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Rising fashion trends along with the increase in mobile commerce has driven the growth of online fashion in the country. Moreover, influx of foreign brands and emerging social media in the marketplace has resulted in higher customer penetration in the online fashion.

Online fashion market in Saudi Arabia is at its early growth stage with increasing participation of E-commerce portals. Despite restrictive social norms governing dress and appearances, interest and intent is thriving across apparel, footwear and accessories for both men and women. Though in 2016, the economic situations were affected which brought a slowdown in fashion among Saudis but it was recovered in 2017 and now there is a boom in the demand for the online fashion.

Growth in number of internet users and smartphone users had been significant in the last five years. As smart phone users increases, the reach of people towards online shopping has also grown as people find it easy to shop through mobile mode. Moreover, increase in disposable income of the growing population of Saudi Arabia coupled with the westernization has attracted people towards foreign brands. Even, Saudis have started paying more attention towards their health and well-being over the period and therefore they are joining gym which has increased the space of sportswear on online portals. The growing demand for online sales has encouraged brick and mortar stores such as Zara and Max to sell their products online. The changing trend of delivery girls has also brought a phenomenal transformation in the delivery system and created a trust of women on the online portals. 

Analysts at Ken Research in their latest publication “Saudi Arabia Online Fashion Industry Outlook to 2022 – By Apparel, Footwear and Fashion Accessories, By Menswear, Women wear, Kids wear, by Footwear (Sneakers, Flip-Flops, Sandals, Boots), by Apparel (Top, Dresses and Bottom, Jackets, Shirts and Shorts)” suggested that promoting better regulations, involving participation of E-commerce portals while formulating laws and ensuring strict implementation of rules will aid the online fashion market. R&D in developing better mobile application with 3D visualization of products will have positive impact on market. Plus size wear, sportswear, maternity clothing and Arabian style clothing are gaining popularity and growth in the online fashion market in the next 5 years.

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Saudi Arabia Online Fashion market by type (Apparel, Fashion Accessories and Footwear), by region (Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Dammam and Others), by price range (Economy, Mass, Premium and Elite).Company Profile of Major players in Online fashion market (Namshi General Trading LLC, JollyChic, Wadi General Trading LLC, Souq Group Pvt. Ltd., MarkaVIP, Ubuy, Basicxx, Sivvi, Elabelz, Noon, Bershka, Yoox.com and NextDirect).

February 2018 |Saudi Arabia News 

• Entrance of international players and trending products will drive the sale of fashion products on E-commerce portals.
• Interest free EMIs, credit card discounts and cash back offers will make large and expensive items affordable which will drive the online market.

Saudi Arabia online fashion market growth will be mainly driven by rise in easy availability of the size, information accessibility of product on the website, increase in the fashion trends, effortless return & exchange of products and growing penetration of internet and smart phones. Increased competition from new players entering the market as well as fast changing technology is expected to further disrupt the market. Market will be driven by addition of more promotional offers such as interest free installments, discounts on transaction done through debit and credit cards and cash backs offers, boost in smart phone shipment and falling cost of internet and smartphones. Improving technology and added features in phone will further promote the use of mobile applications, payments and others for online transactions.

Analysts at Ken Research in their latest publication “Saudi Arabia Online Fashion Industry Outlook to 2022 – By Apparel, Footwear and Fashion Accessories, By Menswear, Women wear, Kids wear, by Footwear (Sneakers, Flip-Flops, Sandals, Boots), by Apparel (Top, Dresses and Bottom, Jackets, Shirts and Shorts)” suggested that the GMV for online fashion market increased at a significant growth rate i.e. 37% during the period 2016-2017, which has resulted from people shifting to online market. Discount and promotional offers played a key role in attracting customers on E-commerce markets which helped online players to create a base for loyal customers who want to shop online along with reaching out to the prospective customers by promotional offers.

Saudi Arabia online fashion market is expected to register positive CAGR of 20.2% during the period 2017-2022. Commitment to regularize market, transparent pricing and technological know-how along with improving market consolidation are expected to have positive impact on the overall GMV of the online fashion market.

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One of the most developed markets in the world is Japan telecommunication. Increasing sophisticated interest in wider application of telephone lines and willingness to adopt new technology consumers are the characteristics of Japan telecom market. Fixed-line telephony, fixed broadband internet access, mobile voice telephony, mobile broadband internet access and pay TV services are offered in Japan market mainly by three multi service operators recently.

