As per the latest data, Indian telecommunication industry is the world's fastest growing industry with a huge base of mobile phone subscribers (811.59 million). In terms of number of wireless connections in the world, India has the second largest telecommunication network after China. According to the latest projections, the fastest growing telecommunication industry in the world i.e. India will have around 1.16billion subscribers by 2013.
The above mentioned observations are clear indicator of the huge opportunity lying there in the market of mobile handset in India. Simultaneously the appetite for mobile apps of the consumer is sky rocketing day by day, and as a result demand for the developers is huge.
GetJar, the second largest app store in the world has announced that, according to recent reports & surveys the global mobile-application industry is estimated at $17.5 billion by 2012. Also mobile-app downloads are expected to grow at a rate of 92% per year, going from seven billion downloads in 2009, to almost 50 billion in 2012.With the rise of usage of smartphones, and mobile computing in general, these numbers are quite normal.
App economy is driven by data subscriptions. Global subscription base has 5 billion by the end of 2010.27% are data subscribers, actively downloading apps and using mobile sites. Data subscription is going to reach 45% worldwide in 3yrs. As a result, App economy will be 7times.
Some of most famous Apps stores are
- Airtel apps- central
- Aircel Pocket apps
- Getjar
- Apple store
- Ovi apps store
- Samsung apps store
- Android market
- Mobile9
Most downloading Apps in India.
Nokia and Cornell University's Professor Trevor Pinch, recently conducted a study on people from 10 countries on the behaviour and usage of mobile applications on smartphones.
The most popular apps that are downloaded in India are:
- music (41 per cent),
- social networking (41 per cent),
- business (27 per cent),
- photo/ personalisation (22 per cent)
- games (22 per cent).
The more popular apps people use are:
- social networking (40 per cent),
- music (36 per cent),
- business (28 per cent),
- utilities (21 per cent)
- games (21 per cent).
Overall, games (38 per cent), social networking (35 per cent) and music (29 per cent) are the most downloaded apps, while social networking (31 per cent), games (29 per cent) and utilities (25 per cent) are the most used.
Statistical Snapshot for Indian Mobile User
- Page-view growth since December 2008: 263.3%
- Unique-user growth since December 2008: 244.8%
- Page views per user: 339
- Data transferred per user (MB): 7
- Data transferred per page view (KB): 20
- Mobile Internet Users grow 245%
Though India is on the growth curve in the mobile apps industry, there is still some time for the apps stores and the market to grow hugely popular as they are in foreign markets. The main reason behind this downward spiral in Indian market is lack of awareness. A majority of mobile users in India are actually ignorant of what mobile apps industry is!
Sujai.G.Pillai founded 2tion.com, which is being funded by Chennai funds and later acquired by EdServ Softsystems Ltd. Now he serves as Head of Mobile Division in EdServ. http://www.humthum.com
Sujai has over 10 years of experience in the field of education. He was working as an educational consultant for World Book and Britannica in Oman and UAE. He specializes in netpreneurship and is the co-author of the books "Browse and Grow Rich" and "Money From Internet". He has an MBA in Marketing and Systems from Madurai Kamaraj University. He is co-founder for websites like areapartner.com, humthum.com, mandapam.com, myindiamydream.com
Mobile website http://www.sujai.in
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