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[April 07, 2014]

Market Research Reports, Inc. (www.marketresearchreports.com): MarketResearchReports.com: Mobile content services report finds more MNOs partnering with 3rd party content providers than ever before


(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The report, entitled "2014 Pricing Strategies for Mobile Content Services" analyses content pricing from 90 MNOs in 51 countries across the world. It examines five types of mobile content including mobile music, mobile social media, mobile gaming, mobile TV & mobile cinema services offered by MNOs around the world.



MNOs are offering content services using 3rd party partners. For mobile music, many MNOs are partnering with Spotify and Deezer music streaming services, but pricing varies extensively, ranging from USD 1.27 per month (Movistar Argentina) up to USD 14.55 per month (Telia Denmark). Rates vary mainly due to country factors, with MNOs in Argentina, Brazil & Malaysia having the lowest average rates and MNOs in Denmark, France & the UK having the highest average rate.

And selected MNOs are integrating music streaming content or social media into their premium Smartphone packages as a differentiator on top of the standard bundles of calls, SMS & mobile data. For example, Movistar Mexico provides the GigaMove Plan, which offers bundles of calls, SMS & mobile data plus Spotify Premium with unlimited access to social networking sites (including Twitter, Facebook & WhatsApp) from USD 23 per month.


MNOs such as 3 (Hong Kong), Reliance (India), Uninor (India) & SingTel (Singapore) - are also partnering with social media provider WhatsApp, offering messaging services for a monthly fee. Some MNOs provide a mix of social media services as part of a stand-alone package with Turkcell for example offering unlimited Twitter & Facebook access for USD 3.3 per month.

Mobile gaming services and other content services are provided via the MNOs portal, with providers in Russia and China using their own mobile web portal to offer access to 3rd party content. China Mobile for example, offers content via its Mobile Market (MM) portal with games costing from USD 0.10 up to USD 1 each to download. In the report survey the mobile Gaming Packs are offered as a range of pricing from USD 5.35 per month (StarHub Singapore) up to USD 13.21 per month (Vodafone Fiji).

Mobile TV services are also being offered by MNOs all over the world, with some markets offering short-term daily mobile TV packs at a low rental cost - with MegaFon (Russia) for example - charging USD 0.28 per day for mobile TV. Increasingly, MNOs with a fixed line TV service are adding a mobile TV component as a "on the Go" service usually at an incremental cost.

A few MNOs including Orange offer mobile cinema services - with discounts for cinema visits as a form of loyalty scheme. But there are relatively few mobile movie services being offered by MNOs.

Overall, MNOs are using content services as a means of differentiating a bundle of calls, SMS and mobile data by protecting a price point with added value services. With some exceptions, the MNO is no longer developing their own content services but are partnering with 3rd party content providers. But content is being used primarily to protect an existing price point.

Also the MNO is developing content access (such as Mobile TV) to be downloaded as an App from the Google Play and Apple App S To know more about this report please visit: http://www.marketresearchreports.com/tariff-consultancy-ltd/2014-pricing-strategies-mobile-content-services For other telecom industry reports please visit: http://www.marketresearchreports.com/telecom About Market Research Reports, Inc.

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