Incumbent operator, NTT dominates the fixed line market of Japan. The major force in Japan's telecom market has been- mobile with the saturated fixed line telephony subscriber market on the basis of per household. Despite of NTT's dominance in fixed line market, new companies are being encouraged to enter and grow in the market due to more emphasis on mobile.

According to the report, “Japan - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Digital Media - Statistics and Analyses”, in 2016, majority of mobile subscribers in Japan have been expected to be assessing services throughout LTE networks. As the nature of market is mature, Japan mobile market remains an aggressive arena. As there is an entry of new subscription in the market, the companies are focused on acquiring more and more subscribers and also retail with existing subscribers.

Voice has persisted to maintain its importance, although majority of average revenue per user is maintained by data usage. Due to extensive competition increasing day by day, there has been a decline in ARPU and subscription is taking place from over-the-top (OTT) to messaging and voice. To ameliorate consumer retention and diversify the revenue sources away from commoditized services, there has been a rise in the focus on higher value mobile content by operators. In the initial stage of 5G network trails, numerous operators are involved. Due to expected mature mobile market, there has been a fall in ARPU and mobile content and applications are receiving focus on revenue growth.

At the end of 2017, the largest and most advanced broadcast market in the world will be possessed by Japan. Due to extensive growth in DSL broadcast technology, Japan will gain success of broadband in future. There will be less focus on cable and more focus on the investment of FttH in Japan. An increase in the popularity of the faster speed in technology platform at the expense of DSL and almost two third of total fixed broadband subscription is expected to be represented by FttH. From a single provider to now all- TV, broadband internet and voice telephony is packaged by Japan, which is an early adaptor of triple play models.

Japan has also initiated in the development of digital economy after recognizing the potential of applying ICT to improve economic development as well as social development. Readily available accessible across Japan through satellite, IPTV, cable TV and over the top (OTT) video on demand, it possesses a multiple channel pay TV industry services. UK and USA are also working towards it, and providing a room for growth in Japan and it is anticipated to prosper well in the coming years with developments taking place at a good pace.

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Telecom industry consists of various telephone companies and internet service providers. Nowadays telecom industry is less about the calling and more about high speed internet accessibility and data growth. With a number of players in the market this sector depends totally upon revenue generation through effective reach ,coverage and efficient billing system.

The telecommunications market in Ukraine will generate revenue of $1.6bn (UAH 40.7bn) in 2016. CAGR in local currency will be -0.7%. Market revenue in USD is expected to decline through 2021. Mobile data revenue will grow at a CAGR of 3.7% in local currency to reach UAH 7.2bn ($256m) in 2021, with contribution to overall ARPS increasing from 21.0% in 2016 to 26.1% in 2021. Fixed VoIP will witness strong growth over 2016-2021 (CAGR of 8.2% in UAH), while fixed broadband will register a CAGR of 3.9%, in LCU. Going forward, operators should seize opportunities in mobile data and fixed broadband segments as the demand for data continues to grow, while vendors should position themselves to support operators" network expansion plans to address the demand of high data traffic. Thus due to the growing demand of high data the cost to establish the infrastructure like proper fiber optics and tools for seemingly stable coverage across the whole nation will cost plenty which will be covered through the high data charges and thus the revenue will experience a decline in 2021. The two important concerns during the 2021 journey would be establishing the proper infrastructure for high speed data and second is to ensure the coverage of the data. Thus the main focus will be on the players that can provide these services and what will be their potential combination of efficient billing that will make the difference to the market in 2021.

The main reason for such a huge drift is due to the availability of VoIP calls i.e. calls going through the internet or internet calling ,which is hugely making the population to shift from voice calls to high speed data so as they can use the data calls and also use the internet facilities in the same bucket. Thus there is a huge demand for high speed data facilitator and which will be done by reshaping the infrastructure and establishing new parameters such as new spectrums for the facilities.

The key players in the spice and seasoning industry are Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine (MTS), Ukrtelecom, lifecell, Vega, Volia, TriMob, Viasat, NTV Plus.

Therefore there will be a decline in the revenue in Ukraine telecom industry due to the huge demand for data services. Thus to cater to high demand of data services infrastructural reshaping is required which will require a good amount of revenue thus rising in the price of facilities from service provders.

