ABI Research: Verizon and Nextel Battle for the Field Force Market.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- Over the past few years, Nextel has solidified its position as the premier provider of handset-based commercial telematics in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . While AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Verizon and T-Mobile had focused primarily on the consumer segment, Nextel maintained the lion's share of commercial subscribers. But in the past quarter, Verizon has announced its own plans for a fleet management offering. ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research expects Verizon to begin deploying its field force and fleet management solutions in 3Q 2005. "Nextel now faces some competition from Verizon in the enterprise location based-services market, but both will experience significant growth simply because of the vast addressable Reachable. When something is addressable, it can be identified and manipulated independently of its surroundings. For example, screen pixels and RAM memory are addressable. Each of the screen's picture elements can be individually turned on and off, and each of the memory's bytes can be market," says ABI Research analyst David Schrier. The market segment Nextel and Verizon are targeting with their handset-based solutions is short-haul trucking, which includes delivery vehicles, maintenance and field service workers, mobile sales forces and other mobile workforces. Nextel, already an entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. player in this market, is partnered with a number of third party application providers, including @Road, Gearworks, Televigation, and Xora to deliver focused commercial telematics services to customers. "By entering these markets from the handset-side, Verizon can gain expertise in the functionality their clients demand and add future integration with the vehicle to move into more traditional commercial telematics segments, such as long-haul trucking," adds Schrier. "The entry of new mobile operators down the telematics value chain is a significant threat to the aggregators of cellular networks in North America." ABI Research's "Commercial Telematics Service" examines this issue in depth, along with the entire commercial telematics industry, and provides insight into other major market developments. In addition, this subscription service includes annual research reports, quarterly market updates, and a user-searchable forecast database. Adjunct technologies such as cellular, satellite, DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) A wireless technology for vehicular traffic. Using a modified 802.11a technology for North American cars and trucks, DSRC is designed for several applications. , Wi-Fi, UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and and Bluetooth are also analyzed for their potential. Subscribers also receive analyst support time and ABI Research's ABI Insights. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations that support annual research programs, quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless, automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. Their market research products can be found on the Web at www.abiresearch.com, or by calling 516.624.2500. |
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