Telecom

The Greater China Region’s secure content security market reached a market size of $198.5 million in 2015. It grew moderately at 8.0% of year-on-year growth, a further drop from the 13.4% growth rate in 2014. The slowdown in the market growth over the recent years is a reflection of market saturation and limited potential for product innovation i...

The mobile POS (mPOS) market has evolved since its start in 2009 and is now able to adequately address the needs of merchants of all sizes across the Asia-Pacific. Technology is the enabler that is making it cost effective and affordable for small merchants as well as tailored and purpose-built for large merchants. While it may not completely repla...

20 Jul 2017  |  Asia Pacific  |  Market Research

5G in Asia-Pacific, Forecast to 2022

Modernizing and Transforming Digital Businesses

Infographics

×

5G is on its way. It may be closer to 2019-2020 for some but for others, it may be 2023-2025 before it materializes. In all the countries that are frontrunners of 5G in Asia-Pacific, 5G is benefiting from local government support coupled with local demand or at least the potential for demand for 5G services. The demand may be incentive or market dr...

Nepal mobile market has experienced a strong growth over the past few years and the two leading service providers together control almost 95% of the total subscriber base. Over the past couple of years, the country's mobile penetration rapidly increased from under 71% in 2013 to 110% in 2016, surpassing the total population of 29 million. By 2021, ...

Biometric identification and authentication is well positioned to complement and potentially replace existing traditional verification processes such as those using pins and passwords, security questions, and even personal identity verification. The role of biometrics is becoming more important now that the industry is heading towards becoming mobi...

Revenue growth in Asia-Pacific will experience a CAGR of 2.0% during the period from 2018 to 2023, which indicates a slow rate of growth. As markets are saturating and competition is increasing, Mobile Network Operators’ (MNOs’) revenues and/or profit, especially from traditional core services, is declining. MNOs are under pressure to seek out ...

Existing 3G/4G networks may not be able to handle the advanced technologies in use in smart cities. 5G can act as an enabler of smart nations as it can provide the necessary technological support that can boost the efficiency of select smart city projects. Smart city ecosystem applications can support the business case for 5G and drive the growth o...

5G will enable a new era of mobile Internet of Everything (IoE), with its lower latency and faster speeds. As a result, it will bring new participants from various industries, including transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, and entertainment. This will facilitate the evolution of business models and is expected to create economic value. 5G te...

With stiff competition in the telecommunications space, along with eroding margins due to the presence of Over-the-Top (OTT) participants providing communication services, operators have been looking for additional revenue streams to boost both their top line and bottom line. Realizing this, Frost & Sullivan has published a study documenting the ac...