China has over 1 billion mobile subscribers, with the three main carriers (China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom) dominating the market. 3G adoption is still low, accounting for under 10% of subscribers. SMS and basic feature phones are still widely used, even among youth. The market is fragmented across China's 31 provinces, and most users are prepaid with little subscriber data available. Mobile internet use is growing rapidly along with larger phone screens. Future revenue growth is expected from mobile data and applications, though monetization remains a challenge.
Consumer survey findings on mobile number portability experience in Georgia a...Premier Publishers
Since it was first introduced in 1997, mobile number portability (MNP) has largely been considered a success story in fostering market competition and delivering various benefits to relevant stakeholder groups, including in the first place to final consumers. Developed countries were at the forefront of the MNP deployment, with the EU making it a mandatory requirement for all member states in 2003. The developing world has yet been lagging behind with its MNP adoption. Among republics of the former Soviet Union, Georgia and Belarus were the first to implement MNP, in 2011 and 2012 respectively. This article summarises findings of the online consumer survey among mobile users in those two countries, carried out in 2016 in an attempt to reveal their general mobile usage patterns and applicable MNP experiences.
Globally, there were 3.4 billion unique mobile
subscribers and 6.9 billion SIM connections in 2013, with an average of 1.8 active SIM cards per unique subscriber.
The number of mobile broadband connections has also grown astoundingly to well over two billion in 2013 from 364 million in 2009. This growth is expected to continue and India is predicted to be the second largest mobile broadband market by 2016, with 367 million connections, following China with 639 million connections.
As a part of my industry research project I worked on mobile video entertainment sector in India. This report is my attempt to create a dummies guide on MVAS and video consumption in India. I know there is a major scope of improvement and would love to know your feedback.
Micro economic study of Indian telecom industryDipankar Mishra
The Indian mobile subscriber base is likely to sustain the rapid growth recorded in the past few years. Presence of skilled labour pool, improving telecom infrastructure, favourable demographics, rising disposable incomes of consumers, declining tariffs, increasing demand, growing attraction for mobiles with new features and greater availability of handsets at lower prices, are expected to continue driving the growth of the telecom sector, going forward.
However, the companies are likely to encounter a more challenging business environment in the near future, given the sustained fall in ARPUs, rapidly increasing competition and consequent pressure on margins and regulatory risks. Companies with good rural coverage, better operational efficiency, and superior quality of service are likely to stay ahead of competitors.
The industry will also witness the mergers of relatively smaller companies with the big players. Only big three or four players will dominate the market and direct price war may stop and Industry will agree on a standard pricing and competition will on the services and offerings.
An alarming signal in mobile telecommunication industry a study in malaysiaijmnct
The use of products and services of the mobile telecommunication industry becomes a part and parcel of
each human being around the globe irrespective of the age. It is hardly visible to see people without the use
of telecommunication technology in today’s world. The present research article examines the alarming
signal of market saturation of telecommunication companies in Malaysia as internal competitors is
increasing in number and age restriction of 18 years and above for legally registered owners of mobiles.
The saturation in the mobile telecommunication market is due to the relative low birth rate in Malaysia, the
eligible population to register a mobile phone is not proportional to telecommunication service providers.
In addition, there is also new Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) which magnifies the problem
further. Otherwise the local service providers have efficient and effective networking with other countries;
the sustainability of the telecommunication company's performance is at stake.
Wireless providers will need to adjust their strategies to accelerate innovation, cement customer relationships and improve operational efficiency to maintain revenue and profit growth.
Prepurchse Opinion of customers regarding the use of International Sim Cardsamitava mukherjee
This was a project which was done by myself when i was working as an intern in the company MATRIX CELLULAR INTERNATIONAL SERVIES PVT LTD. So I though about sharing it in this platform so that if it can be of any help to anyone then I would feel happy and satisfied.
