I definitely think that it is. “INFO ON THE GO” is the new mantra for the corporates.
many companies are deploying wireless solutions this solutions are targeted not only towards
the mobile workforce but for the entire workforce. recent studies have shown that enterprises
were so happy with results they got by implementing soln for the mobile workforce like sales, marketing etc that they
realised the fact that it will benefit every employee and not tie them down to a particular location to get their work done.
wifi deployments are on the rise not only elsewhere in the world but in india also many of the companies are creating a wirefree work place for its employees it is a normal occurence now to see people working
away sitting at various places cafeteria,garden etc instead of their cubicles.
Many companies have moved towards experimenting with solns like making corporate email accounts
accessible via not only computer but cellphone,pda sync etc so that the workforce is not just
eligible to access the mail from their corporate desktop.
Most of the employees nowadays tend to carry a trendy cellphone and have a GPRS or an EDGE account
for data access services. so i think wireless email access will be the killer app for a few years
to come and will be taken over by the entertainment on the go generation as soon as the suitable
hardware in the market meets the right content providers.
Uptill now SMS has brought in the bulk of the revenues from VAS(value added services) market for
the carriers but very soon everything is going to change now everyone is excited about ringback tones etc here in india this enthusiasm will help fuel the VAS market and will inturn help the
operators to implement innovative solutions for the customers and this cycle is good for the end user and the operators.