While more and more people worldwide have access to the internet — 3.2 billion people (44 percent of the global population) in 2016, according to International Data Corporation (IDC ) — now comes word that more than 2 billion will be using mobile devices to access it. The most rapid growth areas? China, India, and…
The Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC), a conference and mobile community gathering to explore the latest mobile technology industry trends, was held this week in Indonesia. Playing out at the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta, the conference was sponsored by the Great Wall Club (GWC), a private network for innovators and executives from leading mobile companies…
Organizers of the GMIC say they are returning to Silicon Valley for their annual conference this September. If you’re not familiar, GMIC Silicon Valley aims to connect the people and companies that innovate the mobile industry for a conference that explores the changing landscape of mobile technology. This fall (September 28-30th), the conference will hunker…
According to a 2014 report by the Internet & Mobile Association of India and IMRB International, 2014 showed rapid growth in the mobile internet industry throughout India. But 2015 is expected to surpass 2014’s growth by a wide margin. During 2014, mobile internet use grew 26%, and is forecast to grow 23% within the first…
Juniper Networks recently issued a first-of-its-kind report exploring the differences between how people use mobile Internet connectivity in their day-to-day lives at work and at home and what they hope to achieve using their connected devices in the future. The extensive report showed, quite impressively, that in all emerging markets where consumers were surveyed, 97…
According to a new report from ABI Research, in the first quarter of 2014, the worldwide mobile service revenue increased 0.58% year-on-year (YoY) to $264 billion. The data leads ABI to believe that the aggregate service revenue for 2014 will grow 2.9% YoY to $1.01 trillion, “mainly driven by the robust growth of the mobile…
The China Internet Network Information Center recently released its latest Statistical Report on Internet Development in China. Based on details presented in the report, the number of Internet users in China has reached 618 million and the Internet penetration rate now stands at 45.8%. Remarkably, the number of mobile Internet users reached 500 million by…
On Thursday, the always innovative team at Opera Software announced a new and surprisingly refreshing way for mobile operators to offer their subscribers access to the web. Dubbed a “one-click experience,” the new Opera Web Pass lets operators package time- or site-specific data offerings to their users. And when it comes to having users, Opera…
ABI research published Friday that the mobile Internet is on pace to account for 25% of China’s mobile revenues in 2012 – that’s up from less than 23% last year. By comparison, in India, mobile Internet will represent 19% of this year’s service revenue. “While the figures demonstrate the robust demand for mobile data across…
It’s a bold and eye-opening prediction from the folks at Cisco in their Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2011 to 2016. Within the five year period outlined, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month — or an annual run rate of 130 exabytes — by…
