\"\"Mumbai\/BANGALORE: The phenomenal growth of internet-based mobile messaging services like WhatsApp, which Facebook has acquired for $19 billion, not only undermined the messaging initiatives of Facebook and Google<\/a>, but they also had a huge adverse effect on the traditional mobile messaging service — the SMS.
\n
Consequently, it also impacted the revenues of mobile service providers.
Bharti Airtel<\/a>'s messaging and VAS (caller tones, ringtones) revenue fell from 10.1% of total mobile revenue in September 2012 to 6.1% in December 2013. This entire fall — in just a little over a year — may have been on account of the drop in SMS, considering that VAS revenue growth is unlikely to have been impacted much.
\n
\n\"Among mobile internet users who use SMS and WhatsApp, SMS usage has dropped by almost 50%,\" said Dippak Khurana, CEO and co-founder of Mumbai-based mobile advertising exchange Vserv.mobi. That figure of 50% is one that several other analysts agree with. SMS once contributed 5-6% of overall revenues of mobile operators.
\n
Mobile operators have simultaneously grown their data revenues, signalling that subscribers are increasingly using internet-based messaging services. For
Vodafone<\/a>, the contribution of data to overall service revenue went up to 9.5% in the third quarter of 2013-14, as against 6.2% in the same period the year before.
\n
\nMost of this massive shift can be attributed to costs - internet-based messaging costs a consumer a fraction of what SMS costs him. SMS is routed through the same infrastructure that mobile carriers use to handle voice calls, and therefore it costs the carrier next to nothing. Yet, they priced SMS at up to 50 paise per message, because once you signed up for a carrier, you were a captive, you had to send messages only through that carrier.
\n
WhatsApp, and similar services like WeChat, Line, Viber and
Nimbuzz<\/a>, changed all that. Once you had a mobile data plan, each message over, say WhatsApp, required so little mobile bandwidth that it was as good as free.
\n
To tap into the popularity of these free chat apps, several of the Indian mobile providers now have tie-ups with the messaging services.
Reliance Communications<\/a> (RCom) has an exclusive partnership with WhatsApp, Aircel with Nimbuzz. Facebook tied up with Bharti Airtel and RCom for its messenger app.
\n
\n\"Nimbuzz's tie-up with network operators to push our apps has increased the engagement,\" said Vikas Saxena, CEO of Nimbuzz.
\n
Kavin Mittal, creator of Hike Messenger, a product from the
Bharti Softbank<\/a> stable, said the messaging services companies aren't tied to the legacy of a web or PC business and so can build brand new, simple experiences that can cater to large mobile markets, especially those that are mobile-first like India. Mittal said Hike has tripled its user base in the last nine months to 15 million, with over 80% of its user base being under 25 years.
\n
\nBut it looks to be getting to a point where there will be consolidation even among the messaging services. WeChat and Line have been on an advertising blitz in India. Saxena says this has got people to download the apps, but they are not necessarily using them. The WhatsApp acquisition indicates that this would be the way ahead for many others too.
\n
\nStill, for SMS, the only way looks to be down. Informa Telecoms & Media estimates that the annual SMS revenues globally will fall to $96.7 billion from the $120 billion in 2013. Asia Pacific is forecast to experience the highest drop — from the $45.8 billion in 2013 to $38 billion in 2018.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":30777462,"title":"WhatsApp to be the gamechanger in upcoming Lok Sabha polls","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/mvas-apps\/whatsapp-to-be-the-gamechanger-in-upcoming-lok-sabha-polls\/30777462","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"mvas-apps"}],"related_content":[],"msid":30835060,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"OTT apps eat into SMS revenues","synopsis":"Mobile operators have simultaneously grown their data revenues, signalling that subscribers are increasingly using internet-based messaging services.","titleseo":"mvas-apps\/ott-apps-eat-into-sms-revenues","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Samidha Sharma","author_link":"\/author\/20400\/samidha-sharma","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/20400.cms?width=100&height=100","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":20400,"author_name":"Samidha Sharma","author_seo_name":"Samidha-Sharma","designation":"Editor- Emerging Business","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"TNN","artdate":"2014-02-22 10:42:03","lastupd":"2014-02-22 10:45:13","breadcrumbTags":["WhatsApp Aircel","Google","Vodafone","Bharti Airtel","Reliance communications","Softbank","Nimbuzz","Bharti Softbank","MVAS\/Apps"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"mvas-apps\/ott-apps-eat-into-sms-revenues"}}" data-authors="[" samidha sharma"]" data-category-name="MVAS/Apps" data-category_id="16" data-date="2014-02-22" data-index="article_1">

