[Satellite TODAY 10-26-09] Analyst firm Informa Telecoms & Media predicts that mobile enterprise revenues will reach $92.6 billion with more than 479 million subscribers by 2014, according to an industry forecast, released Oct. 22.
    The study, “Mobile Enterprise Report (Third Edition),” projects the mobile enterprise sector to generate 24 percent of total mobile data service revenues by 2014, representing a potentially strong revenue generation opportunity for mobile operators and providers where cellular operators have failed to capitalize.
     “One of the key drivers of this growth is cellular operator interest in new service segments, including the SME and Soho sector, the opportunities created by mobile convergence, growth in end user outsourcing and software as services. These factors will be magnified in the short term by the impact of the global economic downturn,” Informa senior analyst and author of the report, Paul Merry, said in a statement.
    Merry also identifies mobile device manufacturers as a valuable industry due to the potential uptake of smartphone devices.