Vodafone Sets to Explore Application Market

The latest report from Reuters stated that Vodafone has concluded all arrangement to launch a universal storefront for mobile applications that would not only provide developers to create a single application for all of the network carrier’s devices but would also be compatible with all of Vodafone’s devices.
With this latest development, developers will be able to sell to any of Vodafone’s customers around the world from a “single point of contact”, charging directly through the mobile operator’s billing system. They’ll keep 70 per cent of the bill and pass the rest to Vodafone. The applications will hit the UK and Europe by the end of the year, Vodafone told Reuters.
Similarly, Vodafone has also released an application programming interface (API) to link up applications to its network, letting developers use technologies like location awareness in their creations.
Last month, Apple announced that a billion applications had been downloaded. Analysts have said the market could top $25 billion in the next five years, and right now Apple holds about 56 per cent of the market.