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Mobile Trends – Mobile Ticketing

A report by Jupiter Research found that mobile services are developing fastest in the transport sector, with SMS, bar code and, increasingly, app driven services being offered by train companies and airlines.

More than 1 in 10 mobile subscribers will either have a ticket delivered to their mobile phone or buy a ticket with their phone by 2014, representing a five-fold growth over the next five years, according to the research.

Key findings from the report include:

• Europe, Far East & China & North America regions are all forecast to see double digit penetration by 2014
• Growth constraints include multiple ticket scheme environments such as certain transport markets, with their potential resulting user issues such as support and help

The potential for rail, metro & bus mobile ticketing is shown by early adopter market hotspots such as Japan, Scandinavia and Austria. Global impetus is being added by the rapidly growing number of airlines offering not only mobile boarding passes but ticket booking and payment as well.

Beyond transport, mobile ticketing is already seeing traction across a wide range of sporting and entertainment venues including baseball, concerts and movies.

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