RINGING IN MOBILE COMMERCE

Cellphone commerce is on the rise:

Sales of ring tones expected to reach $453 mln 2005, according to the Yankee Group,

By 2009 -- ringtones will be $1.2 Billion.

Sales of pornography for phones will hit $196 mln by 2009, still meager compared with the projected $1.2 bln for ring tones.

OTHER MOBILE STATS UPDATES:

Reuters.uk This is Money

• 190 mln mobile phones sold in Q2 2005 --
• Personal calls on wireless exceeded personal calls on wireline in the US -- Posted
• 780 mln mobile phones will be manufactured by year-end 2005 --
• 381.3 mln mobile subscribers in Western Europe Mobile phone service satisfaction declines 10% in 2005 --

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