According to the latest data, indian telecommunication industry it is the fastest growing industry in the world with a huge mobile phone subscriber base (811.59 million). In terms of the number of wireless connections in the world, India has the second largest telecommunication network after China. According to the latest projections, the fastest growing telecom industry in the world i.e. India will have around 1.16 billion subscribers by 2013.
The observations mentioned above are a clear indicator of the huge opportunity that exists in the mobile phone market in India. Simultaneously, the appetite for consumer mobile apps is skyrocketing by the day, and as a result, the demand for developers is huge.
GetJar, the second largest app store in the world, has announced that according to recent reports and surveys, the global mobile app industry is estimated to be worth $17.5 billion by 2012. Mobile app downloads are also expected to grow at a rate 92% per year, going from seven billion downloads in 2009, to almost 50 billion in 2012.
The app economy is driven by data subscriptions. The global subscription base is 5 billion at the end of 2010. 27% are data subscribers, actively downloading apps and using mobile sites. Data subscription will reach 45% worldwide in 3 years. As a result, the economy of the application will be 7 times.
Some of the most famous app stores are
- Airtel Apps: Central
- Aircel Pocket Applications
- getget
- apple store
- Ovi App Store
- samsung app store
- android market
- Mobile9
Most downloader apps in india.
Nokia and Professor Trevor Pinch of Cornell University recently conducted a study of people from 10 countries on the behavior and use of mobile applications on smartphones.
The most popular apps downloaded in India are:
- music (41 percent),
- social networks (41 percent),
- business (27 percent),
- photo/ personalization (22 percent)
- games (22 percent).
The most popular apps that people use are:
- social networks (40 percent),
- music (36 percent),
- business (28 percent),
- public services (21 percent)
- games (21 percent).
Overall, games (38%), social media (35%), and music (29%) are the most downloaded apps, while social media (31%), games (29%), and utilities ( 25%). ) are the most used.
Statistical snapshot for Indian mobile users
- Growth of page views 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): twenty
- Mobile Internet users grow by 245%
Although India is on the growth curve in the mobile app industry, there is still time for the app stores and marketplace to become hugely popular as they are in overseas markets. The main reason behind this downward spiral in the Indian market is lack of awareness. Most of the mobile users in India are ignorant of what the mobile app industry is!