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Asia-Pacific smartphone usage to double by 2016

The Asia-Pacific smartphone market is expected to double to 200 million by 2016, with Google's Android as the leading operating system platform, according to an industry analyst. Smartphones, which reached a usage of 100mil in the region last year, are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 12.5 percent between 2010 and 2016 and make up about 32 percent of all mobiles in Asia-Pacific, according to a statement from telecoms consultancy firm Ovum. It also expects g...

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IDC – Singapore to lead Southeast Asia in wireless technology

SINGAPORE is expected to take a lead in Southeast Asia in Long Term Evolution and mobile WiMax adoption, given the much higher 3G and 3.5G adoption rate in Singapore than the other countries in this region, according to IDC's research. It expects early trial to happen in Singapore, in 2010-2011 and the region's market for telecom services (including mobile voice, mobile data, fixed telephony, corporate data and Internet access services) to witness a year-on-year increase by ...

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