Canadian Mobile Solutions 2008-2012 Forecast

This IDC study provides vendors, end users, and channel partners with spending on license and maintenance, for mobile software and mobile devices for the Canadian mobile solutions market segment for 2008-2012.

"Mobile devices will garner the majority of the end user spending over the next five years with $1.7 billion in 2007 increasing to over $3.5 billion in 2012," according to Marc Perrella, VP, Technology Group, IDC Canada. "Mobile device management software will represent the fast-growing segment with a CAGR of 34.2%. Nonetheless, mobile enterprise applications such as CRM and ERM and collaborative applications to support unified communications (UC) initiatives will help Canadian organizations increase information worker productivity, while driving operational efficiencies and collaboration among customers, employees, and business partners."