Ten Emerging Mobile Players to Watch in 2008

This IDC study discusses 10 smaller emerging mobile players that IDC analysts believe are worthy of highlighting to the broader mobile industry and have the potential to make substantial impacts in the larger mobile market. In an industry that can seem dominated by titans, small companies are often pioneering new solutions to today's challenges, are often showing the way forward for the broader mobile industry, and have the potential to make substantial impacts in the rapidly evolving mobile market.

"Some of the most innovative and interesting companies in the mobile space are small companies that few people have heard of,"notes Scott Ellison, vice president, Wireless and Mobile Communications."Smaller companies such as the ones IDC has highlighted are among those taking innovative approaches to mobile issues and are companies to watch going forward for the impact that they may have on the broader mobile market."