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Why Mobile Advertising Market Maturity is Assured

If you're a marketer that has yet to embrace the mobile media platforms, then consider the apparent trend and ask yourself this question -- what am I waiting for? Many of the late adopters are already on-board, as mobile media enters the mainstream of consumer culture across the globe.

The worldwide mobile advertising market is forecast to generate revenues of $12.8 billion in 2013, that's growing from an estimated $8 billion in 2012, according to the latest market study by Informa Telecoms & Media.

Mobile advertising revenues are growing every year but brands and advertisers are still spending much less on mobile compared with the amount they spend on traditional media -- such as TV, print and radio.

Informa believes that in many cases, the analytics and insights available on mobile usage is not compelling enough for brands to spend a large portion of their advertising budget on the medium.

"There is growing recognition of the importance of the mobile medium but when it comes to advertising, most brands and advertisers have not yet managed to effectively engage users and consistently achieve the desired returns with mobile advertising campaigns," said Shailendra Pandey, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.

Revenues from display ads on mobile sites and mobile search will account for the largest share of mobile advertising revenues in 2013, but advertising in mobile apps will see stronger growth as many ad-networks are now seeing greater revenues being generated via in-app advertising.

Most mobile ad networks are seeing the majority of their ad impressions on smartphones and an increasing proportion of those ads are being served in mobile apps. The main driver for in-app advertising is the growing number of smartphone users, particularly iPhone and Android users who are now spending more time using apps than browsing.

Mobile network operators can only expect a very small share of revenues from mobile Internet advertising but they will continue to take a large share of revenues from messaging and voice-based mobile ad campaigns.

Messaging and voice will continue to play an important role in mobile advertising as many Internet-based campaigns also rely on SMS short codes or a click-to-call function for consumer response.

"Mobile operators should think of the possible benefits in the wider context with mobile advertising," adds Pandey.

Mobile phone service providers might not get direct revenues or profits from mobile advertising, but it can help them to develop and offer a more compelling suite of m-commerce services -- thereby increase subscriber loyalty and help to reduce churn on their networks.

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