have already made at least one m-commerce purchase
– 125 million Americans are willing to make a purchase in the near future.
– Many merchants are utilizing alternative Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for their websites to be activated when their customers access their websites via mobile devices
And per this article, the Tower Group estimates:
– by the beginning of 2009, between 150-300 banks and credit unions will sign contracts for mobile banking solutions
– Mobile banking will reach close to 6 million users by the end of 2009
– 42 million active users of mobile banking solutions by 2012
According to this article:
– More smart phones will be purchased than PCs in 2011
And interesting developments per global giving/donations, in this article:
– Donations via mobile devices are outpacing commercial payments
– $11 million in 3 days were raised for Haiti’s disaster relief efforts via text messaged initiated payments
Here’s another article that supports my long-held hypothesis that mobile philanthropy will drive mobile commerce in the United States. The article posits that the crisis in Haiti will be the turning point for adoption of mobile commerce.
… and this article discusses the opportunity for mobile remittances addressing un-banked and migrant worker customer bases