BRIC: Emerging Mobile Markets Conference Examines the Next Billion Mobile Consumers

First-ever event set for March 31st at International CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV – March 16th, 2009 – The BRIC: Emerging Mobile Markets conference is proud to announce it’s speaker lineup for the United States first-ever conference focused on the mobile opportunities in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as other emerging markets.

While many markets around the world have become stagnant, BRIC economies are growing at a staggering rate and offer enormous opportunity for operators, manufacturers, content providers, software developers and numerous others in the value chain.

Quick Facts:

Between 2001 and 2007 BRIC nations added 660 million new mobile subscribers or 40% of the world’s total new subscriptions.
The BRIC mobile user base is expected to rise from 1.209 billion in 2008 to 1.644 billion in 2013*
BRIC operator-billed data revenues are projected to increase from $26.2 billion in 2008 to more than $48.3 billion by 2013*.
Mobile phone subscribers in BRIC countries are predicted to go from 1.21 Billion in 2008 to 1.64 Billion in 2013*
Between July 2007 and July 2008 India saw a mobile subscriber increase of 100 Million
*Juniper Research – BRIC Mobile Opportunities Oct. 2008

We will bring together experts on each of these countries to discuss the business opportunities and challenges in these dynamic and diverse markets including Infrastructure and technology opportunities, challenges of entering these markets, services and applications that are currently in demand, mobile internet, mobile health and education, operator case studies, consumer purchasing habits and much more.

BRIC: Emerging Mobile Markets is a partner event of International CTIA Wireless, the most important technology event of the year. International CTIA Wireless draws over 40,000 visitors from around the world.

For more information, please visit www.bricmobilemarkets.com

About NextVision Media: NextVision Media has been dedicated to producing innovative, world-class conferences and expositions for the mobile telecommunications and internet industries for over ten years.

By closely monitoring worldwide trends, NextVision has the outstanding reputation for producing cutting-edge, superior quality events that draw top executives from around the world.

Due to the ever changing landscape of the wireless and internet markets, delegates find continuing their education and networking at NextVision events is an easy way to stay abreast on the latest opportunities in their industry.

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