Enterprise Mobility To Grow At 9.5%: IDC

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 05 December 2006

Looking at the Aisa Pacific Market which includes Australian, but not Japan, IDC has released figures that show the enterprise mobility market in Asia Pacific will continune to grow between now and the end of the decade. IDC predicts that by 2010 it will be a US$33.5 billion, up from US$23.3 billion in 2006. That works out to a CAGR of 9.5 per cent during the forecast period. Countries in APEJ (Asia Pacific Except Japan) are showing different trends related to enterprise mobility. Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are trailblazers where WLAN and 3G networks will provide the base for enterprise mobility adoption of enterprise applications. The Korean market will make rapid progress during the forecast period to make up for a late start. In emerging markets like India and the People's Republic of China (PRC), enterprise mobility usage will be largely limited to business voice and short message service (SMS) though horizontal applications such as mobile email will see rapid uptake during the forecast period. "Currently the enterprise spending on mobility largely consists of communication services, notebooks and mobile devices. Communication services growth is fuelled by a healthy growth of mobile business users in emerging markets and rising business ARPU in markets like Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore", says Shalini Verma, senior market analyst, Enterprise Mobility Research, IDC Asia/Pacific. "The high growth rate forecasted for mobility software and WLAN hardware expenditure point to a growing enterprise readiness to adopt mobility in the region", says Verma. Hardware spending is the second largest component of the total enterprise mobility market in APEJ. The total hardware spending related to enterprise mobility in APEJ reached US$9.8 billion in 2006 and is estimated to be US$14.3 billion in 2010 at a CAGR of 9.8% during the forecast period. Hardware spending largely consists of spending on commercial notebooks in emerging markets that currently have relatively lower PC penetration. Related news items Consumer Advice For Premium Mobile Services -03/09/2007 Australian Idol Live On Next G -19/08/2007 Fujitsu Siemens To Give Up On PDAs -13/08/2007 VIPtel Telemarketers Were Misleading: ACCC -29/07/2007 ACMA Issues Biggest Ever Fine To Phone Spammer -23/07/2007 Newer news items Philips Signs Last Of Its Phone Business Over To CEC -12/02/2007 Samsung Quits Notebook Business -29/01/2007 Nokia New Year Party Attracts Millions -02/01/2007 Just For The Record: No Ferrari Laptops Here -02/01/2007 Palm Licenses Palm OS -12/12/2006 Older news items Mobile Email To Grow At 21% A Year -05/12/2006 Battery Recalls Could Change Market Share: IDC -30/11/2006 Gates Admits To Online Office, But Denies Significance -07/11/2006 NTP To Palm: Right. You! Outside. -06/11/2006 Dell Laptops Part Of NT Teachers Arsenal -01/11/2006 Tag This Now: