MobiNear introduce MobiNear Tag : a Multimode (NFC, QR & ID) Tag for SoLoMo + m-Commerce applications

MobiNear introduce MobiNear Tag : a Multimode (NFC, QR & ID) Tag for SoLoMo + m-Commerce applications.
MobiNear will be present at #LeWeb 2011 (contact : @MobiNear).
Read more: http://www.mobinear.com/corporate/MobiNearTag.pdf

NFC: Cities in France with more than 200 000 inhabitants

1. Paris, Paris, Île-de-France: 2 211 297
2. Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 851 420
3. Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes: 474 946
4. Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées: 439 553
5. Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 344 875
6. Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire: 283 288
7. Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace: 272 116
8. Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon: 252 998
9. Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine: 235 891
10. Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais: 225 784
11. Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne: 206 655
Source (in French): http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_communes_de_France_les_plus_peupl%C3%A9es

NFC: French Government support

20 M€ for NFC projects in French Big Cities ( > 200 000 inhabitant):
Cf. Article (in French)

After First NFC cities projects:
Cf. Article (in French)

After Nice, 9 French Cities target NFC usages:
Bordeaux (and Pessac)
Caen (via Manche Region)
Lille
Marseille
Nice
Paris
Rennes
Strasbourg
Toulouse

Source (in French): http://blog.grandesvilles.org/tag/nfc/

NFC Players in France: Contactless Mobile Services Forum Attendees List

Contactless Mobile Services Forum (i.e. Forum SMSC)
had its Annual Meeting at Bercy (French Governement).

FSMSC (i.e. Forum des Services Mobiles Sans Contact in French) Annual Meeting gathered most of the French Contactless & NFC Ecosystem at Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie in Paris, Bercy.

107 people from the following 81 organizations were there.

Here is the Company Attendees List (Version: 31st of March 2011):

Accenture
ADCET
AFSCM
Adelya
Ad'just
AEPM
AMGVF
Banque de France
BNP
Bouygues Telecom
BPCE
Caisse des Dépôts
Cap Digital
Carrefour Banque
CNR-RFID
Commedition
Connecthings
Crédit Mutuel
Dassault Systèmes
DGCIS
Digital Airways
Egylis
Escal Consulting
EUROKAPI
FFTELECOM
Forum TV Mobile
FSMSC
Gart
Gemalto
Global Payment Exchange
Greenwich Consulting
Groupement des Cartes Bancaires
GS1
HEMERA
Ingenico
Inside Secure
INTELLIGERE
Keolis
La Chaîne Techno
La Grande Epicerie
La vie du rail
Laser
Mairie de Marseille
Manche Numérique
MasterCard France
Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement
Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie
MobiLead
MobiNear
Moneo Payment Solutions
Monetech
Morpho (Sagem Orga)
MV2 Group
Nokia
Nouveau Paris IDF
NRJ Mobile
NXP Semiconductors
Oberthur Technologies
Obraz Photo
Orange France Telecom
PayByPhone
Pôle SCS - Solutions Communicantes Sécurisées
Pôle TES - Transactions Electroniques Sécurisées
Prosodie
PubliNews
RATP
Rennes Métropole
RIM - Research in Motion
Samsung Electronics
SFR
SNCF Proximités
Spirtech
Think&Go NFC
Transdev
Université Paris I
Velvet Consulting
Véolia Transport
Ville de Nice
Visa Europe France
Web Escape Agents
WIMA

Is NFC Hot in 2011 ?

Here are some facts:

In 2 Weeks, Google I/O had more than 0.5 million views &
NFC is the #1 subject in audience:

* ANDROID Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: Keynote Day One : > 300 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/11/OxzucwjFEEs

* CHROME Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: Keynote Day 2 : > 200 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/17/MiYND_zvIc0
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

* NFC on ANDROID Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: How to NFC : > 65 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/79/49L7z3rxz4Q
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

* ANROID Momentum:
Google I/O 2011: Honeycomb Highlights : > 30 000 views
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers#p/u/144/sTx-5CGDvM8

Conclusion:
* NFC is, by far, the #1 HOT Topic at Google I/O 2011 !

Reference: "2011: the NFC year for Mobiles ?"
http://mobinear.blogspot.com/2011/01/2011-nfc-year-for-mobiles.html

Mobile phone Market (Market Shares, Sales Shares, Profit Shares)

Market Shares of Mobile phone vendors

Sales Shares of major Mobile phone vendors

Profit Shares of major Mobile phone vendors

Source:
http://www.asymco.com/2011/01/31/fourth-quarter-mobile-phone-industry-overview

Smartphone Market

Smartphone sales, Q4 2010

Market shares in % of Q4 2010 shipments:
1. Google (Android): 32.9 %
2. Nokia (Symbian): 30.6 %
3. Apple (iOS): 16%
4. RIM (BlackBerry OS): 14.4%
5. Microsoft (Windows Phone 7): 3.1%
Others: 2.9%
Total: 100%

Q4 2010 shipments in million units (% change YOY: i.e. vs. Q4 2009):
Google (Android): 33.3 Mu (+615.1%)
Nokia (Symbian): 31 Mu (+30%)
Apple (iOS): 16.2 Mu (+85.9%)
RIM (BlackBerry OS): 14.6 Mu (+36%)
Microsoft (Windows Phone 7): 3.1 Mu (-20.3%)
Others: 3 Mu (+64.8%)
Total: 101.2 Mu (+88.6%)

