| Nextnation Bullish on Data Market over Mobile Internet 3 Evolution |
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Kuala Lumpur - July 22, 2010 Asia's mobile markets offer huge potential for mobile data services with some 1.9 billion Asians using mobile phones by June 2009, according to Andrew See, Nextnation Group Chief technology Officer. Significant mobile internet user growth as seen from Nextnation's global platforms over the past 6 months indicates that what Nextnation consider as the new Internet 3.0 evolution is just started. Japan and South Korea were some of the few countries taking off right away. Generally speaking these two countries are leaders in mobile services and technology. In 2Q09, both countries managed to sustain market leadership in 3G and accounted for the highest 3G penetration rates (per inhabitant) among the countries examined, with Japan having 80% and South Korea 51% 3G penetration. Mobile data is not a new phenomenon in Asia with the grows of social networking and user generated content site which has also driven the move from walled garden models towards unbridled open Internet access on mobile networks. Social communities, or online social networks, can be defined as an online area where people with similar interests meet, such as Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn with user generated content is simply content created by the users of a service, such as YouTube. Regional public networks based on Nextnation MINDECP technology were established in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, with network trials in India, Japan and China. The MINDECP networks established in Asia were more extensive than the corresponding networks in either Europe or the US. About Nextnation Communication Berhad Nextnation Communication is a mobile application service provider, enables businesses and individuals to access, connect, and transact across today's complex global mobile networks. Its core product MINDCEP Platform is a mobile multimedia communication platform, facilitating and enabling mobile data transmission worldwide using WAP, MMS, SMS and Java technologies. MINDCEP is connected to some of the largest premium messaging networks in the world in order to offer a broad range of services from content distribution to mobile m-commerce and place the company at the forefront of this rapidly growing messaging market. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.nextnationnet.com. |
