Juniper Research anticipates a large increase in the number of people using an NFC-equipped mobile phone as a metro railway or bus ticket over the next few years.
Its latest study found that 13% of North American and Western European mobile users - around one in eight - will use their NFC mobile phone as a tube or bus ticket by 2016, compared with less than 1% today.
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The amount of revenue generated by in-app purchases will pass pay-per-download revenue in 2012, according to a new report from ABI Research.
However, the company says Android’s relatively slow adoption of application billing processes could result in this being a short-lived phenomenon.
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