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India E-Commerce industry is one of the most thriving industries in the world. Over the past few years, India is viewed as most favourable economy when it comes to trading online. Increased internet penetration and rise in the number of smartphone users in India has made e-retailing an emerging opportunity for the people of the country. Global online players such as Amazon and eBay witnessed a steady growth at global level, when Flipkart was launched in India in year 2007

The online fashion market in India is still in its growth stage, while it showcases promising outlook for the future. Customers still have a preference for touch and feel concept before purchasing apparel and footwear, which has restricted a large population group to make online purchases.

Online fashion is emerging as the fastest growing category in India’s booming e-commerce market, backed by strong technology as well as marketing dexterity. Online fashion sites such as Myntra, Jabong, Amazon, Koovs, Limeroad and other fashion vertical players have lured shoppers to come online for making online purchases. It has been observed that every third online search for e-commerce in India relates with fashion, which has led fashion to contribute substantial share in the market.

Furthermore, clothes and footwear are the two most popular categories in Fashion and apparel which is one of the three most sold online product category.

Online fashion market in India is estimated to grow at a high pace in between FY’2015 and FY’2016. Rising internet and smartphone penetration, growing awareness among nationals, increasing demand from tier II and tier III cities, and rising disposable income of people in the country are the major factors which have been responsible for high growth of the market. Strategic marketing and promotional activities by existing players and entrance of new players with innovative business models also assisted in elevation of the total market GMV.

The demand for watches, bags and imitate jewelry has been observed to increase among the women in accessories segment. The availability of various brands in low cost is the major factor responsible for high demand and subsequently high revenue contribution.

With new players entering into the eyewear market, the demand for sunglasses has shown a significant increase over the past few years especially international brands. However, instances of sales of counterfeit sunglasses over online shopping sites in India have restricted the demand.

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Online fashion market in India is estimated to grow at a high pace in between FY’2015 and FY’2016. Rising internet and smartphone penetration, growing awareness among nationals, increasing demand from tier II and tier III cities, and rising disposable income of people in the country are the major factors which have been responsible for high growth of the market. Strategic marketing and promotional activities by existing players and entrance of new players with innovative business models also assisted in elevation of the total market GMV.

Additionally, the market has witnessed the entry of international and domestic brands in the market with many ecommerce players launching online fashion brands. For instance, Myntra launched HRX in the market during the period. Moreover, ecommerce players organized fashion

weekends to make connection between brand and consumers. Myntra is collaboration with IMG Reliance launched Myntra Fashion Weekends which was aimed to introduce new brands to customers.

Moreover, growth of Amazon in online fashion also supported the market GMV growth in FY’15. Amazon recorded six times increased sales in FY’15 in fashion segment compared to FY’14, hence resulting in overall GMV generation. Extensive investment on research and development activities is the major factor responsible for growth of the segment. Amazon India spent INR ~ crore and INR ~ crore on advertising and sales respectively during FY’15, clearly explaining the increased awareness about the website owing to advertisements. Other market players were also actively involved in advertising through social media. 

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Ken Research declared the recent distribution on “Philippines: Mobile data and digital services are key drivers of the telecom market,” which offers insightful knowledge on the telecommunications market in Philippines today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2021. The distribution provides detailed analysis of the near-term opportunities, competitive dynamics and evolution of demand by service type and technology/platform across the fixed telephony, broadband and mobile sectors, as well as a review of key regulatory trends. Moreover, it offers in-depth analysis of telecom market size and trends in Philippines compared with other countries in the region, country’s Economic, demographic and political aspects, sector analysis of fixed telephony, broadband, mobile voice and mobile data, a quantitative analysis of service adoption trends by network technology and by operator, as well as of average revenue per line/subscription and service revenue through the end of the forecast period.

PDLT – dominant fixed line and mobile provider

Telecom sector in the Philippines has witnessed considerable investment and business activity since deregulation, the market has consistently fall short of its full potential. Despite, there certainly has been a lot of activity, with the market often finding a different direction from what was envisaged. Despite competition from novel carriers and mobile operators, PLDT has continued to be the Philippines’ major fixed-line and mobile provider and also has been a large part of the momentum in the country’s telecom market. Nevertheless, PLDT’s role has not gone untapped and lately Globe Telecom in particular has been pushing hard to overhaul the incumbent.

