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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According to a PWC report, spending on mobile advertising in New Zealand for the second quarter of 2012 was very low, only $930,000 compared to $30 million in Australia for the same period.  Read Original Content

With the adoption of rich media and smartphone penetration rates, “Super Wi-Fi” – TV white spaces - is likely to see the most success in Asia.  Read Original Content

A survey commissioned by the Mobile Marketing Association of Singapore found that 90 percent of Singapore residents own a smartphone, and 39 percent choose mobile devices over a PC or laptop.  Read Original Content

Antenna Software provides a complete cloud-based enterprise mobility suite that enables both IT pros and business executives alike to create and manage mobile apps, websites and content across the entire business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by Antenna Software.

A recent report from Google reveals India ranks second in the world in accessing private details of its citizens.  Read Original Content

YuDian from voice technology firm iFlyTek is being called the Chinese version of Siri, and is available to anyone with an Internet-enabled mobile phone in China.  Read Original Content

Australia’s SmartTrans has finalized contracts with China Mobile and UnionPay in the last year, and currently provides the mobile software and website for China's State Lotteries.  Read Original Content


Due to demand from domestic companies wanting to venture overseas and multi-national companies wishing to expand, Singapore’s SingTel is planning to expand its network infrastructure in India and China over the next 12 months.  Read Original Content

The Marina Mandarin Singapore hotel has introduced “OneGuest Mobile Solutions” for its food and beverage outlet, integrating order taking, customer service management and real-time updates.  Read Original Content

Citing increasing demand for revenue-increasing technologies from mobile operators as one of the key factors, a Research and Markets report predicts the LTE infrastructure market in the Asia Pacific region will grow at a CAGR of 72.58 percent from 2011-2015.  Read Original Content

Television New Zealand is expanding its video-on-demand service to include smartphones and tablets. The new free service will be available in early 2013.  Read Original Content

The new Research and Markets report China: Enterprise & SME Mobile Phone Research 2012 details the investigation of current and future mobile phones usage patterns in the enterprise marketplace in China.  Read Original Content

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. is expanding its e-mobile commerce services, enabling overseas Filipino workers deployed in Asia to pay their families’ bills through the company’s online store.  Read Original Content

Gartner has published its top five IT predictions for China in 2013 and beyond including:  By 2013 Lenovo will become the top smartphone vendor in China; and by 2016, shipments of media tablets will match shipments of mobile PCs in China.  Read Original Content

South Korean mobile messenger service Kakao Talk intends to expand beyond messaging with plans to launch an online music and electronic bookshop in 2013.  Read Original Content

The Nielsen Informate Mobile Insights alliance, launched in 2011 to research mobile phone usage in India, has been extended to further cover the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa regions.  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.

An annual survey from MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, revealed that the most significant increases in mobile commerce came from Qatar, India and South Africa.  Read Original Content

Legal content and technology provider LexisNexis and mobile solutions firm Mobile Mentor have formed a partnership to enable legal professionals in Australia and New Zealand to embrace mobile technology fully.  Almost 50 percent of Australian lawyers already use mobile devices for legal research.  Read Original Content

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