Gregor Harter Pierre Péladeau Hilal Halaoui Mohssen Toumi
The Battle for Mobile Advertising A Winning Strategy for Telecommunications Operators
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Booz & Company
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Currently, mobile advertising makes up just a small portion of the online advertising market. Yet its potential is high—thanks to its ability to narrowly target consumers with interactive marketing offers at any time of the day or night. That potential appears especially high when it is considered in the context of the expected development of mobile applications. Large telecommunications operators are already preparing to take advantage of this opportunity, yet the competition will be fierce. Advertising networks, Internet players, specialists in mobile ad technology, and systems integrators, too, are looking to build a strong position in the mobile advertising value chain in hopes of capturing a significant