On the surface, Thailand presents one of the most appealing MVNO opportunities in APAC. Solid ARPU, low MVNO market presence, 149 percent mobile penetration, and consumers with twice the thirst for data, than the Europeans
Consumer survey findings on mobile number portability experience in Georgia a...Premier Publishers
Since it was first introduced in 1997, mobile number portability (MNP) has largely been considered a success story in fostering market competition and delivering various benefits to relevant stakeholder groups, including in the first place to final consumers. Developed countries were at the forefront of the MNP deployment, with the EU making it a mandatory requirement for all member states in 2003. The developing world has yet been lagging behind with its MNP adoption. Among republics of the former Soviet Union, Georgia and Belarus were the first to implement MNP, in 2011 and 2012 respectively. This article summarises findings of the online consumer survey among mobile users in those two countries, carried out in 2016 in an attempt to reveal their general mobile usage patterns and applicable MNP experiences.
Globally, there were 3.4 billion unique mobile
subscribers and 6.9 billion SIM connections in 2013, with an average of 1.8 active SIM cards per unique subscriber.
The number of mobile broadband connections has also grown astoundingly to well over two billion in 2013 from 364 million in 2009. This growth is expected to continue and India is predicted to be the second largest mobile broadband market by 2016, with 367 million connections, following China with 639 million connections.
As a part of my industry research project I worked on mobile video entertainment sector in India. This report is my attempt to create a dummies guide on MVAS and video consumption in India. I know there is a major scope of improvement and would love to know your feedback.
Micro economic study of Indian telecom industryDipankar Mishra
The Indian mobile subscriber base is likely to sustain the rapid growth recorded in the past few years. Presence of skilled labour pool, improving telecom infrastructure, favourable demographics, rising disposable incomes of consumers, declining tariffs, increasing demand, growing attraction for mobiles with new features and greater availability of handsets at lower prices, are expected to continue driving the growth of the telecom sector, going forward.
However, the companies are likely to encounter a more challenging business environment in the near future, given the sustained fall in ARPUs, rapidly increasing competition and consequent pressure on margins and regulatory risks. Companies with good rural coverage, better operational efficiency, and superior quality of service are likely to stay ahead of competitors.
The industry will also witness the mergers of relatively smaller companies with the big players. Only big three or four players will dominate the market and direct price war may stop and Industry will agree on a standard pricing and competition will on the services and offerings.
An alarming signal in mobile telecommunication industry a study in malaysiaijmnct
The use of products and services of the mobile telecommunication industry becomes a part and parcel of
each human being around the globe irrespective of the age. It is hardly visible to see people without the use
of telecommunication technology in today’s world. The present research article examines the alarming
signal of market saturation of telecommunication companies in Malaysia as internal competitors is
increasing in number and age restriction of 18 years and above for legally registered owners of mobiles.
The saturation in the mobile telecommunication market is due to the relative low birth rate in Malaysia, the
eligible population to register a mobile phone is not proportional to telecommunication service providers.
In addition, there is also new Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) which magnifies the problem
further. Otherwise the local service providers have efficient and effective networking with other countries;
the sustainability of the telecommunication company's performance is at stake.
Wireless providers will need to adjust their strategies to accelerate innovation, cement customer relationships and improve operational efficiency to maintain revenue and profit growth.
Prepurchse Opinion of customers regarding the use of International Sim Cardsamitava mukherjee
This was a project which was done by myself when i was working as an intern in the company MATRIX CELLULAR INTERNATIONAL SERVIES PVT LTD. So I though about sharing it in this platform so that if it can be of any help to anyone then I would feel happy and satisfied.
