European boom predicted for wireless email

Wireless email is in a transition phase in Europe, moving away from a luxury to a necessity for users, which will help revenue swell from €1.86 billion (1.3 billion) this year to a predicted €6.65 billion (4.7 billion) in 2012.

So says analyst Frost & Sullivan, which reckons that wireless email is one of the biggest segments of the mobile enterprise application today, with a growing installed base comprised of new deployments and expansion of existing implementations.

As a result, users are increasingly creating mobility strategies with wireless email at their core, it claims.

"The business case justifying the benefits of mobile connectivity is well understood and appreciated," said Shomik Banerjee, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Mobile connectivity not only improves flexibility, but also allows faster decision making and increases efficiency by utilising the otherwise wasted time e.g. by traveling. Overall, it improves the effectiveness of the user to the business."

While many European mobile players have complemented their own push email services with third-party solutions including products from the likes of BlackBerry and Microsoft, limited interoperability is potentially hindering future market development, according to Frost & Sullivan.

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