Mobile content, services and hardware companies raised more than $14bn in disclosed funding in Q3 2015. In addition, IHS tracked 61 mobile M&A deals in Q3 2015, a decrease of about 20% from Q2 2015.

Highlights:

• Q3 2015 Top funding deals
• Operator investments in value-added services
• Mobile payments M&A activity
• Spotlight on South Africa

In this report:

• Mobile M&A deals
• Mobile funding deals
• Operator-led funding investments
• Country analysis
• Spotlight on Developer services

List of tables and charts

• Mobile M&A historical deals volume
• M&A deals per category, Q3 2015
• Select Payments M&A transactions
• Mobile funding historical
• Mobile funding historical - quarterly total values ($m)
• Funding by category (%), Q3 2015
• Funding by category, Q3 2015
• Average funding amount, by round series YoY ($m)
• Q3 2015 Top funding deals
• Q3 2015 Operator-led investments
• Top number of deals by country, Q3 2015
• Top funding amounts by country (%), Q3 2015
• Developer Tools and Analytics funding deals

Number of pages: 12

Number of tables and charts: 13