Market Scale of China Mobile¡¯s Added-value Service Reached £¤5.742 Billion in the 2nd Quarter of 2007 with WAP Revenue Decreasing Rapidly

2007/09

According to the report of Analysys International, the added-value service of China Mobile had a total market scale of £¤5.742 billion, decreasing by 2.33% compared to the same period of last year. Among the revenues of different services, color-ring service revenue ranks the first, reaching £¤1.775 billion.

In the 2nd quarter of 2007, the market scale of short message business decreased by 11.72% year-on-year, reaching £¤1.598 billion. The total scale of color-message market was £¤213 million, decreasing by 4.45% year-on-year. As a result of the persistent investment in and publicity of music radio platform, the color-ring business increased steadily, with a market scale of £¤1.775 billion, increasing by 4.61% quarter-on-quarter and by 18.54% year-on-year.

In the mobile phone game market in the 2nd quarter of 2007, the total market scale of JAVA games of China Mobile reached £¤129 million, increasing by 35.8% quarter-on-quarter. The launching of excellent games promoted the development of JAVA market in the 2nd quarter. But the market scale decreased by 35.9% year-on-year due to a weak growth of active players. The BREW of China Unicom showed a steady momentum for growth with a total market scale of £¤52 million, increasing by 2.9% quarter-on-quarter and by 9.56 year-on-year.