[November 24, 2008] Research and Markets Adds Report on 2008 Global Broadband - M-Commerce, E-Commerce & E-Payments Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2008 Global Broadband - M-Commerce, E-Commerce & E-Payments" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: This annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments taking place in the worldwide m-commerce and c-commerce sectors. The report provides analyses of the issues surrounding the growth of e-commerce, including e-banking, e-payments and online advertising. Information on mobile commerce developments are also provided, including m-payments and m-banking. Comprehensive information on the exciting developments taking place on a regional level is included along with statistics and forecasts for both the e-commerce and m-commerce sectors. Key highlights: - By 2012 it is expected that more than 1 trillion will be spent online by B2C consumers. B2B spending will exceed this considerably. - E-payment solutions are an important part of e-commerce transactions; however security issues continue to tarnish the industry. - Asia Pacific leads the world in terms of using mobile phones for m-payments, accounting for around 85 percent of customers worldwide. - BuddeComm estimates revenue from mobile content and services (excluding SMS), accounts for around 7-10 percent of total mobile revenues worldwide. SMS remains popular and accounts for a further 10 percent of total mobile data revenues. - Online advertising growth is set to continue for the next few years, but will slow slightly in the wake of the US financial crisis. It is expected that online advertising will eventually account for around 20 percent of all advertising spend in some markets. - Search services are central to almost everything that users do online, and this places search companies such as Google and Yahoo at an advantage. In the Chinese market, Baidu and Alibaba also have a good foothold. - Google is still the most popular website property worldwide; however individual countries and regions show differences with many local sites remaining popular. Other web properties proving popular across multiple markets include Yahoo, Microsoft and Wikipedia sites, Apple Inc, eBay and Amazon. This annual report provides an insight and analyses into the trends and developments taking place in the m-commerce and e-commerce sectors. The report provides analyses of the trends and issues impacting upon the growth of e-commerce, including e-banking, e-payments and online advertising sectors. Analyses of the developments taking place in mobile commerce are also provided, along with information on m-payment and m-banking. Statistics and forecasts for both the e-commerce and m-commerce markets are provided. The report also includes valuable insights and statistics on the developments taking place on a regional level including North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Report information: www.researchandmarkets.com/research/da7c44/2008_global_broadb ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]