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Adult Mobile Content will Surpass the US$ 1.12 Billion Mark in Revenues in Latin America by 2013; Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela Have the Best Images and Video Offering
With the exception of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, in-house censorship imposed by the operators themselves is what is holding back growth of this service. Getting past these barriers, something which is expected to happen by 2010, will allow the adult segment to reach an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.52% for the 2006 - 2013 period.
Buenos Aires, Argentina - September 4, 2008 - Signals Telecom Consulting, the leading Latin American and Caribbean telecommunications market research and consulting firm, is proud to announce the publication of its "Analysis of the Value Added Services Market: Adult Mobile Content study. This report is part of the "Mobile Values Added Services in Latin America and the Caribbean" research series. This study analyzes the of fering of five content developers, 17 integrators and 21 operators in the seven largest telecommunications markets in the region: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
This study highlights the fact that the mobile adult content market in Latin America is focused on "Soft" products, with little use of nudes and explicit sex. This is due to the high censorship barriers imposed by mobile operators themselves in the face of fears that this type of content could cause unwanted legal hassles.
"Brazil is the most advanced market with regard to adult mobile content. Its mobile market has a large offering by both operators and integrators, backed by a robust local adult industry. Although Colombia and Venezuela do not have such a strong local adult industry, they do offer a wide ranging offering of image downloads that include complete nudity," explains Elias Vicente, Signals Telecom Consulting analyst and report author.
Finally, this report points out that due to existing product censorship barriers, the adult mobile content segment will experience moderate growth through 2009. It will begin to show much more significant growth levels as from 2010. "The appearance of amateur explicit sex applications that include footage shot using the web cameras of the novices themselves will be of great importance. This will force the industry to react by developing effective parental control models in order to avoid legal problems as well as "impose" products produced by companies dedicated to the production of adult content," concludes Vicente.
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Signals Telecom Consulting, with offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina and an on-site presence in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is the leading Latin American and Caribbean telecommunications markets consulting and research. Signals offers dedicated consulting and market research services that aide operators, manufacturers, applications developers and investments during the decision making process.
With the exception of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, in-house censorship imposed by the operators themselves is what is holding back growth of this service. Getting past these barriers, something which is expected to happen by 2010, will allow the adult segment to reach an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.52% for the 2006 - 2013 period.
