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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With the increase of smart devices, mobile applications and cloud computing, enterprise mobility will enable companies in Singapore to “achieve a balance of work and personal life”.  Read Original Content

According to Forrester’s Global Tech Market Outlook 2013 to 2014, tech spending is expected to grow by four percent in the Asia Pacific region in 2013 and by 5.4 percent in 2014.  Read Original Content

A recent report issued by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and the Indian Market Research Bureau reveals the number of mobile Internet users in India reached 87.1 million by December 2012 and the number is forecast to reach 165 million by March 2015.  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.

Kevin Mintaraga, co-founder of Magnivate, states increases in smartphone adoption and heavy investment in e-commerce and social commerce have fueled a shift to mobile advertising in Indonesia.  Read Original Content

Research from Nuance Communications found that more than half of Australians prefer to use a smartphone app for routine inquiries such as checking an account balance from their bank or confirming a flight schedule.  Read Original Content

With Asia a key driver for Google’s rise as a mobile software powerhouse, the company has named Karim Temsamani, an executive who has been in charge of the company's global mobile business, as head of the Asia-Pacific region.  Read Original Content

With Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan four of the most important markets for its mobile device effort, Fingerprint Cards has opened a sales and support office in Tokyo, Japan.  Read Original Content

Australian enterprise resource planning and business intelligence software provider Pronto Software has opened a research and development group in Sri Lanka which will focus on developing Pronto’s enterprise software to work better with mobile apps on devices such as smartphones and tablets.  Read Original Content

In an interview with China's Sina Technology News, Apple CEO Tim Cook remained positive about his company's future in China, saying the country has always been an important market, and stating, "in the near future, China will become Apple's largest market."  Apple currently has deals with China Unicom and China Telecom, and Mr. Cook recently met with China Mobile’s chairman.  Read Original Content

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has completed his four-day trip to North Korea and stated he urged the country to allow its citizens access to the Internet as North Korea would “remain behind” the rest of the world if the Internet was not open to the public.  Read Original Content

With the goal of enabling healthy competition and improved services, China is considering a trial to allow private firms to offer mobile services by acquiring bandwidth from major carriers, according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.  Read Original Content

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