Camel forecasts that, by 2006 there will be 1.6 billion cellular phone subscribers and just 963 million fixed-line subscribers, with Europe and Asia leading the way as heavy adopters of wireless technology.
On the face of it, this will bring many benefits to the corporate world. A highly mobile world could increase the productivity of workforces around the globe. However, Jimmy Schaeffler, chairman and CEO of the Carmel Group warns that these benefits will not be realized users will need to learn new ways to use the quick feed of information for the technology to be effective.
Moreover, The increase in cellular technology will not contribute to improving the decision-making process. It may help people access more data, but it does not help in analyzing and synthesizing data, affirmed Schaeffler.
The expansion of the mobile telecommunication industry will not bring with it the emergence of new significant players, according to Carmel. They maintain that countries such as Korea, Japan and China are likely to remain as the leading manufacturers of cellular hardware and profit from their position.
Equally, European cellular phone makers’ talent for advancing wireless technology capabilities such as boosting data transfer speeds should, say Carmel, provide rewards to their bottom lines.
