David McNamee
05-25-2004, 01:54 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.com.com/Study%3A+Mobile+customers+want+video+streaming/2100-1041_3-5219093.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news' target='_blank'>http://news.com.com/Study%3A+Mobile+customers+want+video+streaming/2100-1041_3-5219093.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news</a><br /><br /></div>Nobody asked me, but CNet is reporting a new study claims that mobile customers are demanding streaming video delivered to their phones. The study, conducted by In-Stat/MDR, suggests that 3G roll outs in the U.S. will help make video services a $5.4 billion business by 2009.<br /><br />"By that time, nearly 22.3 million Americans will be accessing mobile video content, the company said, while 31.1 million will use video messaging services. Mobile video services will account for nearly 14.9 percent of total wireless-data revenue, the company predicted. "<br /><br />I wouldn't mind getting the occasional highlight clip from the Devil Rays game. I'd much rather have voice service that I could rely on from Key West to Anchorage. What video content would you like to see delivered to your phone?