Location-Enabled Services in the Enterprise: Industry Report

Location-Enabled Services in the Enterprise

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: April 2006
Product Code: R97-2387

Description

Mobile IT applications for use on cell phones are increasingly including a component that allows the identification of location. Location is being used as a management tool in the transportation/dispatch market vertical and in new workforce management applications. However, until wireless carriers begin actively marketing location-enabled mobile IT applications, the market will lag. In-Stat does not expect significant growth for cell phone-based location-enabled applications for the enterprise until 2007.

This report includes low-, mid- and high-range forecasts for the uptake of cell phone-based enterprise applications using location through 2010.

"Location-Enabled Services in the Enterprise" looks at current carrier initiatives and the applications developers who are likely to be the primary players in this emerging market. Wireless carriers and applications developers can use this report to gain better understanding of the state of location-enabled enterprise applications.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Methodology
Introduction
- Definition: Location-Enabled Applications
- Technology: Vehicle-Mounted Black Box vs. Mobile Handsets
- Vehicle-Mounted Black Box Solutions
- SmartPhones, PocketPCs and Other Portable Devices
- Location and Cellular Handsets
The Market for Location in the Enterprise
- Marketing Handset-Based Location Applications
- Carrier Business Models
Carrier Initiatives
- Nextel
- Sprint PCS
- Cingular Wireless
- Verizon Wireless
- T-Mobile
- Regional Carriers
- Canadian Carriers
Location-Enabled Enterprise Applications
- Navigation
  - Navigation Applications Vendors
- Fleet Management/Dispatch
  - Fleet/Supply Chain/Dispatch Applications Vendors
- Field Workforce Management
  - Workforce and Sales Force Location Applications Vendors
- Vertical Market Specific Applications
Forecast
- Pessimistic Forecast
- Expected Forecast
- Optimistic Forecast
Appendix: Location-Enabled Application Vendors

List of Tables

Table 1. Black Box and Handset Comparison
Table 2. Nextel Enterprise Location Application Monthly Fees

List of Figures

Figure 1. Carrier vs. Vendor Subscribed Enterprise Location-Enabled Applications (Aggressive Forecast) 2005-2010
Figure 2. Typical Location-Enabled Enterprise Application Scheme
Figure 3. Pessimistic Forecast: Carrier vs. Vendor Subscribed Location-Enabled Enterprise Applications Using Mobile Handsets
Figure 4. Expected Forecast: Carrier vs. Vendor Subscribed Location-Enabled Applications Using Mobile Handsets
Figure 5. Optimistic Forecast: Carrier vs. Vendor Subscribed Enterprise Location Applications Using Mobile Handsets

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