Comments on: Why mobile data consumption is about to explode in emerging markets http://research.gigaom.com/2014/01/why-mobile-data-consumption-is-about-to-explode-in-emerging-markets/ Thu, 05 Mar 2015 18:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: Colin Gibbs http://research.gigaom.com/2014/01/why-mobile-data-consumption-is-about-to-explode-in-emerging-markets/#comment-1879 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:55:05 +0000 http://research.gigaom.com/?p=214708#comment-1879 I think that actually underscores my point, ssampath — there’s enormous room for growth. Cheap, 3G-enabled handsets are already coming to market in a big way, so data consumption is taking off just as it did in more advanced markets during the transition from 2G to 3G.

And pricing of LTE devices will eventually follow that path. But the most important point I’m trying to make is that these markets dwarf the U.S., so even incremental increases will blow the doors off the consumption we’re seeing here.

]]> By: ssampath http://research.gigaom.com/2014/01/why-mobile-data-consumption-is-about-to-explode-in-emerging-markets/#comment-1878 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:37:48 +0000 http://research.gigaom.com/?p=214708#comment-1878 quite naive — most handsets in india are still 2g and china is marginally better

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