Articles by ABI Research

As worldwide mobile phones sales begin to rebound after the economic downturn, emerging economies will fuel demand for entry-level handsets, a new ABI Research report finds. Shipments of ultra-low-cost handsets will grow to more than 360 million by 2015, representing a 2010-2015 CAGR of over 22 percent, while shipments...

Capital expenditure on mobile backhaul varies greatly by region and by technology. While most countries face similar current or future struggles to reduce network congestion, the solutions being adopted differ according to existing infrastructure, network generations, and government mandates and incentives. One major division is whether to use optic...

Latest figures from ABI Research indicates that there are currently more than 500 3G network commitments, and over 300 WiMAX and LTE announcements worldwide. This equates to more than two billion of the world’s population being covered by high-speed data networks. The demand for speedy data networks continues to...

Rapid Chinese TD-SCDMA rollouts and the often-maligned GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment markets have benefited the base station RF power amplifier and RF power device markets. GSM/GPRS/EDGE RFPAs and devices are still shipping in the millions. The Asia-Pacific region is presently accounting for more than 50 percent of the RF power semiconductor...

The total revenue delivered by handset semiconductor shipments is forecast to increase approximately 5.5 percent this year, says ABI Research, and the trend is expected to continue through the next three years, resulting in a total estimated revenue growth of 12 percent in 2013. Industry Analyst Celia Bo notes,...

As mobile data traffic exceeds 3.67 exabytes, operators are gearing up to prepare for 4G services as a means to manage that growth, reduce OPEX and stimulate new revenue opportunities. According to ABI Research Vice President for Forecasting Jake Saunders, “We estimate that mobile operators could well be writing...

The classification “ultra-mobile device” (UMD) in this case encompasses media tablets, netbooks, mobile Internet devices (MID) and eBook readers, and together they comprise one of the fastest-growing consumer product markets in the world. All these products need ICs, and according to the latest ABI Research forecasts, this demand could...

Since wireless network infrastructure adoption is increasing around the world, demand for Wi-Fi equipment is growing rapidly. According to recent ABI Research Wi-Fi equipment market data, worldwide Wi-Fi access point shipments exceeded 18 million in the second quarter of 2010. These shipments include wireless routers, access points and gateways...

Cellular M2M (machine-to-machine) connections continue to show steady growth, and are expected to exceed 297 million in 2015. In the latest update to ABI Research’s forecasts, the 2009 forecast of about 225 million connections by 2014 has also been raised to 232.5 million. Within this worldwide picture, however, are...

Led by Canada and Latin America, regional mobile operators’ spending on backhaul services is expected to show moderate to strong growth to 2015. However, with the exception of the Asia-Pacific region, capital expenditure on microwave backhaul infrastructure will decline—in some cases sharply—after 2010. CAPEX peaked in Western Europe early...