Alcatel-Lucent Asia Pacific President Rajeev Singh-Molares shares his perspectives about Q1 2011 in the Asia Pacific region. Business in the region grew relative to the same quarter last year. China and Japan were strong. Operators are aggressively rolling out LTEⁱ networks spurred by upticks in smartphone and tablet use. The company will collaborate with China Mobile on next-generation network development, leveraging cloud RAN and lightRadio. A study by Bell Labs and World Economic Forum reveals it's possible to accelerate GDP growth by an additional 40% when combining applications and services with mobile ubiquity.