Research Reports

The expected sharp increase in mobile traffic is due, in part, to a projected surge in the number of mobile Internet-connected devices, which will exceed the number of people on earth.

Emerging market operators will continue to experience strong connections growth in 2012. Mobile broadband will be the main driver of this growth, but it will also act as a strategic disruptor.

Quality of service (QoS) is now viewed as the most important distinguishing feature of mobile broadband services by operators and vendors in Asia-Pacific.

For the full year 2011, the global market experienced year-over-year growth of 0.7% with shipments approaching 126 million units.

Worldwide smartphone sales to end-users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2010.

The overall IT services market in the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region is expected to grow by 9.1 percent in 2012.

While the country is generally regarded as among the most cost competitive destinations for IT-BPO services, IDC noted that “it is also clear that there are bottlenecks around safety and labor pool sustainability.”

Total IT spending — comprising of hardware, IT services and packaged software — in Southeast Asia is forecast to reach $48.1 billion in 2012, representing a 13-percent year-on-year (YoY) growth.

Research firm Ovum said there is now solid evidence that leading operators in Asia-Pacific, the US, and Sweden are veering away from unlimited data tariffs for LTE due to traffic growth and management issues they generate.

The next billion mobile connections will mainly come from remote rural areas in emerging markets, with most users in these areas willing to invest in the right device and service combination.