Business Services Industry

Business to lead wireless 'net adoption. (Internet).(Brief Article)

Business Communications Review, December, 2001

Business users will be the driving force behind a large increase in U.S. wireless Internet access adoption through the middle of this decade, according to researchers at International Data Corp. (IDC). The current subscriber base is about evenly split between the two user groups, but that will change as adoption takes off.

"Business users will lead the way in wireless adoption, as they are usually the early adopters and are willing to pay for services and applications they see valuable," said Charul Vyas, senior research analyst with IDC. "Mobile employees have a need for highly functional devices with higher-speed wireless Internet capabilities." IDC projects that usage will increase as wireless data rates ramp up via 2.5G and 3G networks, and as...

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