According to an article in Forbes, VinaGame has 65% of Vietnam’s gaming market. The article also gives market estimates for India, Korea and China.

According to a report by Pyramid Research, Smartphones will capture 37% of the worldwide cell phone market by 2014. This is an increase of 16%in 2009.

• China will capture the No. 1 position in 2010
• Brazil will have a CAGR of 43% over the next five years
• India will have a CAGR of 39% over the next five years
• Turkey will have a CAGR of 37% over the next five years
• Nigeria will have a CAGR of 34% over the next five years
• Latin America will be the fastest growing region at a compound annual growth rate of 48%
• Africa and the Middle East will have a 39% CAGR

Pyramid also forecasts sales of 1.8 billion smartphones over the next five years

According to a release from IDC, there were more than 450 million mobile Internet users worldwide in 2009, a number that is expected to more than double by the end of 2013. Here are the highlights from IDC’s Worldwide Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast”:

• More than 1.6 billion people – a little over a quarter of the world’s population – used the Internet in 2009
• By 2013, over 2.2 billion people – more than one third of the world’s population – is expected to be using the Internet
• More than 1.6 billion devices worldwide were used to access the Internet in 2009, including PCs, mobile phones, and online videogame consoles
• By 2013, the total number of devices accessing the Internet will increase to more than 2.7 billion
• China continues to have more Internet users than any other country, with 359 million in 2009
• The number of Internet users in China is expected to grow to 566 million by 2013
• The United States had 261 million Internet users in 2009, a figure that will reach 280 million in 2013. India will have one of the fastest growing Internet populations, growing almost two-fold between 2009 and 2013.
• The United States has far more total devices connected to the Internet than any other country
• China is the leader in in the number of mobile online devices with almost 85 million mobile devices connected to the Internet in 2009
• The number of Internet devices in India, both mobile and fixed, is expected to grow commensurate with the number of Internet users
• Worldwide, more than 624 million Internet users will make online purchases in 2009, totaling nearly $8 trillion (both business to business and business to consumer)
• By 2013, worldwide eCommerce transactions will be worth more than $16 trillion
• Worldwide spending on Internet advertising will total nearly $61 billion in 2009, which is slightly more than 10% of all ad spending across all media
• Worldwide spending on Internet advertising is expected to reach almost 15% of all ad spending across all media by 2013 as Internet ad spending grows surpasses $100 billion worldwide

In June, Gartner released their estimates on the worldwide market for wireless gaming revenue in 2008 and put their number at $4.5 Billion. Other points include:

• Revenue will grow to $6.3 Billion by 2011
• Revenue in 2007 was $3.9 billion (16.1 % growth rate)
• 10.2% CAGR from 2007-2011
• Asia-Pacific (including Japan) is the largest market for mobile gaming at $2.3 billion in 2008
• Asia-Pacific Mobile Gaming should reach $3.4 billion by 2011
• India is expected to lead Asian countries in mobile gaming revenue $80 Million in 2007
• India should reach $450 million by 2012
• Western Europe is projected to grow from $701 million in 2008 to $862 million by 2011.
• North American market is projected to grow from $845 million to approximately $1.2 billion in 2011

Tuong Huy Nguyen is the principal analyst, and Madhusudan Gupta, is the senior analyst at Gartner covering the sector.