Wireless Technology - A Wave of New Business

At a time when wireless is just about to make its dent on the IT landscape - resellers can move another notch up the value chain by weaving a business model around wireless products and services as part of their business strategy.

Taking advantage of this opportunity involves getting up to speed with one of the hottest trends in technology today - the explosive growth of wireless data services that will soon put the power of Internet commerce into people's pockets by providing the opportunity to do real-time transactions on the road.

The need is there in the overall Asian region - primarily in the form of a growing mobile workforce implementation in the corporate front & home networking in the SOHO segment and devices are available to serve that need. About 30 million mobile wireless devices are now used on a daily basis in India and sales of digital wireless handsets are expected to grow far faster than sales of personal computers in coming years.

But what can these wireless data devices be used for?

Most of the mobile data applications now on the market are the new consumer applications such as e-mail access or information services such as news updates and stock alerts.

What remains to be developed and deployed is a wide range of business solutions that will make mobile wireless data an everyday tool that mobile employees, partners, customers and suppliers can use to perform real-time transactions online.

"Mobile wireless revolution is round the corner, but there are a few security concerns with the customers. This is the reason why we haven't seen any big implementation in the wireless arena. However, this is likely to be changed as we experience more and more positive results of this technology," opines, Devendra Taneja, CEO at PC Solutions. The Delhi based SI is busy placing a team of people which would be dedicated towards implementing wireless solutions for the SOHO and the corporate segment.