The outlook for mobile device management (MDM) technologies is good. The results of this quarter’s study reflect the end of the slowdown that impacted the wider handset market from the end of 2008 and through the first three quarters of 2009, caused by global economic conditions. The data from this quarter’s study shows positive quarter-on-quarter growth and year-on-year growth for penetration of FOTA, OMA CP, and OMA DM. Our estimates show that: 129 million handsets shipped in 4Q09 supporting FOTA, 262 million handsets shipped in 4Q09 supported OMA CP, and 122 million handsets shipped in 4Q09 supported OMA DM. By 2011 Ovum expects that MDM technology will be included in more than half of all handsets shipped, making it one of the most widely deployed mobile technologies. Ovum estimates that at year-end 2011 shipments will reach a total of 659 million FOTA-enabled handsets (representing 53% of global shipments), 1 billion CP-enabled handsets (representing 81% of global shipments) and 580 million DM-enabled handsets (representing 47% of global shipments).
