global mobile payment transaction at $721billion, asia pacific bigger market than america

Global mobile payment transaction volume is set to reach 721 billion USD by 2017. Today  the number of people having a phone  that can be used as a " payment device" is much much bigger than those having a bank account or a credit card

Asia Pacific will account for having  the biggest   base for mobile payments in 2015 as well as 2016 replacing US ..The most popular digital  wallets usage by US consumers are paypal,google wallet and Apple Passbook

Apart from Food industry and  entertainment (movies, concert, shows ).retail  industry have the highest adoption of " Mobile Payments" in the US

LTE / 4G Coverage in Europe to exceed 83% of population by 2020

MIGRATION AND ADOPTION OF LTE/4G ACROSS EUROPE

The chart shows the  adoption of LTE ( Long term evolution or 4G )By 2020,according to  GSMA  83% of European population will  be covered  by  this technology

4G/LTE networks offer the consumer a robust data connection, as well as higher data transmission speeds and reductions in latency.There is growing evidence of a change in consumer behavior when presented with the greater opportunities offered by these new applications and services, particularly with regard to video content. Consumers with 4G/LTE  tend to use their mobiles more to interact  specially on social media and does it more frequently than laptop or other devices. LTE/4G  starts  encouraging more data intensive sessions with more pictures, video and downloading

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Projected growth in Global LTE Connections : 2013 to 2018

LTE networks are forecast to increase to more than 500 networks in 128 countries across the world by 2017

By the end of 2013 there were 256LTE networks commercially available across almost 100 countries across the globe. This is forecast to increase to more than 500 networks in 128 countries across the world by 2017, covering half of the globalpopulation by that date against only one in five today.

Monthly Traffic Volume from connected devices in Europe : Smartphone vs Tablet vs Laptop

More operators in Europe are now embracing tablet devices, given the greater prospect for data growth than other data devices. On average, the 4G operators recently surveyed by GSMA Intelligence 10 offered seven tablets in their data devices portfolio. Operators such as A1 Telekom (Austria), Polkomtel (Poland), and Telenor (Sweden) were found to be offering twice the number of tablets they were a year ag