Mobile Penetration

The country’s mobile market has been specifically active for some years, for example, running on what could only be described as a genuine revolution in the development of SMS as an effective communications service. Even more significant ultimately has been the recent expansion in broadband. Broadband is finally building a healthy subscriber base, elevated by the considerable presence of mobile services in the mix of the various broadband platforms delivering internet access. There has also been good progress in the rollout of optical fibre infrastructure, although not on the national scale envisaged. In the meantime, the larger operators are building IP-based Next Generation Networks. Whilst the global financial problems presented some real challenges for the local telecom market, the negative impact seemed to have been put well behind now.

Major Developments

• PLDT introduced a quad-play service, bundling a mobile package with its voice, data and fibre services.
• Globe Telecoms successfully integrated its recently-acquired Bayan Telecommunications subsidiary into its operations.
• NTC approved a network sharing deal between Globe Telecom and ABS-CBN Corp;
• The deal was part of ABS-CBN Corp’s plan to become the country’s ‘third telecom player
• BellTel was making a move to become the Philippines’ fourth mobile operator after PLDT, Globe and ABS-CBN Mobile;

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Improved mobile network capability in Africa stimulating smartphone adoption

Within Africa there is considerable diversity in the availability and capability of mobile telecom infrastructure. Vast tracks of the continent, particularly in the northern desert regions, are sparsely populated with little in the way of network coverage. However, intense investment programs undertaken by several pan-regional operators in recent years has meant that population coverage in most countries is excellent.

Much of the phenomenal growth in the take-up of mobile voice and data services has stemmed from the lack of fixed-line alternatives. Fixed-line networks provide limited reach, particularly so in rural areas but also in many urban areas. Before market liberalisation efforts started some two decades ago most incumbent telcos were government-owned enterprises. There was little commercial incentive to invest in infrastructure, and combined with a lack of regulatory oversight, poor management and government neglect, fixed-line penetration remained very low by global standards. In many countries, such as in the DRC, Sudan, Mozambique, South Sudan and Libya, war and civil conflict largely destroyed what little infrastructure there was in place.

Mobile voice and data services were able to fill this void very effectively. As a result, in many countries in the region the use of telecoms services is morphing from being predominantly mobile to being solely mobile. Investment in fixed-line infrastructure is being side-lined in favour of mobile infrastructure. Operators are predominantly investing in spectrum, particularly in the 700MHz band as this is being released into 2017 and 2018 following the switch from analogue to digital broadcasts. They are also strengthening the robustness of their networks by migrating from 3G to LTE-based services. This in turn is being supported by increased international connectivity from a number of new submarine and terrestrial cables. These cables are providing the required backbone infrastructure to support the growing flow of data. Prominent projects include the SACS cable running between Angola and Brazil, with onwards connectivity to Miami, as well as the Liquid Sea cable being built by the pan-regional infrastructure provider Liquid Telecom along the continent’s east coast.

Smartphones are increasingly becoming the principal mobile device used among consumers. The adoption of smartphones is being encouraged by a plethora of cheaper units manufactured locally. The growing take-up of such devices is in turn supporting a tremendous growth in m-commerce, m-money and m-banking services. With the majority of Africans being unbanked, m-payment systems are thriving in most markets where they have been deployed. This has been helped by operators facilitating money transfers between their cross-border networks, as also by co-operation among different players and by a wider number of banks hosting such services. M-money is particularly popular in markets such as Kenya, though the more sophisticated banking sector in South Africa was a contributing factor in the Vodacom’s M-Pesa service being withdrawn from that market in mid-2016.

More than three quarters of mobile subscribers on the continent are expected to subscribe to broadband services by 2020, compared to about a fifth in early 2016. With more than a billion mobile subscribers in the region this presents a vast market for vendors and application providers. Although the relatively low purchasing power in the region will not translate into a similarly rapid growth in revenue, considerable potential remains.

MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE

High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)

The regulator launched an international tender in mid-2010 to build and operate a third generation (3G) mobile network. It took until October 2011 to award the licence to Bharti Airtel (Airtel Gabon). To facilitate the development of 3G services a deal was brokered with Gabon Telecom in the following December allowing Bharti Airtel access to the SAT-3/WASC/SAFE submarine cable. An additional connection with the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) cable was made in December 2012. In June 2013 © Copyright Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, 2016. The operator’s parent company announced plans to invest an additional $ million in its mobile operations in Gabon.

