拉美中小企业无线需求高涨
作者： AMI
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来源： 《电脑商情报》
时间： 2006-10-23 22:25
Small and medium businesses (1-999 employees) in Latin America are set to invest more than US$9.7 billion on beefing up their mobile equipment and infrastructure this year. Roughly US$9.2 billion will be invested on cellular phone service infrastructure and the remaining US$530 million on mobile equipment. The shift toward wireless communications and networking platforms is spurred by the increasing adoption of wireless technologies such as cellular phones, according to the latest study by Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc.
Telecommunications
“The growing trend in emerging markets like Latin America to continue investing heavily in their wireless communications infrastructure is a signal that these markets want to create an enhanced networking structure based on an entirely wireless business platform,” says Spencer Richardson, New York-based analyst at AMI-Partners. “We expect to see Latin America’s cellular phone service investment growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.2% over the next five years.”
Networking
Latin America’s SMBs are also expected to spend US$54 million on wireless LANs this year, up a huge 79% over 2005. This is as compared to more mature markets such as the US and Japan, which are expected to increase their capital investment in these technologies by 34% and 19% respectively. This accelerated growth rate is projected to sustain itself in the coming years in Latin America.
“Given Latin America’s relative deficit in existing infrastructure, they stand to benefit greatly by adopting more cost-effective and efficient networking solutions by leveraging on wireless mobility, which more mature markets are slower to adopt due to their dependency on legacy wired platforms,” Mr. Richardson says, “Latin America’s adoption of wireless networking platforms will begin with medium businesses (100-999 employees).” Over half of Brazil MBs and 61% of Mexico MBs already cite the implementation of wireless technology and applications as a top IT focus next year, according to AMI-Partners research.
Funding the Wireless Revolution
The boost in demand for increased networking capability is driven by the emergence of multinational firms in Latin America such as Embraer, Petrobas and American Movil. There is also an increase in information and communications technology (ICT)-based foreign direct investments (FDIs) into Latin America now. ICT-based projects account for 14%1 of all FDIs moving into Brazil. Much of it is funded by companies such as Siemens, which is now Brazil’s single largest foreign investor, for example. Brazil has also experienced a cash inflow of record US$26 billion2, from investments and exports in 2006, more than double that of last year. Latin America now has the financial backing to aggressively pursue its historical goal of becoming a networking technology leader. Richardson notes, “The wheels are already in motion for Latin America to become a business environment leader and true Information Society; now it is just a matter of time as globally minded vendors race to fulfill the growing demand.”
Telecommunications
“The growing trend in emerging markets like Latin America to continue investing heavily in their wireless communications infrastructure is a signal that these markets want to create an enhanced networking structure based on an entirely wireless business platform,” says Spencer Richardson, New York-based analyst at AMI-Partners. “We expect to see Latin America’s cellular phone service investment growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.2% over the next five years.”
Networking
Latin America’s SMBs are also expected to spend US$54 million on wireless LANs this year, up a huge 79% over 2005. This is as compared to more mature markets such as the US and Japan, which are expected to increase their capital investment in these technologies by 34% and 19% respectively. This accelerated growth rate is projected to sustain itself in the coming years in Latin America.
“Given Latin America’s relative deficit in existing infrastructure, they stand to benefit greatly by adopting more cost-effective and efficient networking solutions by leveraging on wireless mobility, which more mature markets are slower to adopt due to their dependency on legacy wired platforms,” Mr. Richardson says, “Latin America’s adoption of wireless networking platforms will begin with medium businesses (100-999 employees).” Over half of Brazil MBs and 61% of Mexico MBs already cite the implementation of wireless technology and applications as a top IT focus next year, according to AMI-Partners research.
Funding the Wireless Revolution
The boost in demand for increased networking capability is driven by the emergence of multinational firms in Latin America such as Embraer, Petrobas and American Movil. There is also an increase in information and communications technology (ICT)-based foreign direct investments (FDIs) into Latin America now. ICT-based projects account for 14%1 of all FDIs moving into Brazil. Much of it is funded by companies such as Siemens, which is now Brazil’s single largest foreign investor, for example. Brazil has also experienced a cash inflow of record US$26 billion2, from investments and exports in 2006, more than double that of last year. Latin America now has the financial backing to aggressively pursue its historical goal of becoming a networking technology leader. Richardson notes, “The wheels are already in motion for Latin America to become a business environment leader and true Information Society; now it is just a matter of time as globally minded vendors race to fulfill the growing demand.”