奥特应用侵蚀短信收入

移动运营商同时收入增长数据,表明用户越来越多地使用互联网信息服务。

Samidha沙玛
  • 更新于2014年2月22日上午10:45坚持
孟买和班加罗尔:基于互联网的移动通讯服务的显著增长像WhatsApp, Facebook已经以190亿美元的价格收购,不仅破坏了Facebook和消息传递活动谷歌,但他们也有一个巨大的不利影响在传统的移动通讯服务——短信。

因此,它也影响了移动服务提供商的收入。Bharti Airtel的消息和血管(调用者音调,铃声)收入从移动业务收入总额的10.1%在2012年9月2013年12月的6.1%。整个秋天——在短短一年多可能是短信的下降,考虑到血管收入增长不太可能受到影响。

”移动互联网用户使用短信和WhatsApp,短信使用量已经下降了近50%,“说Dippak Khurana认为,孟买首席执行官兼联合创始人Vserv.mobi移动广告交换。这一数字为50%,其他分析师同意。短信一次贡献了5 - 6%的手机运营商的整体收入。

移动运营商同时收入增长数据,表明用户越来越多地使用互联网信息服务。为沃达丰(Vodafone),数据整体服务的贡献在第三季度营收上升至9.5% 2013 - 14,而前一年同期的6.2%。

这个巨大的变化可以归因于大多数成本——基于互联网的通讯成本消费短信成本他的一小部分。短信是通过相同的基础设施,移动运营商使用路由处理语音通话,因此承运人旁边又没损失什么东西。然而,他们在50 paise定价短信每条消息,因为一旦你注册了一个载体,你是俘虏,你必须发送消息只能通过载体。

WhatsApp,类似的服务和微信一样,线,推出Nimbuzz,改变了这一切。一旦你有一个移动数据的计划,每一条消息,说WhatsApp,需要移动带宽太少,这是自由。

利用这些免费的聊天软件的普及,一些印度移动服务提供商的合作信息服务。信实电信(RCom)独家合作伙伴WhatsApp, Aircel Nimbuzz。Facebook与Bharti Airtel和信实电信通讯应用。

“Nimbuzz与网络运营商合作,推动我们的应用程序增加了接触,”维Saxena说Nimbuzz的首席执行官。

凯文米塔尔,徒步信使的创造者,一个产品的Bharti软银稳定,表示消息传递服务公司不与遗留的web或PC业务可以构建全新的,简单的经验,可以迎合大型移动市场,尤其是那些像印度中领跑。米塔尔说徒步旅行的用户基数扩大了两倍在过去九个月到1500万年,超过80%的用户是在25年。

但它似乎得到,甚至会有整合信息服务。微信,行一直在广告闪电战在印度。Saxena说这有人们下载应用程序,但它们不一定使用它们。WhatsApp收购表明,这将是很多人前方的路。

