Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.

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Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia are working with partners in India to utilize mobile phone technology to combat disease and malnutrition in remote areas of India, using mobile phones to provide information and counseling to rural families.  Read Original Content

Research from IDC shows the security appliance market in the Asia/Pacific region excluding Japan grew to $344.5 million in revenues in the second quarter of 2012, and customer revenue is predicted to reach $2.6 billion by 2016.  Read Original Content

China Unicom and China Merchants Bank have teamed up to offer mobile payments services using NFC technology.  Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is developing a number of technology features for launch in 2013, including SmartSign technology to allow asset finance customers to execute loan documents electronically from anywhere in the world, and CommBiz Mobile, a real-time business banking app “dedicated to meeting the needs of medium to large enterprises”.  Read Original Content

The enterprise mobility market (excluding devices) in India is currently $244 million and predicted to grow to $964.4 million by 2015, with penetration of better devices and increased acceptance of the majority of mobile platforms key factors driving the growth.  Read Original Content


Singapore-based real estate agency ECG Property has reduced manpower requirements by 50 percent by improving the way it handles paperwork.  Agency executive Shawn Tan offers five tips to increase productivity, including giving employees mobile access to data and digitizing workflow.  Read Original Content

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the number of mobile phone users in China has reached 1.095 billion as of the end of October, with 109.2 million users added in the first 10 months of 2012.  Read Original Content

IDC suggests that wireless carriers in the Asia Pacific region shift their strategy and develop, provide and support ecosystems that provide solutions that integrate the mobile platforms and services currently out there for personal or enterprise use.  Carriers should also leverage the growing tablet market that is evolving into an industry being used more and more in the enterprise.  Read Original Content

Text100’s Digital Index: Travel and Tourism study reveals that 89 percent of Asia-Pacific travelers use travel apps on their smartphones or tablets while on holiday and 34 percent use their mobile devices to do work while on vacation, compared to a global average of 22 percent.  Read Original Content

The Sixth Mobile Commerce Summit Asia 2013 will be held March 19-21, 2013, in Singapore.  The focus is “Be Future Ready: Rethinking Mobile Commerce”.  Read Original Content

With the accelerating adoption of mobile devices a significant factor to market growth, Infiniti Research predicts that China’s mobile commerce sector will see a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent from 2011 to 2015.  Read Original Content

New research from Frost & Sullivan on the enterprise mobility market in India indicates the market will reach Rs 1,880.70 crore in fiscal year 2015-2016, substantial growth from Rs 346.10 crore earned in fiscal year 2008-2009.  Read Original Content

Qualcomm’s mobile contextual awareness platform Gimbal will see its first rollout in Japan with advertising firm Dentsu.  A new Gimbal trial is planned for January 2013 in China.  Read Original Content

John Karabin of Verizon Business Australia/New Zealand says the company plans to expand its Cloud presence in Australia next year and will continue to keep an eye on the growth of mobility.  Read Original Content

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