According to Informa Telecoms & Media’s latest research, China has become its largest market with almost two-thirds of the handsets sold,and a third of the Android devices sold in 2012. With a year-on-year growth of 85% in 2012, China is the fastest-growing smartphone market by far. And this growth is being driven by the explosive demand for Android […]
China Total Mobile Internet Users Reaching 400 Million
The total number of China Internet users as well as mobile internet user is experiencing steady growth ever since 2008. The total number of China mobile Internet users is close to 400 million by the end of the first half in 2012.
China to Become the Second Largest Digital Ad Market in 2014
According to eMarketer, global digital ad spending will reach $105.02 billion in 2012, among which spend on mobile will be $660 million. Owing to the rapidly developing internet and mobile market, the digital ad spending in Asia-Pacific region is also experiencing rapid growth and will surpass that of North America in 2014. Estimation demonstrates that […]
China Mobile App Ad Revenue Up to 1.06 Billion Yuan in Q2
iResearch, partnering with domob, recently issued the second quarterly mobile app advertising data. According to the report, daily average PV and UV on domob both have steady growth. Advertising impression of Android and iOS gets market share of 60% and 40% respectively. For 2012 Q2, tools, FMCG and e-commerce are the top 3 categories of […]
Baidu Site App Platform: Turn Your Website into WebApp
If you are observing an increase in mobile traffic with high bounce rate, you probably should consider designing a mobile site (if your site is not based on responsive design). If you don’t have a budget for that, you can use this tool from Baidu called Baidu Site App. According to Tencent News, Baidu Site App […]
Popular Mobile Applications Usage Rate in China
Mobile IM holds the safe lead among all mobile applications with the usage rate of 86.7%. The usage rates of mobile payment and flight ticket booking are much lower compared with others. But with the enhancement of mobile security, we cannot ignore their potentials to experience growth in the near future. The growth of other […]
China’s Mobile Ad Spending 2010-2016
China’s mobile ad spending as a percent of online ad spending is far lower than that of South Korea and Japan, according to eMarketer’s report in July 2012.
Tencent Launched Android Apps Search Engine
Tencent launched an apps search engine for Android, “Haina“. It also includes a page for a list of the top android apps. Smartphone shipments in China grew 164% year over year to 33.1 million units in the June quarter, topping the 25 million units sold in the U.S. according to Needham & Company.
Sina Weibo Launch A Path Clone
Sina Weibo launched a mobile app MeYou, similar to Path with some Weixin/WeChat features. So far, it’s only available for iOS devices.
Alipay Launched New Mobile Payment Service
Alipay announced new mobile payment service to make fund transfer easier. Users can transfer fund via Alipay mobile apps to anyone with a mobile phone number. A confirmation via SMS reply will confirm the payment. If the mobile number is associated with an Alipay account, the payment will be instantaneous.
China Mobile Advertising Spend to Double This Year
eMarketer estimates more than 880 million consumers in China will own at least one mobile phone by the end of this year.
The First Four Months’ Sales on Taobao Mobile Exceed Last Year Total
According to data released by Taobao, its first quarter new logged in mobile users reached 15 million, making the total accumulated mobile users to 100 million; Taobao forecasts it will reach 200 million by the end of this year. The total mobile transactions on Taobao in the first four months in 2011 exceeds the whole […]
China Has Over 1 Billion Mobile Users Now
The number of new mobile users in China since February 2012, about 33 million, is almost equal to the entire population of Canada. China now has a total of 1,030,052 thousand mobile users, according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
China Mobile Market Update for Q1 2012
The first quarter China mobile market in 2012 totaled 15.87 billion yuan (USD 2.5 billion).
China Mobile Internet User Age Distribution
According to a recent iResearch survey, almost sixty percent of China mobile Internet users are between 18 to 34 years old and those below 18 also represent almost 20% of total China mobile Internet users. There are 356 million mobile Internet users in China according to CNNIC data released this January.