SUMMIT OVERVIEW

Mobile broadband usage continued to gain steam in 2009 led by the exponential growth of smartphone and dongle usage in the Asia Pacific region. Mobile broadband has even superseded fixed broadband in some markets such as Indonesia and the Philippines and the gap has significantly narrowed in many others.

With over 10 million mobile broadband enabled devices,  this market will continue to expand due to the advent of  prepaid mobile broadband packages, rise of mobile lifestyles and a plethora of connected devices ranging from cheap netbooks at the lower end of the spectrum to other devices like e-book readers. Mobile networks are also continuing to evolve, and 2010 will witness Asia's first LTE launches, which will herald a new era of services and applications with 4G technology.

Despite this massive growth, however, operators are now looking to optimize their mobile broadband business models.  While the mobile broadband revolution is here to stay, business models will have to evolve to ensure that mobile operators are offering the correct packages and services to maintain both top-line growth and profitability levels, particularly in the face of exponential network growth. This also means investing in the right network equipment that reduces the cost per bit and enables faster service provisioning and control. 

Mobile Broadband Asia Pacific Summit aims to provide case studies on business strategies and to evaluate key questions that mobile operators in SE Asia will have to get right in order to harness the 3.5G/4G opportunity.

To register, please contact Putu Krisma at +65.6890.0918 or email her at putu.krisma@frost.com for more information.