Stuart Corner of ITWire.com cited research by Signals Telecom Consulting about the growth of adult mobile content in South America.
According to Signal Telecom, the adult mobile content industry will be worth $1.12 billion by 2013, with most of that growth in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
Signals Telecom Consulting provides consulting services and market research for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report also noted the positive role that Brazil's robust adult industry plays in promoting mobile content.
"Brazil is the most advanced market," the report reads. "[It] has a large offering by both operators and integrators, backed by a robust local adult industry. Although Colombia and Venezuela do not have such a strong local adult industry, they do offer a wide ranging offering of image downloads that include complete nudity."
Corner singled out this data because of what he called a comparative dearth of hard information about the adult industry - a dearth he blamed on a misplaced sense of propriety.
"It's rare to find any admission that [adult entertainment] represents a significant portion of Internet traffic and usage," he said, citing a "culture of denial" that led Google representatives to downplay the potential uses of the "private mode" on their new browser, Chrome, to surf for porn.
"Google executives could not bring themselves to acknowledge, even when prompted by members of the press, that people might want to use Chrome's anonymous browsing feature 'Incognito' to hide the fact that they have been visiting porn sites," he said. "Instead the Google execs suggested everyday Internet activities like 'when you want to buy an engagement ring for your fiancée.'"
