Wireless Technology

Mobile LBS on its own has limited competitive advantages, and thus ultimately it is a tool for the juggernauts to further enhance their pre-existing services and business models. Mobile LBS technologies in itself are readily available in the form of APIs and SDKs, and have no differentiating value on their own. In order to make the mobile LBS attractive, various other elements need to be added. Analysts have published a report presenting the evolution of Mobile LBS which has now expanded from traditional maps and navigation services to social networking in the form of check-ins. The report provides detailed information about: the market structure, data and forecasts 2010-2017, competition structure and market trends.

World market for Radio Frequency Identification Technology, RFID is projected to reach US$18.7 billion by the year 2017. Growth will be primarily driven by fast paced deployments of RFID projects in developing Asian countries, especially in China. Developments in the field of smart labels are projected to hold the key to future revenue growth.

Global market for Satellite Machine-to-Machine, M2M Services is projected to reach US$1.6 billion by the year 2017. Growth will be primarily driven by the launch of new satellite services designed to support high-speed, next-generation data intensive M2M applications. Growth will additionally stem from untapped opportunities that exist beyond conventional asset monitoring functions.

Growth will be primarily driven by cost reduction and higher automation needs in the field of supply chain management, increased government support for RFID technologies in the field of ID and access control, and rising need for asset/equipment tracking in the manufacturing, freight, and transportation services sector. Growth will also be driven by fast paced deployments of RFID projects in developing Asian countries, particularly China.

The growing demand for mobile broadband services is driving an ever increasing number of commercial LTE network deployments. This surge has seen the number of LTE subscriptions already surpass 7 Million subscriptions worldwide, and over 300+ commercial LTE user device launches. As the market gained momentum, the LTE industry witnessed revenues for over $ 19.1 Billion in 2011 alone. Projected to grow at a CAGR of over 86 %, the industry will account for $ 410 Billion by the end of 2016.

Kenichi Okada and colleagues at Tokyo Institute of Technology have realized the world’s first millimeter-wave direct-conversion transceiver using an injection-locked oscillator. A 65-nm CMOS process was used to implement the direct-conversion transceiver. To improve the phase noise, an injection-locking technique was developed and applied to the transceiver to realize it in the direct-conversion architecture.

In January 2012 China’s major wireless OEM Huawei announced that it intended to enter the U.S. wireless market this year, with several new CDMA/LTE products including smartphones. At CES 2012 in Las Vegas Huawei unveiled its newest flagship smartphone, the Ascend P1 S, and announced its intent to take the Ascend brand to the U.S. and European markets.

The global market for Routers is projected to reach US$35.9 billion by 2017, primarily driven by factors such as rising IP traffic, legacy network upgrades and growing prominence of enterprise mobility and workforce virtualization. Introduction of advanced products with superior capabilities and features and robust demand from developing markets, particularly Asia-Pacific, also augur well for the market.

Smart Home sensor network chipset shipments will approach 100 million worldwide in 2015, enabling nearly $6 billion in cloud services for energy and home service providers.  Adoption of Smart Home sensor networking is accelerating in several channels and new business models are already emerging.

Driven by global trend towards wireless connectivity, the world market for Wireless USB (WUSB) Devices is projected to witness increased demand over the next few years and reach about 10.8 million units in volume sales by 2017. Increase in number of mobile Internet devices and robust demand from developing markets, particularly Asia-Pacific, also augur well for the future of this market.