http://theregoesdave.com/2008/06/11/global-look-at-social-networking-from-gsp-eas/ I'll see you at the intersection of mobile and social. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:55:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://theregoesdave.com/2008/06/11/global-look-at-social-networking-from-gsp-eas/#comment-4660 +8* | Plus Eight Star | Mobile and Internet business consulting in Asia, mobile consulting in China, mobile consulting in Japan, mobile consulting in Korea, Internet consulting in China, mobile consulting beijing, mobile consulting tokyo, mobile consultin Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:07:33 +0000 http://theregoesdave.com/?p=774#comment-4660 [...] There Goes Dave (Dave Jeyes) +8*: some numbers have been edited from the original post For me, the most valuable perspective on mobile social networking at the GSP East Conference came from hearing Benjamin Joffe of Plus Eight Star speak about the maturity of the social networking industry in Asia. Benjamin presented data on the four largest social networks in Asia, QQ, Cyworld, Mixi and Mobile Gametown which represent over 345 million active accounts throughout Asia. We’ve all heard that Asian users have more advanced cell phone technology and Joffe put 3G high speed data penetration as high as 80% in some countries (+8*: Japan and South Korea). [...] [...] There Goes Dave (Dave Jeyes) +8*: some numbers have been edited from the original post For me, the most valuable perspective on mobile social networking at the GSP East Conference came from hearing Benjamin Joffe of Plus Eight Star speak about the maturity of the social networking industry in Asia. Benjamin presented data on the four largest social networks in Asia, QQ, Cyworld, Mixi and Mobile Gametown which represent over 345 million active accounts throughout Asia. We’ve all heard that Asian users have more advanced cell phone technology and Joffe put 3G high speed data penetration as high as 80% in some countries (+8*: Japan and South Korea). [...]

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