Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online
newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to
enterprise mobility in Asia. Asia is
predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now
and 2016.
The total amount spent on mobile commerce in Malaysia grew
from RM101 million in 2010 to RM467 million, a 370 percent jump in one year,
and the market is forecast to reach RM3.43 billion by 2015.
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The National Australia Bank plans to provide its network of
merchants with iPad and iPhone “PAYware sleeves” capable of transforming them
into POS devices.
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TechSci Research predicts that the barcode scanners and
printers market in India will generate $14 million in revenue by 2017.
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mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to
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Gartner’s Symposium/It xpo, a gathering of CIO’s and IT
executives discussing technology initiatives including mobile, social, cloud
and big data, will be held November 12-15, 2012 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
For symposium information, go to
http://www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/gold-coast/.
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TMS has launched a mobile campaign in Indonesia in which
markets will feature “interactive touch points” inviting customers to
participate in a survey and competition using their mobile device to win prizes.
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A survey from Tourism New Zealand revealed that 92 percent
of tourists used a laptop or mobile device while visiting the country.
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More Asian businesses are looking into improving their
mobile sites and apps as mobile penetration is growing rapidly and more people
are accessing the Web via mobile devices.
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Citibank has topped 1 million mobile customers in the Asia
Pacific region four years after launching its Citi Mobile app.
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Data from The Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates
there are currently 16.2 million mobile phones in Australia and the amount of
data downloaded through phones has increased by a third from the December
quarter 2011 to the June quarter 2012.
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Japan’s NTT Docomo has announced it will begin operating a
mobile gaming platform in November of this year and will offer a mobile
shopping service in December.
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According to Gartner, the number of mobile handsets sold in
India will reach 251 million units in 2013.
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A new report from IDC on BYOD in Australia reveals that 49
percent of IT managers responding to the survey indicated an increase in
spending on mobility in 2012.
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SINO Market Research predicts that around 30 million mobile
phones will be sold online in China this year, up 68 percent from 2011.
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Singapore’s Jurong Point Shopping Centre has launched their
own mobile app which will soon be the first retail app in Singapore to
incorporate Apple’s Passbook technology.
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Statistics New Zealand revealed that over 50 percent of New
Zealanders now access the Internet via a mobile phone, and mobile phone
subscriptions increased by a third to more than 2.5 million over the past
year.
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In a recent report, the International Telecommunication
Union indicated China had 1 billion cell phone subscriptions at the end of 2011
and India is expected to reach 1 billion in 2012.
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Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo has partnered with
MasterCard to enable users of DoCoMo’s iD mobile payment system to take
advantage of MasterCard’s PayPass solution outside of Japan.
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The governments of India and Pakistan are involved in talks
to enable mobile users to roam between the two countries.
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Kevin Benedict,
Head Analyst for SMAC (Social, MOBILE, Analytics and Cloud), Cognizant
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Full Disclosure: These are my personal opinions. No company is silly enough to claim them. I am a mobility analyst, consultant and writer. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.
