3. MOBILE VAS:
The mobile value added service (VAS) market is gaining a firm foothold.
Revenues from mobile services, including voice and data services, at around Rs 250 Billion ($5.5 Billion) for the financial year 2004-05

3.1. Market Revenue:
The total market revenue of mobile VAS as on year ending December 2006:
Rs 5.8 Billion ($128.8 Million)

In India, wireless operators, music and film companies, cartoon artists, game makers and musicians are all aggressively entering the mobile content market for ring tones, gaming, mobile imagery and streaming audio and video.

3.2. Rate of Growth:
Revenue from the VAS segment is growing at the rate of 40 to 50 percent annually.
Currently, VAS contributes around 10 to 12% of the total revenue of a service provider.

4. ONLINE GAMING MARKET

4.1. Subscription Revenue:
The market size of wireless/mobile games in India has been estimated at US$3 Million in 2004. The estimation is based on the total number of downloads of games during the period, as downloads currently account for 90 percent of the means through which games are accessed on mobiles.

4.2. Market Size Gaming Market:
Total market size of the gaming market in India as on December 2006:
Rs. 4.8 Billion ($106.6 Million)
This includes revenue from the online and mobile gaming community in India.

4.3. Number of Gamers in India:
Currently, in December 2006, there are around 1.5 Million gamers in India who spend on an average more than two hours everyday.

5. ONLINE ADS MARKET for the fiscal 2006-07

5.1. Classifieds: Rs. 500 Crore ($111.1 Million)

5.2. Online Ads Market: Rs.220 Crore ($48.8 Million)

6. E-COMMERCE MARKET NUMBERS:

6.1. Total B2C Retail E-commerce Market Size in Revenue Terms for the fiscal 2006-07 is Rs. 41.6 Billion

6.2. B2C Retail E-commerce Categories and their Market Sizes:

Retail: 200 Crore ($44.4 Million)
Jobs Portals: 200 Crore ($44.4 Million)
E-greetings: 20 Crore ($4.4 Million)
ISP’s: 20 Crore ($4.4 Million)
Matrimonial/Dating: 120 Crore ($26.6 Million)
E-broking: 80 Crore ($17.7 Million) (These figures are online transaction fees only)
Travel (E-Ticketing): 1400 Crore ($311.1 Million) (These figures are billing figures)
Hotels, Cars, E-tours: 300 Crore ($66.6 Million) (These figures are billing figures)
Classifieds: 500 Crore ($111.1 Million)
Online Ad Market: 220 Crore ($48.8 Million), this includes Search market of 76 Crore ($17 Million)
Mobile VAS: 5.8 Billion ($128.8 Million)
E-gaming: 4.8 Billion ($106.6 Million)

6.3. Total E-travel Market (Inclusive of E-ticketing and Hotels, Cars, E-tours) in India by the end of FY07: Rs. 1700 crore or Rs. 17 Billion ($377.7 Million)

6.4. Total (of all of the above B2C categories) B2C Retail E-commerce by the end of FY07: Rs. 41.2 Billion or ($915.5 Million)

SOURCES

eStatsIndia.com would like to thank the following organizations for information.

Financial Express Newspaper
TRAI
COAI
AUSPI
The Hindu: National Readership Study 2006 (NRS 2006)
IDC India IT Research Report/News Briefings
Ebusinessforum.com
MAIT IT Industry Performance Annual Review
Tele.net / May 2006
India Infrastructure.com:(Key Statistics Sector Focus: Telecom, Vol. 9 No. 3 October 2006)
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