不过,SMS,似乎下来的唯一途径。Informa Telecoms &媒体估计,全球每年的短信收入将从1200亿年的2013美元下降到967亿美元。亚太地区预计将经验最高的——从458亿年的2013美元下降到380亿年的2018美元。
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\"\"Mumbai\/BANGALORE: The phenomenal growth of internet-based mobile messaging services like WhatsApp, which Facebook has acquired for $19 billion, not only undermined the messaging initiatives of Facebook and Google<\/a>, but they also had a huge adverse effect on the traditional mobile messaging service — the SMS.
\n
Consequently, it also impacted the revenues of mobile service providers.
Bharti Airtel<\/a>'s messaging and VAS (caller tones, ringtones) revenue fell from 10.1% of total mobile revenue in September 2012 to 6.1% in December 2013. This entire fall — in just a little over a year — may have been on account of the drop in SMS, considering that VAS revenue growth is unlikely to have been impacted much.
\n
\n\"Among mobile internet users who use SMS and WhatsApp, SMS usage has dropped by almost 50%,\" said Dippak Khurana, CEO and co-founder of Mumbai-based mobile advertising exchange Vserv.mobi. That figure of 50% is one that several other analysts agree with. SMS once contributed 5-6% of overall revenues of mobile operators.
\n
Mobile operators have simultaneously grown their data revenues, signalling that subscribers are increasingly using internet-based messaging services. For
Vodafone<\/a>, the contribution of data to overall service revenue went up to 9.5% in the third quarter of 2013-14, as against 6.2% in the same period the year before.
\n
\nMost of this massive shift can be attributed to costs - internet-based messaging costs a consumer a fraction of what SMS costs him. SMS is routed through the same infrastructure that mobile carriers use to handle voice calls, and therefore it costs the carrier next to nothing. Yet, they priced SMS at up to 50 paise per message, because once you signed up for a carrier, you were a captive, you had to send messages only through that carrier.
\n
WhatsApp, and similar services like WeChat, Line, Viber and
Nimbuzz<\/a>, changed all that. Once you had a mobile data plan, each message over, say WhatsApp, required so little mobile bandwidth that it was as good as free.
\n
To tap into the popularity of these free chat apps, several of the Indian mobile providers now have tie-ups with the messaging services.
Reliance Communications<\/a> (RCom) has an exclusive partnership with WhatsApp, Aircel with Nimbuzz. Facebook tied up with Bharti Airtel and RCom for its messenger app.
\n
\n\"Nimbuzz's tie-up with network operators to push our apps has increased the engagement,\" said Vikas Saxena, CEO of Nimbuzz.
\n
Kavin Mittal, creator of Hike Messenger, a product from the
Bharti Softbank<\/a> stable, said the messaging services companies aren't tied to the legacy of a web or PC business and so can build brand new, simple experiences that can cater to large mobile markets, especially those that are mobile-first like India. Mittal said Hike has tripled its user base in the last nine months to 15 million, with over 80% of its user base being under 25 years.
\n
\nBut it looks to be getting to a point where there will be consolidation even among the messaging services. WeChat and Line have been on an advertising blitz in India. Saxena says this has got people to download the apps, but they are not necessarily using them. The WhatsApp acquisition indicates that this would be the way ahead for many others too.
\n
\nStill, for SMS, the only way looks to be down. Informa Telecoms & Media estimates that the annual SMS revenues globally will fall to $96.7 billion from the $120 billion in 2013. Asia Pacific is forecast to experience the highest drop — from the $45.8 billion in 2013 to $38 billion in 2018.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":30777462,"title":"WhatsApp to be the gamechanger in upcoming Lok Sabha polls","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/mvas-apps\/whatsapp-to-be-the-gamechanger-in-upcoming-lok-sabha-polls\/30777462","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"mvas-apps"}],"related_content":[],"msid":30835060,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"OTT apps eat into SMS revenues","synopsis":"Mobile operators have simultaneously grown their data revenues, signalling that subscribers are increasingly using internet-based messaging services.","titleseo":"mvas-apps\/ott-apps-eat-into-sms-revenues","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Samidha Sharma","author_link":"\/author\/20400\/samidha-sharma","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/20400.cms?width=100&height=100","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":20400,"author_name":"Samidha Sharma","author_seo_name":"Samidha-Sharma","designation":"Editor- Emerging Business","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"TNN","artdate":"2014-02-22 10:42:03","lastupd":"2014-02-22 10:45:13","breadcrumbTags":["WhatsApp Aircel","Google","Vodafone","Bharti Airtel","Reliance communications","Softbank","Nimbuzz","Bharti Softbank","MVAS\/Apps"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"mvas-apps\/ott-apps-eat-into-sms-revenues"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/mvas-apps/ott-apps-eat-into-sms-revenues/30835060">