Abstract
This IDC study analyzes the combined responses of nearly 4,200 wireless
subscribers and customers regarding their usage patterns and spending habits on
mobile data services, with particular emphasis on mobile entertainment
service/content types such as ringtones, games, mobile TV/video, full track
music, and ringback tones. Results are cut by gender and ethnicity
(African-Americans, Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders, Caucasians, and
Latinos/Hispanics). At a high level, Caucasians were found to be less likely to
use or subscribe to most mobile entertainment services and content types
relative to minority groups.
"It' s interesting how divergent certain types of activities are between ethnic
groups, such as full track sideloading, which was more popular among minority
communities," says Lewis Ward, research manager of the Mobile Consumer
Services: Entertainment service. "While the fact that males overindexed for
mobile TV/video usage and preferred sports video clips may not be a shock, that
ringback tone adoption skewed female and African-American and Latino by a
significant margin may raise some eyebrows."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Service Overview
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Data Plan Usage by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Data ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Messaging
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer SMS and MMS Sending Volume by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer IM and Email Sending Volume by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer SMS and MMS ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer IM and Email ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Simple Content
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Ringtone and Graphic Purchasing Behavior by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Game and Simple Productivity Application Purchasing Behavior by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Ringtone and Graphic Payment Method by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Game and Simple Productivity Application Payment Method by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Ringtone and Graphic ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Game and Simple Productivity Application ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Ringtone Acquisition Channel by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Game Acquisition Channel by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Game Type Purchasing by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Mobile Web/WAP Access
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Email Adoption by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Email Service Payment Method by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Mobile Web/WAP Adoption by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Mobile Web/WAP Payment Method by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Mobile Web/WAP Site Destination by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Advanced Data Service Usage
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Entertainment Service Usage by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Video/TV Content and Format Preference by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Video/TV Weekly Viewing Time and ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Full Track Music Purchasing Frequency and ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Full Track Music Sideloading Frequency by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Ringback Tone Adoption by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Ringback Tone Purchasing Frequency and ARPU by Gender and Ethnicity
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Data Service Complaints by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Targeted Advertising Receptivity by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Table: U.S. Mobile Consumer Mobile Entertainment MNO Churn Factor by Gender and Ethnicity (% of Respondents)
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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