Source:
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2011/r2011013.pdf

Global mobile phone market

Global mobile phone market (2010 Data):

1.39 billion units shipped (+18.5%) in 2010
401.4 Mu (+17.9%) in Q4 2010
Global mobile phone worldwide shipments by Brands:
1. Nokia,
2. Samsung,
3. LG,
4. ZTE,
5. Apple


Smartphone Market (+43.7%e) in 2011
Europe Top Sellers:
1. iPhone 4 (iOS 4.x),
2. HTC Desire (Android 2.1),
3. Nokia N8 (Symbian^3),
4. Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.1),
5. Blackberry 8520 (Blackberry OS 5.x)

Source:
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/global-mobile-phone-market-grows-179-in-q4

2011 Apps Stores Market

2011 Apps Stores Market Data (in million downloads per day):

1. Apple / iOS / iPhone / App Store: ~10M/d
10 000 million (http://www.apple.com/itunes/10-billion-app-countdown/) in 2.5 years (10 July 2008: http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/10/app-store-launches-upgrade-itunes-now/)

2. Google / Android / Android Market: ~5M/d
3 000 million (http://www.androlib.com/appstats.aspx) in 2 years (22 Oct. 2008: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/10/android-market-now-available-for-users.html)
300 000 Android phones activated per day (http://www.clickonf5.org/mobile/300000-android-phones-activated-daily/10053)

3. Nokia / Ovi (including J2ME & Symbian): ~3.5M/d
3.5 million / day (http://www.forum.nokia.com/Distribute/Ovi_Store_statistics.xhtml) in 1.5 years (26 May 2009: http://www.nokia.com/press/press-releases/showpressrelease?newsid=1317441)

4. RIM / BlackBerry / App World: ~1.5M/d
~ 1.5 M / d http://www.berryreview.com/2010/09/27/blackberry-app-world-1-5-million-apps-downloaded-a-day/ in 2 years (1 April 2009: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/RIM-Launches-BlackBerry-App-World-NASDAQ-RIMM-968860.htm)

5. Samsung / Bada / Samsung Apps: < 0.1 M/d
2 million (http://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-apps-downloads-hit-2-million) in 1 year (16 Sept. 2009: http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2009/09/16/samsung-application-store-launched/)
5M Bada devices (http://www.intomobile.com/2010/12/13/samsung-5-million-bada-smartphones/)

6. MicroSoft / Windows Phone 7: < 0.1 M/d
1.5 M units sold (http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/2010/dec10/12-21AchimBergQA.mspx)

7. HP / Palm / HP webOS: < 0.1 M/d
>1M in 2009: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/palm-app-catalog-hits-a-million-downloads/
30 M downloads in total (http://www.precentral.net/palm-app-catalog-tops-30-million-downloads)

8. MicroSoft / Windows Mobile: < 0.1 M/d
Superseded by Windows Phone 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile


9. MeeGo (Linux from Moblin (Intel) & Maemo (Nokia)): 0 M/d
No Device Yet but Soon: http://meego.com/


NB: GetJar claims 3 million / day, 1 000 million (http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/07/29/independent-mobile-app-store-getjar-now-seeing-3-millions-downloads-per-day/) in 6 years (2004: http://www.getjar.com/about/frequently-asked-questions/)

2011: the NFC year for Mobiles ?

Now that 2010 is over. So what is next in Mobile for 2011 ?

NFC ?

Here is a list of what COULD happen in 2011:
25-29 January 2011: Apple to announce iPhone 5 with NFC ? : No !
http://www.macworldexpo.com/
14-17 February 2011: NFC adoption for Android mobile phones (Samsung, ...) to be announced at MWC (*)
http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/
14-17 February: BlackBerry announce NFC support ?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/16/jim-balsillie-says-blackberry-playbook-has-a-module-cavity-hi/
14-17 February: Nokia announce NFC support ?
http://mobile.engadget.com/2010/10/21/nokia-c7-has-nfc-capability-wont-say-what-its-for-yet/
19-21 Apr: Updates on NFC deployments at WIMA
http://www.wima.mc
10-11 May: Google announce NFC adoption at Google I/O
http://www.google.com/events/io/2010/
June: Apple to announce iPhone 5 with NFC at WWDC ?
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
October: PayPal announce NFC support at PayPal X Innovate 2011 ?
http://www.paypal-xinnovate.com/
15-17 December: Volume announcements of NFC Cards & NFC Mobiles at Cartes 2011 ?
http://www.cartes.com/

(*)
Cf. What did happen in 2010:
Aug. 2010: http://emoney.allthingsd.com/20101213/google-acquires-zetawire-for-mobile-payments-tech/
15 Nov. 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCUH8STTfyU
5 Dec. 2010: http://www.nxp.com/news/content/file_1796.html

Update:
TechCrunch put NFC in it's "Seven Technologies That Will Rock 2011"
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/02/seven-technologies-that-will-rock-2011/

Happy New Year from the MobiNear Team for 2011 !