July 9, 2008

How Mobile Boosts Productivity

by Piers Fawkes

Tech consultancy Ovum has produced a report that looks at the wireless industry’s impact on American productivity, They say that by 2016 the value of the combined mobile wireless voice and broadband productivity gains to the US economy will equal $427 billion per year - a figure that would exceed productivity from today’s motor vehicle manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries combined.

Big winners will be healthcare and small business. The report has several case-studies about how mobile technology has improved productivity form companies like BMW and GE.

Ovum Report (pdf)

Article categories: Telecom, Work & Business

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