In the early 1980s McKinsey projected that 900,000 mobile phones would be in use around the world by the turn of the century. The management consultancy undershot spectacularly: 900,000 new subscribers were buying mobile phones every three days by 1999. Why? Because it failed to anticipate dramatic innovation and falling costs.
Wireless communication has come a long way since then, including in the access control arena.
This ASSA ABLOY-sponsored report, based on a poll of hundreds of professionals involved in the procurement, operation, deployment or maintenance of access control systems, gauges perception of, and demand for, wireless technologies in a market where hardwired systems still have an edge in the installed base.
We are grateful for the contributions of Jim Dearing, senior analyst for security & building technologies at IHS Markit.
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IHS Markit’s Access Control Intelligence Service
Since its inception back in 2005, IHS Markit’s electronic access control research has featured the most detailed market analysis available to the industry. Recent topical research published on the service:
