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Mobile firms urged to diversify services

Mobile operators should reinvent the industry by investing more in ultra-high-speed networks to improve efficiency in providing analytic and online services through cloud computing technology.

The move would help widen revenue sources and increase profit in the mobile internet era, according to global technology company IBM.

Rob van den Dam, global telecom leader of IBM, said consumers in emerging countries including those in the Asia-Pacific region have potential to spend 11% more for mobile broadband services than they do now.

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  • franklin

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    Discussion 1 : 26 Nov 2012 at 08.261

    "By 2015, there will be 200 million mobile broadband subscribers in Asia-Pacific, up from 15 million this year, turning the region into the world's biggest market".This may well to true. Of course the exception will be Thailand that will still have 2G!

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