TMT Trends: Predictions, 2005 - A focus on the mobile and wireless sector

Welcome to the 2005 edition of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) predictions for the global mobile and wireless sector.

The sector looks set for an exciting 2005. The widespread launch of 3G networks and major deployments of RFID will set the stage for the sector’s progress during the second half of this decade. By year-end 2005, we predict that there will be some 2 billion cellular mobile subscriptions worldwide, cementing the mobile phone’s position as the most rapidly-growing and widely-adopted technology of all time.

These predictions are the result of comprehensive research throughout 2004, the principal elements of which include:

• input from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s member firms’ 5,000 Technology, Media and Telecommunications partners, directors and senior managers around the world;