In 2020, the retail value of mobile services worldwide grew by approximately 24 percent year-over-year, reaching 121.71 billion U.S. dollars. The Apple App Store confirmed once again its presence in the mobile services market as the leading mobile content access provider by far, reaching the global value of 71 billion U.S. dollars. Mobile services that users could access via the Google Play Store had a value of 37 billion U.S. dollars. The market size of services included in a network operator subscription fee (operator bundles offers) was 3.7 billion U.S. dollars, while services accessed via phone call or SMS (as premium rate) were valued at 2.1 billion U.S. dollars.
Retail value of mobile services worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by store or activation point (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Mobile Ecosystem Forum. (October 14, 2021). Retail value of mobile services worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by store or activation point (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266666/mobile-services-market-size-worldwide-by-store/
Mobile Ecosystem Forum. "Retail value of mobile services worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by store or activation point (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266666/mobile-services-market-size-worldwide-by-store/
Mobile Ecosystem Forum. (2021). Retail value of mobile services worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by store or activation point (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266666/mobile-services-market-size-worldwide-by-store/
Mobile Ecosystem Forum. "Retail Value of Mobile Services Worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by Store or Activation Point (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266666/mobile-services-market-size-worldwide-by-store/
Mobile Ecosystem Forum, Retail value of mobile services worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by store or activation point (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266666/mobile-services-market-size-worldwide-by-store/ (last visited April 24, 2024)
Retail value of mobile services worldwide from 2019 to 2020, by store or activation point (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Mobile Ecosystem Forum, October 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1266666/mobile-services-market-size-worldwide-by-store/