Japan. Mobile porn boom

Global revenue from pornography on cellphones will more than double to $4.9bn in the five years to 2013, while music sales will grow by about a third, according to Juniper, reports IOL.

... Japan has more than 1 000 firms producing adult content movies, generating about 17,000 titles last year, according to Tim Smith, who has worked in Japan's telecoms industry since 1999 and is chief executive of 3G service company Sairis Group.

Smith says the top Japanese adult content internet sites have as many as 1,000 new customers a day, each paying as much as ¥10 000 as a sign-up fee.

While music downloads are the "official big earner" in Japan's mobile commerce, more money is made through porn, dating sites and even fortune-telling services, says Smith, whose firm has helped run promotions in Japan for Viacom's Paramount Studios, Toshiba and MasterCard.

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