Business Wireless Subscribers Accounted for 24% of Wireless Market in the United States.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42175) has announced the addition of U.S. Mobile Worker Forecast, A Market Study, February 2006 to their offering.

E[acute accent]This report sizes the U.S. enterprise mobile worker market on a per sector and overall basis. It forecasts the growth of that market through 2010 on and discusses the major drivers and trends among enterprise mobile workers.

E[acute accent]In 2005, there were approximately 198,500,000 wireless subscribers in the United States. It is estimated that 24 percent, or 47,640,000, of those subscribers were business wireless subscribers. A business wireless subscriber is a wireless subscriber who uses his/her cell phone or wireless data device primarily for business.

E[acute accent]It is equally difficult to estimate the number of mobile workers in U.S. businesses. This is due to numerous factors, not the least of which being the conflicting definitions of the term "mobile worker." We define a mobile worker as any employee who is out of the office more than 20 percent of the work week. Some characteristics of mobile workers include:

E[acute accent]--A need to be in voice/data contact with customers and/or colleagues during the work day.

E[acute accent]--Perform a job function which requires them to travel more than 20 percent of the work week either in the building, on the campus, in the metro area, in the region, nationally or internationally.

E[acute accent]--Performs a job function that is not tied to a single physical location (e.g., a desk), or requires them to move about, as in the previous bullet point.

E[acute accent]--None of these attributes necessarily require the worker to use a mobile device or wireless data network (WAN or LAN) provided by the organization for which they work. A worker can be 'mobile' without needing to use a wireless device; nurses, maids and janitors are good examples. Moreover, many "white collar" workers often deal with work-related issues on personal datacom equipment

E[acute accent]Note that a mobile worker (MW) is not necessarily the same as a business wireless subscriber. An employee may be mobile but not use wireless wide area network (WWAN) voice/data service from a wireless operator to perform his/her job functions.

E[acute accent]Topics Covered

E[acute accent]Executive Summary

E[acute accent]Chart 1: Number of Mobile Workers, 2005-2010

E[acute accent]Methodology

E[acute accent]Definitions

E[acute accent]Vertical Industry NAICS Segments

E[acute accent]Workforce Definitions

E[acute accent]Detailed Methodology

E[acute accent]Determining the Number of Mobile Workers per Occupation

E[acute accent]Table 1: Definition of Management Occupations

E[acute accent]Chart 2: Job Function of Mobile Employees

E[acute accent]Table 3: Mobile Occupations, Survey Responses

E[acute accent]Mobile Worker Forecast

E[acute accent]Table 4: Forecasted U.S. Consumer and Business Wireless Subscribers

E[acute accent]Table 5: Total Number of Employees and Mobile Workers, 2005

E[acute accent]Table 6: Number of Mobile Workers by Occupation, 2005

E[acute accent]Table 7: Number of Mobile Workers per Sector, 2005-2010

E[acute accent]Mobile Workers per Sector

E[acute accent]Table 8: Accommodations & Food Services 

E[acute accent]Table 9: Administrative, Support Services and Waste Management

E[acute accent]Table 10: Arts & Entertainment

E[acute accent]Table 11: Construction

E[acute accent]Table 12: Finance & Insurance

E[acute accent]Table 13: Health Care & Social Assistance

E[acute accent]Table 14: Information

E[acute accent]Table 15: Management of Companies and Enterprises

E[acute accent]Table 16: Manufacturing

E[acute accent]Table 17: Mining

E[acute accent]Table 18: Other Services

E[acute accent]Table 19: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

E[acute accent]Table 20: Real Estate

E[acute accent]Table 21: Retail Trade

E[acute accent]Table 22: Transportation & Warehousing

E[acute accent]Table 23: Utilities

E[acute accent]Table 24: Wholesale Trade

E[acute accent]Companies Mentioned

E[acute accent]- Wyndham International

E[acute accent]- United Parcel Service (UPS)

E[acute accent]- InPatient Consultants (IPC)

E[acute accent]- TaylorMade-adidas

E[acute accent]- Aspect Telecommunications 

E[acute accent]- Westar Energy

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