2. Moderator | Benjamin Joffe
10 years in Asia (Japan, Korea, China)
Advisory | Plus Eight Star
Innovation & Strategy Consulting
Community | Mobile Monday Beijing
Forum for Mobile Professionals
Startup | Cmune
Real-time 3D Social Gaming Startup
11. If it is any indication…
What can we learn from Japan?
12. Why Japan?
3G for 8 years!
Launched in October 2001
97% penetration of 3G
109 million mobile users
105 million 3G users
>50% unlimited data plan subscribers
13. Before and After 3G in Japan
Million USD 2004 2007
1,186 1,140
1,200 1,091
1,000 862
800
568
600 500
419
400
204 225 185 229231
200 108
0
0
17. Mobile TV?
Business model? It’s free!
Users are happy (it’s free!)
Broadcasters have more reach (one TV per person)
Advertisers get more mileage (same price)
Manufacturers sell mobiles (must have feature)
Leaves out… mobile operators
25. Three SNS companies listed in Japan
a. For over 1bln USD each
b. Profit margins 20~60%
c. Two of them purely mobile!
26. Chat room
WAP Brower Game
Info: finance,
Music player
book, news
E-mail Movie
Qzone (blog) Source: Inside Tencent Report 2009
www.plus8star.com
27. Mobile Facebook
2009.06 | 3 million users?
2009.01 | 20 million users
2009.09 | 65 million users
Revenue = 0?
28. Panelists
Vivid N. Savitri
Creative Director
Trigger Shanghai
Ringo Chan
Vice President, Wireless
Interactive Content Development & Distribution
Turner International Asia Pacific Ltd.
Harri Janhunen
Director of Strategy
Nokia China