Mobile cloud computing subscribers to reach nearly one billion by 2014, says ABI Research

Expects PaaS vendors to begin marketing their mobile capabilities aggressively in 2010

The number of mobile cloud computing subscribers worldwide will grow over the next five years, from 42.8 million subscribers in 2008, to over 998 million in 2014, according to a study by market analysis firm ABI Research.

Mobile cloud applications move the computing power and data storage away from mobile phones into the cloud, bringing apps and mobile computing to not only smartphone users but to a broader range of mobile subscribers.

Mark Beccue, senior analyst at ABI Research, said: “From 2008 through 2010, subscriber numbers will be driven by location-enabled services, particularly navigation and map applications. A total of 60% of the mobile cloud application subscribers worldwide will use an application enabled by location during these years.”

According to the study, business productivity applications will soon dominate the mix of mobile cloud applications, particularly collaborative document sharing, scheduling, and sales force management applications.

ABI Research expects some or all of the major 'Platform-as-a-Service' vendors, Google, Amazon AWS, and Force.com will begin to market their mobile capabilities aggressively starting in 2010.

Mr Beccue added: “By 2014, mobile cloud computing will become the leading mobile application development and deployment strategy, displacing today’s native and downloadable mobile applications.”

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