Articles by ABI Research
April 17, 2012
Mobile handset semiconductors, including processors, RF, power management, and wireless connectivity, grew to more than $30 billion in 2011. The worldwide market generated more than $120 billion in revenue over the last five years and will generate more than $170 billion during the next five years.
April 12, 2012
LTE smartphones will top 65 million units in 2012, led by the anticipated LTE-enabled iPhone 5 and Samsung’s LTE smartphones. “Mobile wireless royalties for GSM, WCDMA, and LTE smartphones were just under $20 billion in 2011 but the increase to 65 million LTE smartphones will help push the 2012 royalty total higher,” states research director Philip Solis.
December 19, 2011
Spending on RF power semiconductors for the wireless infrastructure market has experienced significant growth in 2011. Other markets – notably the military – are seeing some moderation in growth as the global economic picture and political factors come into play. Also, gallium nitride (GaN) – long seen as the...
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December 14, 2011
The IEEE 802.15.4 IC market will grow to over $1.1 B in 2016 -- up from just $90 M in 2010. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is still a key adoption market and there is significant impetus behind the continuation of this market. Some concerns have been raised around mass...
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October 26, 2011
Accelerated Chinese wireless infrastructure rollouts and the worldwide demand for wireless data have benefited the base station RF power amplifier and RF power device markets, according to ABI Research. The Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, presently accounts for more than 75 percent of the RF power semiconductor devices sold into...
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October 21, 2011
By the end of 2013, LTE connections will be close to 80 million, according to ABI Research. This figure will account for connections on both FD-LTE, including that paired with W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA 1x/EV-DO, and TD-LTE technologies globally. “We are expecting to see more LTE networks lighting up in...
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October 19, 2011
Early Q3 performance indicators show momentum has returned to the mobile handset market, according to ABI Research . “While results are not in yet from all mobile handset vendors, Q3 shows signs of a recovery after a flat Q2 raised concerns following a very strong start to the year,”...
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October 3, 2011
The world economy may be teetering on the brink of a double-dip recession, but business is booming for wireless infrastructure vendors, according to ABI Research. “Base station installations in 2011 will total at least 10 percent more than anyone expected just one year ago and we also see increases...
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September 23, 2011
The cellular M2M embedded module market experienced a more difficult than expected year in 2010, according to ABI Research. Although total unit volumes continued to rise, reaching nearly 34 million units shipped in 2010, total industry revenue fell from roughly $996 M in 2009 to about $841 M in...
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September 15, 2011
Following small shipment volumes in 2012 and a significant increase in shipments in 2013, IEEE 802.11ac will emerge as the dominant Wi-Fi protocol by 2014. Only a niche subset of 802.11ac will be single-band 802.11ac, using solely the five GHz band. Most will be 802.11n/802.11ac dual-band chipsets. Established Wi-Fi...
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