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Mobile business apps growth to slow


GROWTH IN REVENUE FOR MOBILE business applications will be close to 50% between 2006 and 2007, and then slow to 44% from 2007 to 2008, says research firm In-Stat. These strong growth projections are good news for the wireless industry, but may be lower than some may be planning on based upon the literal reading of end-user survey data, says the company. That's because there is a widening gap between what decision-makers expect that they will do and what they actually implement. "As business users approach saturation for horizontal mobile data applications, most of the growth potential remains for vertical...