Cahners forecasts that increased numbers of business subscribers will result in improved service revenues to wireless data carriers with revenues derived from the US business market growing from $4 billion in year-end 2001, to more than $16 billion by year-end 2006.
Becky Diercks, director of wireless research says: “While there are many trends driving wireless data usage in corporations, including the increase in mobile workers and potential productivity gains, there continue to be many drawbacks. In a recent survey, IT respondents cited geographic coverage and reliability of connections as primary inhibitors to adoption.”
