Worldwide wireless enterprise spending is set to rise from US$50bn in 2005, as operators, handset manufacturers, enterprises and other companies begin to adopt more coherent strategies. That is the finding from a new study, ‘Wireless Enterprise 2005-2010: Successfully generating revenue in the enterprise market’, published by industry research company, visiongain. The study also found that enterprises of varying size and location are embracing wireless services in multiple ways and spending is set to increase to more than US$130bn in 2008 for enterprise wireless hardware, software and services. The enterprise market remains one of huge untapped revenue potential for mobile operators as they struggle with saturated penetration rates and slow consumer uptake of mobile data services. As wireless service providers look beyond consumer and voice services towards more lucrative enterprise and extended data services, however, there are infrastructure, application, security, and operational issues that must also be addressed. In addition, standards are still emerging, continuous mobile connectivity remains a mystery, and enterprises require greater capability, reliability and availability to truly embrace mobility.
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