MDM to hit $20B in sales by 2013

The mobile device management services market is expected to grow from $583 million in 2007 to more than $20 billion by 2013, according to a report from ABI Research.
“The range of services needed to manage a business’s mobile investments requires inputs from many different wireless equipment and services providers including operators, MDM platform vendors, IT services providers, telecom expense management firms, and mobility management services firms,” said Dan Shey, principal analyst with the firm. “All want to be part of the action.”
ABI said MDM platforms are slowly evolving to include more capabilities and can be used by value chain suppliers as well as businesses.
“Operators are the dark horses in this race: they provide and appropriate revenues for nearly all mobile capabilities, they already use MDM platforms, and they value the mobile business customer highly,” continued Shey. “MDM platforms, and the possible participation scenarios of the mobile operator, beg the question: ‘Who will manage?'”