Africa is leading
the world in mobile commerce with the travel industry at the forefront of the movement, reveals the WTM Global Trends Report released today (Monday 7 November) at World Travel Market.
Not exact matches
Ma's company has a number of successful and widely used platforms
in its portfolio, including QQ, its instant - messaging service, which is one of the
world's 10 largest websites; a
mobile - texting service (WeChat) with over 800 million users; a
mobile -
commerce product (WeChat Wallet); and an online - gaming community (Tencent Games), the largest
in China.
Ma's company has a number of successful and widely used platforms
in its portfolio, including QQ, its instant - messaging service, which is one of the
world's 10 largest websites; a
mobile - texting service (WeChat) with 600 million users; a
mobile -
commerce product (WeChat Wallet); and an online - gaming community (Tencent Games), the largest
in China.
Alibaba owns a string of e-
commerce properties
in China and is the largest online and
mobile commerce company
in the
world in terms of gross merchandise value.
«
In today's
mobile - first
world, Curbside is on path to deliver the next generation of
commerce,» said Mike Volpi, partner at Index Ventures.
According to the MEF Global Consumer Survey 2012, 88 % of the
world's
mobile media users had engaged with some form of
mobile content and
commerce in the last 6 months - up from 82 %
in 2011.
«Canadians are amongst the most connected consumers around the
world, and we have put Canada on the
world stage today as a global leader
in mobile commerce,» said David Robinson, Vice President of Emerging Business, Rogers Communications.
The
world's largest Internet retailer is expected to launch a tablet computer this year to expand
in mobile commerce and sell more digital goods, according to analysts and investors.