Mary Meeker, analyst of Morgan Stanley, has produced a very interesting, practical and intelligent slideshare of Immediate Internet Trends. Be sure to not miss this! If you do not have the time right now, bookmark it and look it up later, because it contains very valuable information, even incorporates the stock market.

Mary Meeker April 2010 Internet TrendsView more presentations from guest1222bdb.

Here are some of the keypoints:
  • Mobile internet will have become bigger than desktop internet by 2015, though i and other people as well think that this is going to happen sooner, having in mind the advances smartphones have made and everybody’s attention over the iPad.
  • Five countries – USA, Russia, China, India, Brazil – compose 48% of users.
  • US online penetration in e-commerce is at 4-6%, and still rising
  • Apple’s leading the mobile internet charge (this one is not very surprising)
  • Another not really surprising fact, but an important one for sure is that overall, Japan owns mobile e-commerce: NTT DoCoMo, the dominant mobile services provider, introduced a mobile payment model at least 5 years ago.

So there you go, 87 slides full of fun, but also important stats inside. And again – don’t miss it – it is an easy and incredibly useful read. Be quick and smart and take advantage of this… you have 5 years to take over ;) Business Insider sums it up like this: “The bottom line? Apple, Google and Facebook win”

The implication of this statement is that carriers lose… But if that’s the case, who’s next in line? Check the ground beneath you.