Hi, VERY late in the day but - belated new year greetings ! Thanks for being here.
The months since the last post were spent on a whole lot of the usual seasonal things both personal and professional that one does this time of year . One highlight was a vacation back home in India where I encountered first hand the tremendous strides that mobile is making there cutting right across geography and demographics. When I asked the domestic help at my parents' home how he was spending new year's eve , he told me he was watching a movie. Gang outing ? Nope. On his phone. Nice !
A snapshot of the growth in mobile users between 2006-2012 in the top five markets.
Country 2006 (Mn.) 2012 (Mn.) CAGR (% p.a.)
China 461 1,112 16 %
India 166 865 32 %
USA 230 303 5 %
Indonesia 64 282 28 %
Russia 151 262 10 %
This is from an interesting Financial Times report on 4G development in China.
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