Google, with MMA, Re-Launches 'Our Mobile Planet'; Global Mobile Data Resource | MMA Global

Google, with MMA, Re-Launches 'Our Mobile Planet'; Global Mobile Data Resource

May 15, 2012
Six Countries Are The Leaders In Smartphone Adoption
 
New York, NY, 15 May, 2012 Google today, with the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global trade association for the mobile industry, announced the launch of an updated version of “Our Mobile Planet,” a mobile consumer data resource that provides free access to powerful data across 40 countries in 22 languages at thinkwithgoogle.com/mobileplanet.
 
“Understanding the mobile consumer is absolutely critical for marketers, and ‘Our Mobile Planet puts an invaluable resource in their hands,” said Greg Stuart, Global CEO of the MMA. “Users can create custom charts that will help them to analyze smartphone consumer behavior and support data-driven decision making. We’re proud to have played a role in collecting the initial data for the project, and to have taken part in today’s re-launch.”
 
Originally launched at the MMA Forum in London in October of 2011, “Our Mobile Planet” provides users with free access to the data from the unique smartphone research conducted across 40 markets worldwide by Google in collaboration with Ipsos MediaCT and the MMA.
 For today’s re-launch, conducted with Ipsos, the IAB and the MMA, Google commissioned Ipsos to conduct new research on smartphone Internet users across 26 countries in Q1 2012. The updated research is available on the new site, thinkwithgoogle.com/mobileplanet and also provides full data downloads and executive summary reports for each country in the 2012 research.
 
So which six countries have the highest smartphone adoption? “Our Mobile Planet” reports that Australia, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Saudi Arabia and the UAE all have more than 50% of their population on smartphones.  An additional seven countries - the US, New Zealand, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland - now have more than 40% smartphone penetration. 
 
“That the majority of these countries are in the EMEA region is exciting and confirms that mobile is making immense gains in Europe and the Middle East,” says Paul Berney, MMA CMO and Managing Director for EMEA.  “These figures also point to a burgeoning global mobile movement as smartphone adoption grows exponentially worldwide, and send a strong message to marketers that they need to make mobile an indispensible part of their marketing mix.”
 
To find out more, visit thinkwithgoogle.com/mobileplanet (US) or thinkwithgoogle.co.uk/mobileplanet (UK and Global) to learn more about mobile consumer behavior and access the latest “Our Mobile Planet” research.
 
About the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global non-profit trade association established to lead the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. The MMA is an action-oriented organization designed to clear obstacles to market development, establish mobile media guidelines and best practices for sustainable growth, and evangelize the use of the mobile channel. The more than 700 member companies, representing over forty countries around the globe, include all members of the mobile media ecosystem. The Mobile Marketing Association’s global headquarters are located in the United States and it has regional chapters including North America (NA), Europe (EUR), Latin American (LATAM) and Asia Pacific (APAC) branches. For more information, please visit www.mmaglobal.com. For information relating to the MMA’s Mobile Marketing Forum series, please visit www.mobilemarketingforum.com.
 
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
 
John Bianchi
Communications Director - Mobile Marketing Association
Mobile: 917 693 4290
Email: [email protected] | Skype: john.bianchi63
 
Valerie Christopherson/Evan Tamura
Global Results Comm. (GRC)
Phone: +1 949 608 0276