Abstract
This IDC study forecasts the market for WiFi location-based services (LBS). WiFi LBS solutions have begun to gain attention as a means of fundamentally changing and enhancing business processes, increasing operational efficiency, reducing costs, and optimizing asset utilization.
"The strength of these strategies will help develop the WiFi LBS market into nearly a $1 billion worldwide opportunity by 2011 and will be a key driver of incremental WLAN deployments." - Dan Corsetti, senior research analyst in Enterprise Computing at IDC
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Executive Summary
- Situation Overview
- Introduction
- Future Outlook
- Verticals by Location Services
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services Market, 2008-2012
- Table: Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services End-User Spending, 2006-2012
- Table: Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services End-User Spending by Type, 2006-2012 ($M)
- Table: Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services End-User Spending by Form Factor, 2006-2012 ($M)
- Table: Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services End-User Spending by Method, 2006-2012 ($M)
- Table: Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services End-User Spending by Region, 2006-2012 ($M)
- Table: Worldwide Enterprise-Class WLAN Revenue by Region, 2006-2011 ($M)
- Figure: Worldwide WiFi Location-Based Services and Enterprise-Class WLAN Equipment Revenue, 2006-2012
- Market Strategies
- Different WiFi LBS Methods
- Location Appliance Versus Software Only
- LBS Versus RTLS
- Location Aware Versus Context Aware
- Vendor Agnostic Versus Proprietary
- Essential Guidance
- Actions to Consider
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
