Tuesday, January 6, 2004
The Irresistible Rise of Mobile Email
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 10:00 PM
infoSync has a short, but thought-provoking article, about mobile email.
"Mobile e-mail, which typically also includes mobile access to calendars and contact information, will be the key driver of growth in mobile data services for businesses over the next five years, according to a new report from advisory group Analysys. In its new report, Mobile Data Solutions for Businesses: maximising revenue and take-up, Analysys Research predicts that around 40% of people with a business mobile phone (21 million Europeans) will use mobile e-mail in 2008, compared to less than 1% today. Over the same period, the annual mobile service revenue generated by email will increase from 49 million EUR in 2003 to 2.9 billion EUR in 2008."
I'd be curious to hear about the numbers for North America, but in the meantime, I'm curious as to what percentage of our readers actively use mobile email, either with their cell phone, Pocket PC, or other device such as a Blackberry.
"Mobile e-mail, which typically also includes mobile access to calendars and contact information, will be the key driver of growth in mobile data services for businesses over the next five years, according to a new report from advisory group Analysys. In its new report, Mobile Data Solutions for Businesses: maximising revenue and take-up, Analysys Research predicts that around 40% of people with a business mobile phone (21 million Europeans) will use mobile e-mail in 2008, compared to less than 1% today. Over the same period, the annual mobile service revenue generated by email will increase from 49 million EUR in 2003 to 2.9 billion EUR in 2008."
I'd be curious to hear about the numbers for North America, but in the meantime, I'm curious as to what percentage of our readers actively use mobile email, either with their cell phone, Pocket PC, or other device such as a Blackberry.
