Articles tagged with: Asia Pacific and Sim Card

Just Under 3 Billion SIM Cards Shipped in 2008

SIMalliance, the global association of SIM card manufacturers has reported that global SIM card shipments exceeded 2.9 billion units during 2008, with strong demand from the emerging markets of India, China, Asia Pacific and Latin America contributing to a 29 per cent increase on shipments over the previous year.  more

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Service Providers Turning to Subscriber Data Management Tools

Communications market research firm Infonetics Research predicts in a new report that increasing numbers of mobile and fixed line operators around the world will invest in subscriber data management (SDM) software and integration services to help them roll out new services to customers, reduce the cost of rolling out these new services, and deploy revenue-generating mashup services.  more

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Syscom Opens Asia's Largest SIM Card Factory

SIM card manufacturer, Syscom has announced plans for a significant investment over the next two years in India. The announcement came on the heels of the inauguration of Asia's largest smart card manufacturing facility located in Noida SEZ to support the growing demand for mobile handsets and network infrastructure especially in India and the Asia Pacific region.  more

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Consumer Spending on Mobile Music Will Surpass US$32 billion by 2010

The amount of money that mobile phone users worldwide spend on music received on mobile handsets will reach US$32.2 billion by 2010, up from US$13.7 billion in 2007, according to new global forecasts from Gartner. This is despite competition from various digital music players and a host of challenges faced by telecommunications carriers in delivering these services. more

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