Mobile, India: Mobile communication is revolutionising economic and social life in rural India, spawning a wave of local entrepreneurs and creating greater access to social services, according to a new study by The Centre for Knowledge Societies (CKS) commissioned by Nokia. The research identifies seven major service sectors - including transport, finance and healthcare - that could be radically transformed through mobile technologies...

Mobile, Convergence, Devices, China: The new year is barely a month old but vendors and technology specialists have much to look forward to according to analysts. Developing Telecoms has taken a look at the forecasts and presents a roundup of the trends and forecasts we think will be important in Asia-Pacific in the next few years...

Markets, Central Asia, Caspian, Mobiles, Telephony: The markets of Central Asia and the Caspian region vary massively in terms of the degree to which their revenue potential has been successfully addressed. What is more, while outsiders might think of the Asian former Soviet Republics as a homogenous bloc of distant and relatively unfamiliar territory - so often lumped together as “the stans” - the differences between the take- up of cellular services across these states is striking.

Mobile, Internet, Asia-Pacific, Global: Nokia is expecting that over half of the growth in mobile subscribers will come from emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region, including China and India.