Social networking, mobile VoIP and UGC set to prosper, claims report.
Juniper Research's latest report predicts that Web 2.0 applications and services will be generating $18.9 billion of mobile revenues by 2014.
What is mobile Web 2.0, though? It's a bit of a nebulous phrase, but thankfully Juniper has set out the kinds of apps it thinks will be making money in the years ahead.
They include presence-based communities like mobile VoIP, as well as social networking, user-generated content, mobile dating and chat. The company also mentions geolocation-based "mash-up service offerings".
Where will the dosh come from for these services in mobile? According to Juniper, it'll be a mixture of ads, messaging, premium services and virtual economies, along with mobile micro-payments.
"A confluence of Web 2.0 concepts and end-user behaviour exploiting both the Web and the mobile phone as delivery platforms is driving mobile Web adoption and shaping industry development," says the report's author Ian Chard.
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"Yet the distinction between service provider roles is becoming less clear-cut, meaning some commercial allies are finding themselves increasingly polarised as the market progresses."
You can find more details on Juniper's new Mobile Social Web 2.0 report here, or register to download the company's free Mobilising, Socialising, Monetising! white paper here.