On the surface, Thailand presents one of the most appealing MVNO opportunities in APAC. Solid ARPU, low MVNO market presence, 149 percent mobile penetration, and consumers with twice the thirst for data, than the Europeans
DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THAILANDIAEME Publication
Thailand is seeing a rapid technology transformation to mobile broadband networks and the increased adoption of smart mobile devices. The increasing use of mobile broadband-enabled smartphones has changed consumer experiences and behaviors in many aspects of daily life, as well as creating new business opportunities and services. With spectrum licensing in mobile service and supportive telecommunications regulatory framework, the mobile industry will continue to grow and drive positive impacts on national economy. In Thailand, mobile banking enrollment rose steadily between 2010 and 2013. To accelerate adoption of mobile financial services and to ensure that they fulfil their promise, it is important to put in place supportive policies and regulations. Furthermore, the supportive policies will require collaboration between regulators and policy-makers in both financial and mobile communications industries. The objective of this paper is to study mobile financial services in Thailand.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
1. China Market Overview a human inspired presentation TM November 2011 Private & Confidential Growth & Emerging Markets LLC; 2010(c) Presented by: Alyn Watkins, Managing Director – Asia Pacific [email_address]
2. Subscribers a human inspired presentation TM 4 China is the world’s largest mobile market in terms of subscriber numbers. Between 2003 and 2008, subscriber numbers grew 170% from 269mln to 618mln users. In June 2011 (or 1H10) numbers grew to 906mln. By the end of 2011 numbers are forecast to surpass 1bln subscribers. Mobile usage penetration rates have grown from 35% in March 2007 to 50.5% in September 2009 and reached 54% in 2010. Source: Operator Reports Mobile Subscriber Numbers, 2003-June, 2011
3. Market share a human inspired presentation TM 5 In 2008, the central government directed the restructuring of the telecommunications industry created three main state owned operators China Mobile , China Unicom , and China Telecom , hereafter, CMCC , CU , and CT respectively. In June 2011, CMCC subscribers totaled 616.8miln representing a 68% market share, followed by CU with 181.6mln and 20%, and mobile operator newcomer CT with 108.3mln and 12%. Source: Operator Reports Mobile Subscribers By Operator, June 2011
4. 3G in China a human inspired presentation TM 6 3G adoption in China is slow. By June 2011, CMCC had 35million, CU million, and CT 21.5million. The combined total was 80.5 million or 8.9% of total mobile subscribers. China was late in adopting 3G with licenses only being issued in January 2009. Network CAPEX spending in 2009 and 2010 by China’s operators will be an estimated USD41bln. CMCC was issued with the home-grown and immature TD-SCDMA standard, CU received WCDMA, and CT CDMA2000. Subsequently, China is the only nation with all operators using different 3G standards. Source: Operator Reports 3G Subscriber Numbers, June 2011
5. Featurephones dominate in China a human inspired presentation TM 7 Featurephones still dominate Smartphone usage is highest among China’s urban 15-24 year olds. However, 71% of people in this age group still use 2G feature phones where SMS and mobile internet are key functions of communication. Smart Phone vs. Featurephone, 1H 2010 Source: Nielsen, 2010 Sophisticated Mobile Youth Despite China’s subscribers being more than 90% 2G based with 71% of youths owning featurephones, China’s youth is more sophisticated and ‘tech-savvy’ than their UScounterparts when utilizing the full array of features and services offered. Features used in the last 30 days, 1H 2010
6. SMS a human inspired presentation TM 8 SMS is still the key mode of non-voice VAS communication in China. Slow 3G take-up and continuing growth in 2G subscribers means SMS will dominate non-voice VAS data in the short to mid term. In 2010, a total of 806 billion SMS’ were sent and CMCC controlled 88% of this SMS traffic. Unicom 80 Billion Telecom 15 Billion Source: Operator Reports, 2010 Mobile 711 Billion China SMS Traffic 2010
7. Pre-paid dominance a human inspired presentation TM 9 A majority of subscribers are pre-paid. In June 2010, total pre-paid customer numbers totaled 71% or 558mln. This figure is distorted by CMCC with 83% of its 460mln users being pre-paid. This presents a significant challenge for operators and brands to obtain basic information on subscribers. Of the 558mln pre-paid subscribers, 321mln are un-registered users, meaning that no identification was supplied during purchase of the SIM card. Without possessing even basic demographic user behavior, operators and brands lack the base from which to build knowledge and offer targeted services in the future. Prepay mobile SIMs are also common amongst 14-25 year olds. 85% of Total Subs Millions Unregistered Subs Millions Unregistered as % of Total Subs Mobile 552 230 41% Unicom 157 88 56% Telecom 75 3 4% Unregistered Users Per Operator, 1H 2010
