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Wider availability of hi-speed mobile networks, proliferation of smartphones, and broadening ranges of mobile connectivity solutions will foster growth of “unwired enterprises”, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The research company argues that approximately 80% of business mobile devices will be operating via 3.5/3.9G networks by 2014, representing 722 million businesses worldwide — an increase of almost 60% over the forecast period.
Handsets will dominate this market, accounting for upwards of 70% of business devices in the latter part of the period. However, businesses will also take advantage of embedded and plug-in modems to increase the effectiveness of employees in the field.
Other findings from the report include:
- Usage of wireless dongles is losing ground to usage of devices with embedded wireless modems and will peak in 2010/2011;
- The number of enterprise portable computers with embedded wireless connectivity will grow by more than 300% between 2008 and 2014;
- Annual portable computer shipment volumes will exceed 300 million by 2014, accounting for over three quarters of all computer shipments that year;
- Revenues generated by mobile enterprise service usage worldwide will grow to $247 billion by 2014.
More information about the report titled “Future Mobile Enterprise: Forecasts, Markets & Devices 2009-2014″ is available from Juniper’s website.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
