Mobile Systems and Services is a service-driven market. The transition to wireless broadband and content-centric service will create new opportunities for emerging technologies at multiple levels of the value chain.
The predicted values of the opportunities in this Business Area are considerable. For example, mobile TV and gaming markets are expected to be worth $60 billion by 2009, growing to $98 billion by 2011 (Juniper). Revenue from the Blackberry/RIM market was US$306 million in 2002 and is predicted to reach US$3 billion in 2007.
Mobile communications are pervasive and this significant market segment shows steady growth. Opportunities exist in next-generation wireless computer networks, personal communication services and specialised systems that require mobility and ease of deployment.
NICTA's Mobile Systems and Services vision is to save time by doing business on the move, save money with seamless connectivity that reduces transaction costs, open new opportunities with computing that is always on, always here at an ever decreasing cost and empower people with access to relevant information anytime, anywhere.