With the right focus on billing relationships, cable MSOs could give everyone a run for their money.

In 2009 Apple Corp and Research In Motion (RIM) successfully captured market share from other larger device producers, controlling 14.4% and 19.9% of the worldwide smartphone market, respectively, says research firm, Gartner Inc.

IDC says that the number of people using mobile technologies at work will top one billion this year. This will be helped by 4G wireless, soon to be a reality for many businesses as Sprint’s WiMAX network gets out the gate and other Canadian and US carriers follow with LTE.

Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard have called it quits and are now competitors, though the gloves are still on. This is no surprise to the Canadian mid-market, which has been warming to HP’s ProCurve.