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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 support from the Indian government, a new mobile phone early warning system will be launched in India in April to alert millions of people to potential disasters such as tsunamis and typhoons.  The system has the ability to send immediate SMS messages to all mobile phones in a designated locality, providing precise warnings, guidance or other information to residents in a specific geographical region before a disaster strikes.  Read Original Content

Telecom New Zealand's ICT services division Gen-i is introducing a new way of delivering mobile customer services as result of a strategic review.   The company plans to migrate its transactional mobile business to a new online service tool to provide clients with faster transaction times, greater visibility and control, and a single point for management of their mobile fleet.  Read Original Content

With the goal “to expand the service coverage of individual telecom operators in creating a seamless experience for consumers while traveling across national borders”, several Asian telecom operators have formed the Asia NFC Alliance.  Read Original Content

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SAP Asia Pacific Japan and HP Enterprise Services have formed a partnership to deliver a mobile starter pack for the SAP mobile platform to help organizations in the region create and manage mobile applications more effectively.  Read Original Content

A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Mobile Marketing Association reveals 91 percent of marketing respondents in the Asia Pacific region understand the significance of mobile marketing; however, 71 percent of agencies admit that most clients do not have formal mobile strategies in place.  Read Original Content
Chinese web services and search engine company Baidu credits its investment in mobile as contributing to earnings that surpassed forecasts for the fourth quarter 2013.  The company said 20 percent of revenue came via mobile, up from ten percent from mobile in the second quarter.  Read Original Content

South Korea’s LG announced the introduction of its new LG-E985T TD-LTE smartphone in China, available through mobile operator China Mobile.  Read Original Content

Apple is suing a Chinese government agency and a local company over a patent dispute related to Apple’s Siri.  Zhizhen Network Technology has claimed Siri's functions were similar to those of its own Xiao i Robot software.  Read Original Content

With global LTE-related subscriptions reaching 229.7 million in 2013, ABI Research’s Mobile Subscribers Market Data reveals the Asia Pacific region leads in LTE subscription growth with a 49 percent market share.  Read Original Content

The enterprise mobility strategy for Malaysia from business solutions firm Oracle focuses on helping local businesses better engage their mobile workforce.  Read Original Content

Driven by an increasing demand for mobile data, adoption of 4G in New Zealand is moving at a rapid pace.  Since the launch of its 4G service on February 28, 2013, Vodafone New Zealand has brought over 300,000 subscribers to its 4G-enabled plans.  Read Original Content

Dimension Data Asia Pacific’s Andy Cocks discusses the challenges brought by enterprise technology trends in the Asia Pacific region including the Internet of Things, mobility, and virtualization of networks in an interview featured in Computerworld Singapore.  Read Original Content

Recent Articles by Kevin Benedict

Enterprise Mobility, Digital Transformation and the Virtuous Cycle
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Mobile Expert Interview: SAP's Martin Heisig at MWC14
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Mobile Expert Interview: SAP's Mimi Spier on Big Data, Analytics, IoT and Enterprise Mobility
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