China to drive mobile computing push globally, says IDC report

Study predicts nation to account for 43% of ICT spending growth

China will be at the forefront of the global push toward mobile computing, cloud services, big data/analytics, and social networking in 2015, and will account for almost half of all spending in those areas, according to predictions for the worldwide information and communications technology sector by a leading consulting firm.

International Data Corp said on Tuesday that while global ICT spending will grow 3.8 percent in 2015 to more than $3.8 trillion, China will spend over $465 billion, 11 percent higher than this year and account for 43 percent of all industry growth.