Users Will Bring Billions of Dollars for Social networks

Global revenue from end-users who use social networks, dating services and the delivery of personalized content will grow in the next five years to 10 times.

Such conclusions based on the basis of the recently published report of Juniper Research. According to the study, revenues of social networks, dating services and personal content will increase from 572 million dollars in 2007 to over 5.7 billion dollars in 2012. The social network will bring 50 per cent of the total income for the period under review.

According to the author of the report, Dr Windsor Holden, in developing countries where broadband is weak, the mobile phone has become the primary means for accessing the internet, so the social network will be developed at a mobile platform, rather than on computers.

The study predicted a multiplication active users of social networks, with 14 million in 2007, and 600 million in 2012. But it is pointed out that the main obstacle mass distribution service remain high prices for traffic.