http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/01/31/us-mobile-porn-big-in-08/ Where media and technology meet Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/01/31/us-mobile-porn-big-in-08/#comment-350560 Joe Pesci Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:14:49 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/01/31/us-mobile-porn-big-in-08/#comment-350560 As a mobile entertainment analyst (top 500 fortune company), I follow the trends and technology of this 'wild west' mobile marketplace. The mobile porn industry is definitely on my radar, and in my own research have found it thriving in the USA. Surprisingly, there are very successful companies with huge USA consumer bases, for example, 739.com. 739.com, http://739.com as an example, simply uses the "off deck" approach to provide adult entertainment to mobile devices worldwide, including the USA. They are simply bypassing the mobile carriers in order to avoid the "walled garden", or monopoly, these mobile carriers (Verizon, Sprint, etc...) have with our mobile devices -- especially in the United States. Europe is mainstream with mobile porn, largely because of the mobile billing options, including SMS, that are readily available. The majority of mobile porn companies that are pushing the North American market use credit cards as the main billing mechanism. As a mobile entertainment analyst (top 500 fortune company), I follow the trends and technology of this ‘wild west’ mobile marketplace. The mobile porn industry is definitely on my radar, and in my own research have found it thriving in the USA. Surprisingly, there are very successful companies with huge USA consumer bases, for example, 739.com. 739.com, http://739.com as an example, simply uses the “off deck” approach to provide adult entertainment to mobile devices worldwide, including the USA. They are simply bypassing the mobile carriers in order to avoid the “walled garden”, or monopoly, these mobile carriers (Verizon, Sprint, etc…) have with our mobile devices — especially in the United States. Europe is mainstream with mobile porn, largely because of the mobile billing options, including SMS, that are readily available. The majority of mobile porn companies that are pushing the North American market use credit cards as the main billing mechanism.

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