2009 M&A Overview: Mobile

This IDC study provides an overview of M&A deals in the mobile industry in 2009 and the different business, financial, and technology trends affecting M&A activities. It also analyzes industry and market dynamics driving current and future acquisitions in the different IT security markets.

"With the start of 2010, investors have a unique opportunity to ride the wave of recuperating markets and take advantage of the relatively low valuations still out there. Prices are still low and the top players, either Internet or mobile oriented, have already started to join the acquisition spree, increasing valuations and companies' values. VCs should seize this timing, do their homework, and find the best investment candidates now, before the price gets too high," said Oren Raviv, research analyst, Emerging Technologies, IDC EMEA.