The appendix for the South East Asia and Oceania region is published by Ericsson in conjunction with its Ericsson Mobility Report, which includes key global trends on machine-to-machine subscriptions, smartphone subscriptions, and LTE uptake.
Three key trends driving ICT growth in Southeast Asia and Oceania are youth culture, urbanisation and the rise of smartphones. The region’s youth population of more than 170 million is among the largest globally.
"Youth are active users of apps, especially messaging apps, and in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia nearly one-third of the population is aged 10-24. In these countries we also observe that the smartphone is the primary device for internet access and as smartphones become cheaper, more consumers will be able to enjoy the benefits of connectivity," said Arun Bansal, Head of Ericsson’s Region Southeast Asia and Oceania.
“Today, smartphone penetration ranges from around 20% for developing markets to more than 60% for advanced markets. As smartphone subscriptions are expected to grow about five times, there will be more than 700 million smartphone subscriptions in the region by 2019 and will constitute more than half of its expected 1.3 billion total mobile subscriptions.”
As usage of apps and services increases, mobile data traffic will also grow, by more than 10 times between 2013 and 2019, Ericsson said. Bansal commented: "This means there is a need to create high performing networks to keep up with more complex user demands and support increasing mobile data consumption.”
Australia and Singapore, both mature ICT markets, represent almost all of the 20 million LTE subscriptions that the region will have by the end of 2014. Australia, closely followed by Singapore has the best in class networks in the region based on median throughput network speeds.
4G/LTE subscriptions are currently concentrated in developed markets, but developing markets will gain momentum in the next five years. By the end of 2019, as networks are deployed in more countries, LTE subscription growth is expected to reach around 230 million subscriptions, bringing LTE penetration for the region to around 20%.
Three key trends driving ICT growth in Southeast Asia and Oceania are youth culture, urbanisation and the rise of smartphones. The region’s youth population of more than 170 million is among the largest globally.
"Youth are active users of apps, especially messaging apps, and in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia nearly one-third of the population is aged 10-24. In these countries we also observe that the smartphone is the primary device for internet access and as smartphones become cheaper, more consumers will be able to enjoy the benefits of connectivity," said Arun Bansal, Head of Ericsson’s Region Southeast Asia and Oceania.
“Today, smartphone penetration ranges from around 20% for developing markets to more than 60% for advanced markets. As smartphone subscriptions are expected to grow about five times, there will be more than 700 million smartphone subscriptions in the region by 2019 and will constitute more than half of its expected 1.3 billion total mobile subscriptions.”
As usage of apps and services increases, mobile data traffic will also grow, by more than 10 times between 2013 and 2019, Ericsson said. Bansal commented: "This means there is a need to create high performing networks to keep up with more complex user demands and support increasing mobile data consumption.”
Australia and Singapore, both mature ICT markets, represent almost all of the 20 million LTE subscriptions that the region will have by the end of 2014. Australia, closely followed by Singapore has the best in class networks in the region based on median throughput network speeds.
4G/LTE subscriptions are currently concentrated in developed markets, but developing markets will gain momentum in the next five years. By the end of 2019, as networks are deployed in more countries, LTE subscription growth is expected to reach around 230 million subscriptions, bringing LTE penetration for the region to around 20%.
In Ericsson’s global Mobility Report, released earlier in June, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh recorded some of the top five highest net additions globally for mobile subscriptions in the first quarter 2014.
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