March 4, 2005
Cell Phone Users Put Porn in Their Pockets
A recent report from Juniper Research found that the adult industry is not only alive and well, it's booming in Europe and Asia, reports eWeek, "where 3G technologies have long supported the kinds of colorful graphics and streaming video that are only now beginning to arrive in the United States.
Worldwide adult revenues are poised to top $1 billion this year and double to $2 billion by 2009, according to Juniper.
Juniper sees the growth in the business coming in Europe and Asia—partly because those continents lead North America in their adoption of 3G technologies capable of delivering interactive video, and partly because nudie flicks delivered to a handheld device just hits a little too close to American homes.
Researchers believe, nevertheless, that U.S. customers who want such content will find a way to get it.
The North American market, researchers say, could reach $400 million by 2010. But, in all likelihood, aficionados of the stuff won't be ordering it up from mobile operators in quite the way they get other mobile services. "
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