Articles by ABI Research

Later this year, the first specification for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) will be published and products will follow shortly afterwards. The technology is set for stellar adoption. According to a new ABI Research study examining the potential for Bluetooth Low Energy, in 2010 alone nearly 30 million BLE chipsets...

Total revenue earned from RFID transponders, readers, software and services will amount to more than $5.6 B in 2009, according to the latest market data from ABI Research. “The recession has had an undeniable effect on deployment plans,” notes Practice Director Michael Liard, “but despite some project deferrals and...

Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research. While global handset shipments are expected to drop by 4 to 5 percent in 2009,...

2009 will see the introduction of a new class of wireless communications chip that features dual-mode support for both WiMAX and LTE, according to ABI Research. The thrust of demand for such chips comes from those wireless device makers seeking to reduce the number of their SKUs; they will...

The global mobile handset market went into a tailspin in October and November, which will result in a nearly 5 percent YoY decline in unit shipments in Q4. While 2009 is likely to see more stormy economic weather, there are a few rays of sunshine. “The number of WCDMA...

ABI Research’s optimistic forecasts for the penetration of high-powered RF integrated circuits into the mobile wireless base station market have been borne out by the latest market developments. According to research director Lance Wilson, “Compared to the discrete devices they can replace, high-power RFICs take up less circuit board...

While microwave and millimeter-wave high-power vacuum electron devices (VED) remain “below the radar” of many industry observers, the total available market (TAM) for this segment is nearly $1 B. Despite its size, and although these tubes (valves) remain essential elements in specialized military, scientific/medical and space communications applications, this...

Continued strong growth in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications markets will see about 95 million cellular M2M modules shipping in 2013, according to ABI Research. Of shipments to the three main market segments – telematics, telemetry and wireless local loop – about 34 million devices are expected to be for telematics...

Over the last several years, the market for Wi-Fi chipsets (primary components, not including power amplifiers, LNAs and other external components) has grown from just over $1 B in 2006, though just over $2 B in 2007, and is expected to deliver revenue of nearly $3 B in 2008....

Shipments of four classes of wireless audio and video connectivity products for the home, which barely amount to 150 million this year, are expected to increase to nearly 700 million worldwide by the end of 2013, according to a new ABI Research study. The technologies in question are Bluetooth,...