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22. February 2010 18:00
IDC have revealed that America has the most mobile workforce. New research shows that in 2008, 72% of US workers worked on a mobile basis for at least some of the time.The number is set to grow by 76% to 120 million in 2013.
The world's number of mobile workers could top 1 billion by the end of this year and by 2013 more than a third of the world's total workforce is set to work on a mobile basis.
Mobile workers are already quite prevalent in the Western world with advanced mobile technology, such as virtual desktops and smartphones, but it's set to be the emerging economies of Asia and the Pacific region which are set to make the biggest difference.
The Asia and Pacific regions, excluding Japan, represent the largest number of mobile workers for IDC's forecast; there were 546.4 million mobile workers in 2008. This is set to rise to 734.5 million workers in 2013; the equivalent of 62% of the world's mobile workforce.
Western Europe's mobile population is also set for a huge boost. IDC predict there will be about 129.5 million workers in 2013; about 50% of the total workforce.
Japan's mobile worker population will represent 75% of it's total workforce in 2013; about 49.3 million workers.
This figures might seem high but, with technology advancing every day, it seems the predictions could become reality very quickly and could have an impact on every mobile worker in the near future.
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