Mobile data services will remain the largest revenue contributing segment. The total mobile communications services revenue in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4 per cent from $US320.9bn in 2021 to $US398.4bn in 2026, mainly driven by the mobile data…
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Communication service revenue in China to drop
ARPU levels will drop considerably over the forecast period. The total fixed communications services revenue in China is expected to decline at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.9 per cent from $US250bn in 2021 to $US239bn in 2026 due to drop in average revenue per user (ARPU) levels,…
Read MoreHankook & Company hires Seongjin Kim as Chief Digital Officer
Bringing his deep expertise in the digital field. Hankook & Company Co. announced the appointment of Seongjin Kim as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) effective immediately. Seongjin Kim will be responsible for further accelerating digital transformation of the group. As head of Digital Strategy Department, he will establish an innovation model…
Read MoreForecast spend for future of work technologies could hit US$656B
How people work is evolving, enabled by technologies and accelerated by COVID-19. Future of Work (FoW) is a fundamental shift in the work model to one that fosters human-machine collaboration, enables new skills and worker experiences, and supports a work environment un-bounded by time or physical space. A new forecast…
Read MoreIndia’s mobile data services market to rise
Rise in smartphone subscriptions and the subsequent surge in mobile data consumption. Mobile data service revenue in India is expected to rise from US$6.3bn in 2020 to US$12.5bn in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.7 per cent driven by continued rise in smartphone subscriptions and the…
Read MoreAustralia will lead Asia-Pacific mobile communication growth
Followed by India with mobile revenue CAGR of 10.1 per cent over the forecast period. Australia will witness one of the fastest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4 per cent in terms of mobile service revenues in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region between 2020 and 2025, according to analytics company…
Read MoreOptus suffers mobile network outage in Australian states
Mobile call, text and data services affect telco provider’s business and residential customers. Singtel’s Australian telecommunication service provider, Optus has suffered a mobile outage on the 18th of February, with customers experiencing intermittent disruptions to their mobile call, text and data services. According to the telecommunication provider its technical teams…
Read MoreVietnam to integrate 4G into terrestrial mobile communication terminal devices
Government assess the impacts of a draft circular on national technical regulations on terminal devices. Vietnam will issue new technical regulations for terminal devices of terrestrial mobile communication, which will include integrating 4G into such devices. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) last week held a webinar to assess the…
Read MoreOCBC Bank enables use of SingPass to access digital banking services
Customers can login using their SingPass via the mobile app. OCBC Bank’s 1.8 million digital customers will now be able to use the SingPass Mobile app as an alternative login to access the full suite of digital banking services via the OCBC Mobile Banking app or Internet banking. Using SingPass…
Read MoreMobile alliance agrees to eSIM network changes in China and Singapore
Alliance covers 34 countries in Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. Mobile alliance covering 34 countries in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Bridge Alliance, will collaborate with China Unicom and Singtel to enable enterprise customers of both companies to perform embedded SIM (eSIM) changes over-the-air (OTA). This will allow…
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