There's undoubtedly a disconnect here between mobile subscribers and service providers and it would appear to be related to the way that services such as these are being communicated to subscribers. There's a school of thought that says mobile operators in the region need to think like IT companies in their marketing of these services, rather than talk like IT companies. The opportunities for operators are huge, not just in revenue terms, but in differentiating themselves in the region's increasingly competitive markets.

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