However, the Council of Ministers did not pass the decree authorising the 3G licence, extended to the use of 3.5G and 4G/LTE technologies, until January 2014, and Airtel Gabon did not secure its licence until the following March, having paid $ billion ($ million) for the year license.

In April 2014 Airtel Gabon launched a commercial W-CDMA/HSPA+ service in Libreville. The operator planned to cover the entire with the network, with a third phase expected in late 2014 to cover the second largest city, Port Gentil, and a fourth phase, to be completed by the end of 2014, reaching all provincial capitals. Bintel’s licence also includes a concession to offer 3G services. However, the company still offers only 2G and 2.5G services.

Long-term Evolution (LTE)

In March 2014 the government announced that Gabon Telecom was to be allocated additional licenses to enable it to offer 3G and 4G services. The deal was part of a number of strategic agreements signed between Morocco and the Gabonese government which cover areas including agriculture, health, housing, finance and banking, technologies, transport and tourism.

Mobile satellite services

The satellite service provider Thuraya in April 2014 signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel to provide mobile satellite services to customers across the operator's footprint, including Gabon. The project is aimed at providing satellite voice and data services to subscribers in remote and rural areas in 17 countries across the region.

Mobile payments

In early 2013 Gabon Telecom partnered with the mobile financial solutions provider Mahindra Comviva to develop its Mobi Cash mobile money services and ‘mobiquity’ mobile financial applications via its Libertis mobile division. These enable customers to make remittances, receive salary payments, pay bills and make purchases at retailers. For many Gabonese without bank accounts mobiquity provides a cost-effective banking alternative.

Mobile broadband

Internet access via General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) has been available in Kenya since 2004 from Safaricom, followed by Bharti Airtel in 2006. ISPs started to feel increased competitive pressure after 3G services were introduced by Safaricom in 2008.

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Asian mobile broadband market continues to grow strongly

With 3.9 billion mobile subscribers and over 50% of the mobile subscribers in the world, spread across a diverse range of markets, the region is already rapidly advancing in the adoption of mobile broadband services. Mobile broadband as a proportion of the total Asian mobile broadband subscriber base, has increased from 2% in 2008 to 18% in 2013, 27% in 2014, 33% in 2015 and 37% in 2016. Thus mobile broadband subscribers now account for over one third of all mobile subscribers in Asia.

Growth across the region in high speed access to the internet by means of mobile broadband services has been largely driven by highly competitive markets combined with the preparedness of the customer to embrace new generation mobile technologies. With 3G, 3G+ and 4G platforms extensively covering the region, mobile broadband services have already become well established. The rapid take up has been underpinned by increasingly cheaper smartphone prices and lower airtime tariffs combining to support even wider adoption.

A major shift from mobile voice to mobile data continues across most markets in Asia. The more highly developed markets in the region, such as Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, have seen their mobile networks strongly driven by mobile data services. They have positioned themselves well to exploit mobile data and broadband wireless opportunities and lead the rest of the region into the next generations of mobile applications.

The mobile broadband subscriber base across all of Asia continues to grow strongly. The total number of mobile broadband subscribers has increased from 1.12 billion in 2014 to 1.41 billion in 2015 and 1.6 billion in 2016. Although the rate of increase of mobile broadband subscribers has subsided as the initial rapid rollout of services has slowed down, the growth rate is still reasonably strong, implying that there is still significant growth opportunity left in the market over the next five years to 2021, especially in the less developed Asian markets that are still predominately dependant on voice networks for mobile services.

 MOBILE BROADBAND

With the two mobile operators, Dhiraagu and Wataniya, launching 3G+ offerings in 2009/2010, there has been rapid expansion of mobile broadband services in the Maldives. By mid-2015 mobile broadband dominated the internet market in terms of subscriber numbers and growth rate.

MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE 
 Digital networks
3G
The mobile operator Wataniya launched a commercial 3G network in 2008. The company also soft launched a 3.5G High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network. It progressively offered additional new generation services including Wataniya Mobile Broadband, Wataniya Mobile Video Surveillance and Wataniya Mobile TV services. The ‘Wataniya Broadband (3G+)’ service was launched in 2009.

After Wataniya successfully transitioned to the Ooredoo brand in 2013, the operator made significant strides. By September 2013 Ooredoo Maldives had extended its 3.5G HSPA+ network to the island of Kaafu Dhiffushi in line with the network modernisation plan launched in July. The HSPA+ network now covers about of the population.

