Video phone sales to take off by 2010

Mobile video phone sales will nearly double by 2010, from $58 billion in 2006 to $125 billion in 2010, according to market research firm Infonetics Research.
Mobile video subscribers will also grow from just a few million in 2006 to 58.6 million in 2010, said the company. Driving growth in the market is more powerful and efficient phones and the analog broadcast signal switch-offs, said Infonetics.
“Despite some concerns around the business plan and subscriber take rates, major service providers continue to move forward with their mobile video network rollouts. They’re taking advantage of spectrum availability, thanks to the switch-off of analog TV broadcasting networks, and the pressure to get services rolled out before next year’s Summer Olympics in Beijing and the European Soccer Championship,” said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband and IPTV at Infonetics.
The report also predicts revenues from mobile video services will triple between 2006 and 2007 and grow at a compound annual growth rate of 135% through 2010. Infonetics said worldwide DVB-H subscribers are expected to grow to 11.7 million and worldwide FLO subscribers are expected to grow to 6 million by 2010.