Smartphones and the BYOD movement have transformed the American workplace over the past decade. They’ve also shaken up the traditional IT channel, with many solution providers still working to realign their business offerings to the needs of the mobile first enterprise.

While the revenue shift from traditional desktop computing infrastructure to smartphones, LTE-connected tablets and apps has been viewed as a threat by some, the IT channel has an exciting new opportunity that could be set to take off in 2017: unlocked devices.

This full article originally appeared on Samsung Insights and is authored by Carrie Maslen.

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