STRATEGY ANALYTICS: ON-PREMISES WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY SPIKE TO MOBILIZE 75 PERCENT OF PROFESSIONALS

ROI Paradigm Shift Underway as WiFi Seeds Market & Security Fears Abate

Boston, MA, USA - October 15, 2003 -Strategy Analytics' report, "On-Premises Mobility: Is WiFi Set to Dominate Business Connectivity Needs?" foresees mobile professional ranks tripling to 75 percent by 2008. In-Building/On-Campus mobility is cited as a key driver, with the charge being led by a new breed of WLAN-enabled notebook and PDA-toting Corridor Cruisers and Meeting Collaborators.
"Just as intervening macro-trends drove a PC onto each desktop and a mobile phone into most every hand as part of the professional's standard toolset, so too will Wireless LAN's vastly improving value proposition serve to unchain throngs of workers from their desks over the next five years," states Cliff Raskind, Director, Wireless Enterprise Strategies at Strategy Analytics.

David Kerr, Vice President of the Global Wireless Practice at Strategy Analytics, adds, "Public domain connectivity, enabled by 3G and hotspots, will continue to expand at a metered pace. The mobilization of the workforce within the boundaries of the enterprise however, holds the potential for a far more spectacular growth trajectory."

"Lead by massive vendor-push, a new paradigm for WLAN is emerging. The only remaining obstacle is security, and in our view, these vulnerabilities will be adequately addressed within the next 12 to 18 months," adds the report's author Cliff Raskind.

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