According to the most recent data, Indian telecommunication industry is the earth’s fastest growing industry having a huge base of cell phone subscribers (811.59 million). When it comes to number of wireless connections on the planet, India has got the second largest telecommunication network after China. According to the latest projections, the quickest growing telecommunication industry in the world i.e. India may have around 1.16billion subscribers by 2013.
The above mentioned observations are clear indicator of the huge opportunity lying there on the market of mobile handset in India. Simultaneously the appetite for mobile apps from the consumer is sky rocketing daily, and as a result demand for the developers is huge.
GetJar, the second largest app store on the planet has announced that, according to recent surveys & surveys the worldwide mobile-application market is estimated at $17.5 billion by 2012. Also mobile-app downloads are required to grow for a price of 92% each year, going from seven billion downloads in 2009, to almost 50 billion in 2012.Using the rise of usage of smartphones, and mobile computing generally, these numbers are quite normal.
App economy is driven by data subscriptions. Global subscription base has 5 billion by the end of 2010.27% are data subscribers, actively downloading apps and using mobile sites. Data subscription will reach 45% worldwide in 3yrs. Consequently, App economy will be 7times.
A number of most well-known Apps stores are
Airtel apps- central
Aircel Pocket apps
Getjar
Apple store
Ovi apps store
Samsung apps store
Android market
Mobile9
Most downloading Apps in India.
Nokia and Cornell University’s Professor Trevor Pinch, recently conducted research on people from 10 countries around the behaviour and usage of mobile apps on smartphones.
Typically the most popular apps that are downloaded in India are:
music (41 percent),
social networking (41 per cent),
business (27 percent),
photo/ personalisation (22 per cent)
games (22 percent).
The more popular apps people use are:
social networking (40 per cent),
music (36 percent),
business (28 per cent),
utilities (21 per cent)
games (21 percent).
Overall, games (38 per cent), social networking (35 percent) and music (29 percent) would be the most downloaded apps, while social media (31 per cent), games (29 percent) and utilities (25 per cent) are the most used.
Statistical Snapshot for Indian Mobile User
Page-view growth 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): 20
Mobile Internet Users grow 245%
Though India is on the growth curve in the mobile apps industry, there is still a while for that apps stores and also the market to grow hugely popular as they are in foreign markets. The main reason behind this downward spiral in Indian market is insufficient awareness. Most mobile users in India are in fact ignorant of what mobile apps market is!