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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Japan’s NTT Docomo has unveiled a real-time translator app for Android devices that will convert Japanese to English, Mandarin and Korean.  Translations to French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai will be added later in November.  Read Original Content

With an influx of new users due to low-priced handsets and low call rates, China Mobile has posted a 1.3 percent gain in third-quarter net profit.  Read Original Content

Due to the rapid commercialization of 4G cellular wireless standards and the increasing number of 3G network deployments, the wireless test equipment market in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand is predicted to grow at a rapid pace.  The market earned revenues of over $312.8 million in 2011 and is forecasted to reach $921.1 million in 2017.  Read Original Content

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Results of a Visa and research firm TNS survey of Web users in Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and Vietnam revealed that 40 percent of those responding viewed product information on the Internet via smartphones and tablets during 2012.  Read Original Content

According to a new Strategy Analytics Mobile Workforce Strategies report, there are many more companies now in China, India and Brazil open to a mobile workforce, and trends indicate that more businesses are investing in mobile devices and solutions to enable productivity and efficiency of their workforce.  Read Original Content

Asia has seen a 192.5 percent increase in mobile Internet traffic since 2010, with China leading the way.  Read Original Content

Globe Telecom has partnered with China Mobile Hong Kong and will soon partner with Korea’s SK Telecom to provide LTE data roaming services.  Read Original Content

RIM executives have stated Indonesia will be one of the first markets to receive the latest BlackBerry 10 and a new version of BlackBerry Messenger. RIM has 56 percent of the smartphone market in Indonesia.  Read Original Content

China accounts for close to 80 percent of global mobile phone production, with the average price of each exported mobile phone around $33.30.  Read Original Content

IDC’s Asia/Pacific Enterprise Mobility Conference 2013, Defining the Future Workspace, will be held in 11 locations throughout the Asia Pacific region with dates from February through April 2013.  Read Original Content

The number of China’s 3G users, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, increased by 74.22 million during the first nine months of 2012.  Read Original Content

According to Opera Software, India and Indonesia lead Asia in mobile ads impression for the third quarter of 2012.  Read Original Content

Japan’s largest mobile carrier, NTT Docomo, has announced an investment fund and incubator program for smartphone and tablet related startups.  The Docomo Innovation Fund and Docomo Innovation Village are planned to kick off at the end of March 2013.  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.

The latest MasterCard Mobile Payments Readiness Index (http://mobilereadiness.mastercard.com/the-index/) gives Singapore the number one spot, with South Korea at number five and Japan holding sixth place.  Read Original Content

The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has selected Sybase 365 as its strategic partner to rollout its LTE roaming connectivity globally.  Read Original Content

InMobi has revealed that according to its third quarter results, Apple’s market share decreased 0.4 percent on its Australian network and Android increased 2.7 percent.  Read Original Content

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