(keitai-l) Re: questions about mobile commerce in japan

Considering there's 57 million cellular-phones in Japan now (more cell
phones than land lines), and I-Mode is growing at near a million users a
month...guessing numbers for 2003 is pretty dangerous.

r e n


griffith david wrote:

> Dear list
>
> What is the total available market size for mobile subscriptions and
> revenues in Japan by 2003? Anyone has an idea?
>
> thanks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of renfield
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:25 AM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: questions about mobile commerce in japan
>
> The Mobile Internet report from TKAI is excellent. Worth the money.
>
> http://order.tkai.com/skuOO-JWR-2000-PDF-SL.html
>
> r e n
>
> Andrea Hoffmann wrote:
>
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I am looking for some numbers and reports and resources on
> > mobile commerce in Japan. For example: what kind of
> > internet/mail services people like to use on their keitai
> > (i-mode, j-phone, cdmaone...) and what kind of people
> > especially use mobile phones in Japan.
> >
> > Young/older people? Girls, boys? Students, professionals?
> > [...]
> >
> > Also, is there any list of most popular sites/services at the
> > different phone platforms? How many people already shop on
> > their phone and if they shop, what do they buy?
> >
> > And for what type of service people use their phones the most?
> > Calling? E-Mail? Web? Chat? How many are people willing to
> > pay for information and/or services on their phones?
> >
> > Any hints and resources would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > TIA,
> > Andrea Hoffmann
> > --
> > Andrea Hoffmann -  Webmaster - andrea@girigiri.co.jp
> > Party & Event Manager:    http://www.machiawase.com/
> > i-mode:       http://www.machiawase.com/i/index.html
> > CdmaOne:   http://www.machiawase.com/hdml/index.hdml