24/6 The gap between Japan and Europe
| Category: Mobile Market By editor at 12:43 |
In Tomorrow's mobile services today Ericsson’s Atsuhiko Ohkita, senior market analyst in Tokyo says:
How can we solve the problem:
The difference between high-end users in Japan and Europe is perhaps less than a year. But on average, there is a gap of about two to three years. Low-end European users still only use voice and SMS, and don’t want to try web access.”It's easy why: no easy access, scarcity of content and price. Japan has neither of these problems.
How can we solve the problem:
- Easy access = QR Codes
- Scarcity of Content = let the creativity of the edges flourish, e.g. use mobile enabled weblogs
- Price = Telecom data prices should come down quickly, as I don't see any other way of long term survival for the telecoms. Voice and SMS are already declining.
Comments
the daniel
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2006-06-24 23:43:38
I'd be interested to see users from South Korea and the US thrown into that mix. As a US resident, I find it interesting albeit a bit depressing to contemplate the possibilities vs. reality of mobile communications here.
2006-06-24 23:43:38
I'd be interested to see users from South Korea and the US thrown into that mix. As a US resident, I find it interesting albeit a bit depressing to contemplate the possibilities vs. reality of mobile communications here.
Roger
2006-06-25 01:26:33
Hi Daniel,
I don't know anybody in South Korea, but I guess it's similar to the japanese situation. The US seems to be still far away what you can already experience in Europe. So I would come to the following schema:
US - lagging behind, as PC/Macs are in widespread use
Europe - somewhere in the middle depending on individual countries
Japan, Korea - leading the mobile web market
2006-06-25 01:26:33
Hi Daniel,
I don't know anybody in South Korea, but I guess it's similar to the japanese situation. The US seems to be still far away what you can already experience in Europe. So I would come to the following schema:
US - lagging behind, as PC/Macs are in widespread use
Europe - somewhere in the middle depending on individual countries
Japan, Korea - leading the mobile web market
Gerhard Fasol
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fasol [at] eurotoechnology.com
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http://fasol.com/
2006-07-06 19:19:07
interesting article - I don't agree with all the details.
But an article about mobile phones in Japan should at least get the Japanese word for mobile phones right!
Mobile phone is "keitai denwa" - not "ketai denwai" as the article says...
Gerhard
2006-07-06 19:19:07
interesting article - I don't agree with all the details.
But an article about mobile phones in Japan should at least get the Japanese word for mobile phones right!
Mobile phone is "keitai denwa" - not "ketai denwai" as the article says...
Gerhard
Roger
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2006-07-08 16:34:15
Hi Gerhard,
Would be interesting to know with what you do not agree.
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Yeah, your right, Ericsson should do some better proofreading.
I just add the Kanji here:
KEITAI DENWA (携帯電話)
most often shortened to
KEITAI (携帯) or in Katakana ケイタイ
2006-07-08 16:34:15
Hi Gerhard,
Would be interesting to know with what you do not agree.
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Yeah, your right, Ericsson should do some better proofreading.
I just add the Kanji here:
KEITAI DENWA (携帯電話)
most often shortened to
KEITAI (携帯) or in Katakana ケイタイ
