Category: India

What’s up with Mark Zuckerberg? A man on a mission…

He’s a man on a mission, and when the man who created Facebook talks about mobile phones, people listen. In his keynote speech at MWC in Barcelona, he took some time to speak about WhatsApp, and its mission to connect one billion people across the globe. It’s no secret that Zuck’ has seen mobile as […]

Influencing technology purchases in a super connected world

The internet influences our buying decisions. Whether in a personal or professional capacity, who doesn’t turn to the World Wide Web to look up a certain brand, product or service offering? In fact, a recent study by Nielsen in India looking at the influence of the internet on technology product purchases revealed that the internet […]

Smart cities in Asia are a necessity, not a luxury

In the third post of our blog series celebrating Mobile World Expo in Shanghai last week, we’re exploring the role that M2M communications has to play (and will continue to play) in the Asia Pacific region. In the near future, everyone will be dealing with enormous quantities of data from all areas of industry and […]

Setting the stage to bank the unbanked in India

According to the World Bank, bank account penetration in India has increased dramatically from 35% to 53% between 2011 and 2014. Thanks to India’s financial inclusion initiative, Jan-Dhan Yojana, a record breaking 125.5 million bank accounts have been opened since its launch August 15, 2014. However, the majority of these accounts, around 84.5 million, are […]