Pressing the right keys

Shubhradeep Guha

To understand how far mobile can go, it is important to understand how far it has come. Altogether, 21 million smartphones were sold in India in 2012 with a compounded annual growth rate of 56%, 40% search queries were from mobile devices, and the number of mobile Internet users in India stood at 50 million. With gadgets getting cheaper and connectivity getting faster, mobile teledensity is expected to reach 97.4% by 2014. In 2015, it is projected that 72% of the online access will come from mobile broadband. With increasing availability of low cost GPRS and 3G featured handsets, mobile is poised to create huge disruption in the way businesses interact with consumers. This phenomenal uptake of tablets and smartphones is driving huge change, and the need for change is in the ways brands meet consumers. It is an opportunity for brands to develop next-generation customer experiences that raise the bar of convenience and to build deep, engaging and long-term relationships with their customers.

Mobility has transformed consumer behaviour. As voice and gesture control become more common, our technology (mobile included) will adapt to us, rather than us adapting to it.

Mobile has made digital 24x7. The enablement and freedom of connection that tablets and smart-phones have afforded is changing our expectations.

* Mobile will revolutionise commerce. As different types of devices get connected to the cloud, mobile technology

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