Wireless Still Strong Across the Globe and on All Platforms, Says Allied Business Intelligence Inc
Source: Allied Business Intelligence Inc.
Oyster Bay, NY. Despite some of the recent poor news concerning the slowdown in wireless, the reality is that wireless is still growing at a rapid pace. Subscriber numbers have simply failed to meet the many irresponsible, grandiose predictions made for the market. Overall, wireless subscribers of every type will continue to grow, while the deployment of infrastructure supporting both narrowband and broadband wireless applications will also continue to flourish, according to the new ABI study, "Wireless Data Networking 2000."
Wireless subscribers will continue to climb in each of the world s regions as more spectrum is made available in dozens of nations, as third generation systems are rolled out and as wireless technologies are continually improved. While there will be close to 1.3 billion subscribers on second and third generation systems by 2005, a growing share will be held by the new licensees currently planning the next generation of services. There will be over 500 million data subscribers using truncated and actual Internet access over second and third generation networks as data services become mainstream throughout the world.
To keep up with these new services and systems, handset shipments will continue to rise substantially, allowing for a replacement rate of over 60% between 2002 and 2006.
In addition to mobile cellular phones, there will be a large upswing in laptop shipments and use, with over one-third of persons with a laptop using true wireless Internet access by 2005. Personal digital assistants (PDAs) will also be used for truncated data services, with almost three-quarters of all PDAs in use accessing rewritten Internet content by 2005.
"Wireless Data Networking 2000" (WDN) chronicles the global growth in broadband wireless such as LMDS and MMDS, enhanced specialized mobile radio (ESMR), 3G cellular, Bluetooth, wireless application protocol (WAP), Internet subscribers, satellite broadband services and wireless local loop (WLL). The report also forecasts the increase in global and in US cell sites and the number of average subscribers per cell site; it also examines the wireline and wireless drivers of the IP content age.
The WDN report includes highlights of survey results from over 1,200 US households, chronicling the habits and the feelings that users and non-users have toward present-day voice services and future data services. Allied Business Intelligence Inc is an Oyster Bay, NY-based technology research think tank publishing strategic research on the broadband, wireless, electronics, residential and energy industries. Details can be found at http://www.alliedworld.com or by calling 516-624-3113.
Contact: Robyn Fillinger of Allied Business Intelligence Inc. Tel: 516-624-3113
Robyn Fillinger of Allied Business Intelligence Inc.Tel: 516-624-3113
Web site: http://www.alliedworld.com
