There’s this assumption that porn will be the killer app for 3G videophones (you can guess why), but this BBC article points out one surprising fact – that cellphone companies make more money selling ringtones than taken in by the entirety of the Internet porn industry, meaning that it’s unlikely that wireless porn will be large enough to make a significant difference to cellular carriers:
“Given the huge amount of free porn on the internet, I don’t believe that wireless porn will prove that compelling,” says Philip Taylor, senior analyst at Strategy Analytics, who has studied the economics of the adult industry. He says established pornographic brands such as Penthouse and Playboy have not signed anything more than basic licensing deals for images with mobile phone firms. Many are likely to use mobile phones and 3G as a marketing channel to drive consumers to magazines, videos and the net but not one, so far, is going further than that.
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