Mobile Internet contributes at least 1% GDP growth, research says

Research after study has shown that mobile internet is conducive to economic growth. Of course, this is not just because it takes labor to build networks and sell mobile phones, but more importantly because mobile Internet can promote the dissemination of information, improve productivity and efficiency, and enable people to open up new markets and new businesses across the economy.

There is now evidence that increasing mobile internet access also contributes to economic growth. A recent study examines the impact on economic development of faster 3G wireless data connections replacing slower 2G wireless data connections. The study, led by the GSM Association's mobile trade group, Deloitte (Deloitte) and Cisco, looked at 96 developed and http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/16106.html "> The development of markets in developing countries over the past 2008-2011 years. The researchers found that 10% of the people in one country switched from 2G to 3G networks, while the country's per capita GDP increased by an average of 0.15%. In addition, the researchers independently observed 14 countries between 20.5 and 2010. The researchers found that the country's per capita gross domestic product increased by an average of 0.5% when the use of mobile data in those countries increased by a single fold.

The researchers also found that in countries with high 3G Internet usage, such as Russia, South Korea and the UK, their per capita GDP growth was at least 1% of those contributed by the mobile internet. India, after years of bureaucratic delays, finally launched its 3G service in 2011, but because of the low penetration of 3G, it did not have much impact on economic growth.

"It turns out that increasing the use of high-speed mobile broadband data will increase the per capita income, so we should increase our investment in wireless network technology, and the Government should introduce policies to promote investment," said Dr Robert Par Cooper, vice president of global technology Policy at Cisco, Robertpepper. Includes assigning additional spectrum to operators. ”

At present, the world has 1 billion mobile 3G users, accounting for all mobile users of 18%, than 2011 growth of more than One-third. The promotion of the mobile Internet to economic development can be said to be obvious to all, and even we can say that the mobile Internet has assumed a major responsibility for the transformation and escalation of our social economy. Therefore, the mobile Internet entrepreneurs, can be said to be an important force for future economic development. However, we also face some problems, such as the high cost of 3G, low penetration rate, which restricts the development of China's mobile internet.

Article compiled from: Mashable