Trend: Mobile DRM stilted by royalty fees

Frost & Sullivan warns that "a lack of clarity about royalty rates," in particularly IPR-related royalty issues, is restraining the implementation of open standards for digital rights management (DRM). Application revenues from DRM-protected premium content are set to hit $2.25 billion by 2010. Industry fragmentation and proprietary DRM solutions may become the norm, however, if standards for DRM solutions like OMA DRM v.2 implementation royalty rates aren't worked out soon. Frost & Sullivan recommends that service providers stay consistent with their DRM technology choice across all forms of premium content.

For more on Frost & Sullivan's latest report on DRM:
- see this press release