Het Britse onderzoeksbureau Jupiter MMXI komt met het nieuws dat betaalde content beter verkoopt via mobiele apparaten dan via de PC. Uit een recent onderzoek van Jupiter is gebleken dat in 2006 in Europa 3,3 miljard euro wordt uitgegeven aan betaalde content voor mobiele apparaten. In datzelfde jaar wordt aan content voor de PC slechts 1,7 miljard euro uitgegeven.
At present almost all content is free online and companies haven't been able to charge consumers for it. Adult sites are currently the only type of online business that generate significant income from paid content. Of the €252 million spent on content by Western European Internet users in 2001, 70% was spent on adult content, with the rest being generated mainly from games, finance and business news.
[...] Mobile phones are a much better billing platform than the PC. In 2001, €590 million was spent by Europeans for content on their mobile phones, such as ring tones, logos, sports scores and stock prices. This is almost twice the €252 million spent on the PC.