Telecommunications

The global market for fiber optic connectors can be broken down into two segments - telecom and other. The telecom segment is valued at nearly $1.9 billion in 2011, and in 2016 should be worth $2.9 billion, yielding a CAGR of 9.5%. The other segment, worth $79.5 million in 2011, should rise to $147 million in 2016, a CAGR of 13.1%.

In a recent release, Non-Cellular Waveforms in Mobile Phones: Technologies and Global Markets, global sales of non-cellular waveform chipsets in mobile phones were $4.3 billion in 2010. That value is projected to reach $9.7 billion in 2015, after increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.8%. The global market for non-cellular waveform chipsets in mobile phones can be broken down into six segments – FM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, mobile TV, GPS, and near field communication (NFC). The content of the report will be relevant to a wide range of cellular industry stakeholders, non-cellular waveform stakeholders, as well as end users. Others who will find the report useful include semiconductor chipset specialists, cellular operators, financial institutions, intellectual property owners of individual waveforms, and handset original equipment, design, and engineering manufacturers.

World smartphones market is forecast to reach 1641.82 million units by the year 2017. Thriving economies, growing employment opportunities, rising income levels, continuous development of cellular markets, rising 3G penetrations, and increasing spending power in major countries will drive demand for smartphones in the post recession period. Although the year 2009 was a difficult year for smartphones than previous years, the feature-rich devices ducked the negative growth trend in mobile device market. The growth of smartphones market is attributed to changes in consumer tastes, and manufacturers planned new solutions, such as the launch of new products with real added value. The research report titled “Smartphones: A Global Strategic Business Report” provides a comprehensive review of market trends, issues, drivers, company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities.

Driven by growing popularity of satellite TVs, particularly in the developing countries, along with the introduction of HD and other such bandwidth demanding applications in the developed countries, demand for C- and Ku-band satellite transponders is projected to exceed 7,150 36-MHz TPEs by 2015. In addition, direct radio, consumer broadband Internet services, data services and mobile telephony, and government expenditure on positioning systems, military satellite navigation and space exploration are expected to contribute to the demand for satellite transponders.

The global base transmitting station (BTS) market is on track to hit the forecast for unit shipments. BTS units for the first half of 2010 achieved 51.9% of the projected forecast for 2010, indicating that despite the Indian embargo, the industry was on its way to another growth year. “The transition to remote radio unit (RRU) base station architecture is moving faster than researchers predicted. Base stations using RRUs comprised 45.1% of overall 1H2010 shipments with Nokia Siemens Networks the market leader in RRU shipments,” says analysts. The report provides a unique perspective on the global shipments and demand for base station equipment covering all air interface standards and frequencies and major OEMs including Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, and ZTE.

Despite the Indian telecom embargo that derailed the momentum for the wireless industry in Q2 of 2010, the global base transmitting station (BTS) transceiver (TRx) market was on track to hit a record year in unit shipments. BTS transceiver units for the first half of 2010 achieved 56.8% of our projected forecast for 2010, indicating that despite the embargo that the industry was on it way to another growth year, according to the latest report, titled “Global BTS Transceiver Market Analysis, 1st Edition, 1H2010.”

While LTE is destined to become the dominant wireless airlink, several formidable challenges will make its widespread adoption slower than many expect. For starters, spectrum has to be cleared, licensed and either allocated or sold off before LTE takes hold. As every country has its own telecommunications regulations, these factors will take varying periods of time to be resolved.  Researchers forecasts that the number of LTE subscribers will approach 115 million by 2014.

As a result of the growing iPhone success, in Q2’10, Apple overtook Sony Ericsson to become the #5 global mobile phone manufacturer on a shipment basis with a 3.1% share, up 127% Q/Q and 28% Y/Y from Q1’10. Nokia ranked first with a 31.3% share, followed by Samsung (17.5%), LG (7.1%) and RIM (4.1%). In terms of the rapidly growing Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), Apple ranked #4 with a 10.4% market share. Revenue for main displays reached a remarkable $3B in Q2’10, up 14% Q/Q and 3% Y/Y. Shipments grew to 389.1 million, up 5% Q/Q and 8% Y/Y. Average selling prices for mobile phone displays grew 9% Y/Y to $7.72.