Dhiraagu launched its 3G service, branded ‘3G plus’, in 2010, and quickly provided coverage across a significant proportion of the Maldives.

Dhiraagu had expanded coverage of its 3G network to all inhabited islands by the end of 2015.

LTE

The two mobile operators have made good progress in expanding their LTE services. Dhiraagu launched LTE using spectrum in the 1800MHz band in October 2014, and by January 2015 the service was available in the island of Fuvahmulah and Addu City, the country’s second largest city. In addition to these two new locations, network coverage extended to Malé City, Villingili, Hulhumale’, Ibrahim Nasir International Airport, Villingilli, Thinadhoo, Kulhudhufushi, Naifaru. In April 2016 LTE services were extended to the island of Dhidhdhoo. By August 2016 the operator’s LTE network provided population coverage.

The network initially supported download speeds of up to s, with customers experiencing average data rates of between s and s. In late 2015 Dhiraagu launched an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) network using carrier aggregation (CA) technology (utilising its concessions in the 1800MHz and 2600MHz bands), which improved download speeds to /s downlink and s uplink.

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Respondents showcases that a sizeable number of the respondents willing to decrease their ICT budget slightly or significantly.

The current adverse monetary state of Russia has its toll over range of ventures affecting the ICT investments in the nation.

Customer support, service support & help desk management are few IT functions that are predominantly outsourced by most of the respondents.

Ken research announced its recent production on “ICT investment trends in Russia; Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2017,” offers insights on  ICT budgets across the core segments of enterprise ICT expenditure such as hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting. The report delineates the core technologies that enterprises are putting resources into, including business intelligence, portability management, green IT & virtualization, and web of things. The study of 98 Russian enterprises highlights the way to deal with acquiring technology embraced by endeavours in Russia. The report comprehends how ICT rubles are being allocated by Russian enterprises in specific geographies and size bands. Moreover the publication provides an in-depth analysis of the Russian enterprises investment priorities, new budget plans, outsourced ICT functions, factors affecting such decisions. This report offers an overview of the changes in customers' priorities and the current strategic objectives of Russian enterprises which will further help every individual from regional to foreign to realign their strategies.

Russia has an upper-center income blended economy with state proprietorship in strategic zones of the economy. Market changes in the 1990s privatized a lot of Russian industry and agriculture, with striking special exceptions to this privatization happening in the vitality and defence related segments. Russia's incomprehensible geography is an essential determinant of its financial activity, with a few sources assessing that Russia contains more than 30 percent of the world's natural assets.

In 2015, the Russian economy was ranked sixth largest across the globe by PPP and twelfth largest at market exchange rates. Between 2000 and 2012 Russia's energy exports intensified a rapid growth in the standard of living, with real disposable income rising by 160% which is accounted to more than sevenfold increase according to US monetisation. All this while, the unemployment and poverty more than halved but in 2015, the unemployment rate grew from 5.2 in 2014 to 5.6 in 2015.

The Russian economy experienced two noteworthy shocks in 2014, barely avoiding recession with moderate development of 0.6%. The main shock was the sharp decrease in oil prices amid the third and final quarter of 2014, uncovering Russia’s outrageous dependence on worldwide product cycles. After fluctuating within a tight band near USD 105 for every barrel from 2011-2013, crude oil costs ended 2014 at less than USD 60 for each barrel. The second shock was the monetary sanctions resulting from geopolitical tensions, which contrarily influenced investor appetite for Russian endeavours. Capital flights and high inflation exacerbate Russia’s monetary burdens as the economy enrolled the steepest compression since 2009 contracting 3.7% in the full year 2015. 

The monetary impact is reflected on the investment trends of the Russian organizations which witnesses a downward trend. Most of the respondents outsource few of the IT services predominantly to improve the efficiency of all these services which include customer support, service support, help desk and management.

Topics Covered in the Report

·         Global ICT Industry research

·         Russia ICT Market research

·         Russia ICT market Outlook

·         Russia ICT market  trends

·         Cloud Computing  market Trends Russia

·         Mobile Phone subscribers report Russia

·         Broadband connection research report Russia

·         Russia IT budget Allocation market

·         Russia cloud computing budget allocation

·         Russia ICT budget allocation

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