8. Market fragmentation a human inspired presentation TM 10 Although China currently has 906 million mobile phone users divided between 3 main operators, these users are located within China’s 31 provinces and municipalities. CMCC , CU , and CT have subsidiaries within each province totaling 93 subsidiaries. Operator subsidiaries, despite high level directives issued by HQ in Beijing, are mostly in control of their own budgets and purchasing decisions. This is why finding a reliable aggregator / gateway partner in China is essential. Snapshot Geography China’s mobile users are located in 31 provinces and municipalities covering 9.6 million sq km Examples Beijing > Shanghai = 1,069km Shanghai > Guangzhou = 1,190km
9. Mobile web a human inspired presentation TM 11 As of June 2010, there were 277 million mobile internet users in mainland China. The dramatic increase in mobile internet user numbers has been influenced by the proliferation of handsets able to access the internet via GPRS but also an increase in handset quality and screen size. Since early 2009, CMCC, CU , and CT have adopted aggressive pricing strategies for handsets in both 2G and 3G market segments which has resulted in increased sales of ‘mobile internet phones’. Between June 2008 and June 2009, the size of mobile internet phone screens increased dramatically from only 12% with 240 pixel screen in 2008 to 46% in 2009. Larger screen encourages users to browse the internet more often and with greater ease, thus increasing mobile broadband users. Mobile Internet Phone Screen Size June 2008 Mobile Internet Phone Screen Size June 2009
10. Data & applications a human inspired presentation TM 12 At present, China’s 3G era is in its infancy and only represents 3.2% of subscribers. 2G applications such as games, colour ring back tones ‘CRBT’ (MMS), games, and music dominate data download activities in China. CMCC has identified mobile internet and downloadable data as a key future revenue stream and has developed its own mobile application store, ‘MMarket’, launched in August 2009. In July 2010, it was announced that in the space of one year, CMCC’s MMarket has gained 11mln users and reached 40mln downloads. Given the various handset models and capabilities available to CMCCs 2G and 3G users, CMCC has signed up 50,000 registered developers, offering 20,000 applications. Such high volumes of developers and applications complicate management even further. CU has been slow entering the mobile application market. With its prime 3G handset being the iPhone, CU does not control application transactions and download. In addition, 3G roll-out costs have hit CU at the expense of such service development. 1H 2010 profit was down 62% as a result. Because of this, CU has announced that the launch of its app store will be delayed indefinitely. CT has actively promoted its 3G application store. However, at present the application store has on average 10k downloads per week. The above factors mean that a high number of data downloads are still conducted via SMS / WAP.
12. About the author a human inspired presentation TM 14 Alyn Watkins is GEM’s Managing Director, Asia / Pacific , overseeing operations and business development activities. He successfully launched GEM’s first China based mobile advertising campaign and continues to develop and expand business in the region. Prior to joining GEM, Alyn spent many years working for a UK consultancy assisting VC funded technology startups and stock-listed MNC’s enter and expand in the China market. Alyn’s expertise is in the mobile communications sector. He has represented companies engaged in mobile advertising, mobile messaging, mobile broadband, handset middleware and UI software, personal information management (PIM), and customer experience management solutions (CEM). In each instance he successfully negotiated and concluded local partnership agreements and secured product trials with target customers. Alyn is active in the UK business community and ICT sector in China and has attended UK ministerial / high level UK-China ICT events with major China operators e.g. general managers of provincial branches of China Mobile, Telecom, Unicom - provincial entities employing tens of thousands of staff - Huawei, ZTE etc alongside the likes of Vodafone, BT, ARM etc. Alyn holds a masters degree in Chinese Business and International Relations from the University of Sheffield. He speaks, reads, and writes fluent Chinese. [email_address]