Abstract
This IDC study presents findings for IDC' s Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or
APEJ Communications Survey, 2006 that queried the enterprises on their current
and future plans for enterprise mobility in 11 key markets in the region. The
markets include Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the
People' s Republic of China (PRC), the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and
Thailand. The survey findings presented here focus on mobility adoption pattern
and spending plans of enterprises in the region. To get better insights into
the trends related to enterprise mobility, the survey results are segmented in
terns of country, industry vertical, and company size. This survey will help
enterprise mobility vendors and mobile operators understand the trends among
enterprises in different regions and industry verticals to embrace mobility.
The study will give vendors useful directions on enterprises mobility plans,
motivations, and concerns for the next two years. This will help vendors align
their go-to-market strategy with the enterprises' plans.
"The results from the survey show that the drive for mobility is stronger from
large enterprises in the region where line of business is progressively asking
for mobility solutions for productivity enhancement. Enterprises in certain
industry verticals are also showing a growing commitment to deploy WLAN for
on-premise coverage." says Shalini Verma, senior market analyst, Enterprise
Mobility Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.