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Chetan Sharma Consulting, a leading management consulting and strategic advisory firm in the mobile industry presented the Q2 Updates for the US Mobile Market highlighting interesting trends in the mobile data segment, covering revenues, subscriptions and also the usage of smart devices. For the second quarter this year, the US mobile data market grew 4% Q/Q and 14% Y/Y to reach $21 billion in revenues. According to the report, data makes up 46% of the US mobile industry service revenues and is expected to register an amount of $90 Billion for 2013. The much awaited launch of iPhone 5 is expected to help Apple to regain the market share in the smart device segment in the next quarter and Q4 after Samsung, via its Galaxy brand led the market as the best selling smartphone brand in the earlier 2 quarters. The report discusses, among others, the performance of the top mobile operators in the US, the growth in digital services that define the next phase in the lifecycle of the mobile segment as well as the dynamics in the OTT-operator partnerships.
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