Technical and economical trends in wireless applications

This paper examines technical and economical trends in wireless applications and its impact on the wireless device industry by analyzing different historical phases that the industry gone through since the early 1990´s as well as looking towards the frontier of today and the expected applications it will create for tomorrow. Three historical eras have been identified with distinct paradigms; the Voice era, the Entertain me era and the Connect me era. A fourth one, the Anywhere era, is being established right now where services will be available anywhere and where everything and anything will be connected. The paper outlines the technical and economical trends in the Anywhere era that influence the wireless applications over the next coming years and its implications on the industry.