Countries including China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are at the core of the mobile industry in Asia Pacific and the region.
When it comes to Asia Pacific alone, many experts in the industry are convinced
that the region will add a further 1.3 billion smartphone connections by 2020,
reaching 3 billion, or two-thirds of the region’s total connections base by
that point.
According to a new GSMA study, the number of smartphone connections in Asia
Pacific totaled 1.7 billion at the end of 2015, accounting for 45 per cent of
regional connections. China, India and Indonesia have been the main drivers of
smartphone growth.
China, India, Indonesia and Japan, together accounted for more than
three-quarters of the region’s total mobile subscriber base. India alone is
expected to add nearly 250 million new subscribers by 2020.
One can also observe that, Mobile broadband (3G/4G) accounted for 45 per
cent of total mobile connections in 2015.
At the end of 2015, the region had 76 live 4G-LTE networks and 20
live VoLTE networks. The region’s 4G pioneers, such as South Korea, Japan and
China are driving the development of 5G mobile technologies in readiness for
deployments before the end of the decade, According to a new GSMA report.