Mobile Application Revenues to Reach $25bn by 2014 as Apps Stores Hit Mass Market, Juniper Report Finds.

(From Hugin)

HAMPSHIRE, UK--(Marketwire - April 28, 2009) - Direct and indirect revenues from mobile applications are expected to exceed $25bn by 2014, with growth fuelled by a raft of store launches targeting both high-end and mass market handsets, according to a new report from Juniper Research.

The report found that while the overwhelming majority of application (app) revenues are currently accrued from one-off downloads, the increasing utilization of in-app billing to enable incremental revenues from additional mobile content will see value-added services (VAS) providing the dominant revenue stream by 2011. It also noted that many Tier 1 operators …