The Asia-Pacific Land Mobile Radio Systems study provides much needed, unique market definitions, segmentations, current and emerging applications are identified, and a detailed analysis of technical, developmental, and regulatory issues facing the industry is provided.
 
This study encompasses all of the major products and technologies included in LMR systems. On the product side, this report covers radios, dispatch consoles, antennas, and other mission-critical infrastructure that enables this advanced communication system. The update to our LMR Systems report will serve as a critical product development and strategy tool addressing key issues surrounding industry size and growth, technology enablers, supplier competitive landscape, user requirements and preferences, and recommendations.

Research Highlights

The global served market for LMR/PMR radio and infrastructure technology in 2008 is estimated at $8.4B. Growth in the market is driven by organizations availing themselves of labor force productivity  increases proffered by the use of a highly accessible, reliable and nearly instantaneous wireless communications medium. Although the market is expected to experience some near-term softness and projects this market to reach $11.3B by 2012, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of 8%.

Some of the key trends impacting the LMR market include:

• Digital Shift:

In all of the major markets, North America, European Union, and Oceania, all interviewes reported a shift to digital technology. Suppliers reported in the study that the majority of new equipment being sold is digital. End user data indicates the same result. The current deployment of analog Land Mobile equipment on a global basis is 70% as reported the end user community. By 2012 as much as 70% of the global Land Mobile equipment installed base is expected to be digital technology.


• Interoperability: An acute need in North America, Interoperability is being addressed by SAFECOM a directorate under DHS charged with harmonizing public service communications. The principle lever to bringing this under control across all levels is funding controlled through a grant process. In the US these grants are awarded by the DHS and are called PSIC grants. In 2007 the PSIC grants amounted to approximately $1B and are passed out on a matching basis to State, Regional and Local Public Safety organizations. The consensus from the interview process was that there are three basic ways to address the technical interoperability:
  
  
  
  • Homogenous Radio System
  • Adaptable Terminals
  • System-to-System Mediation

• Public safety adoption:

•  
  • Military – primarily for logistics communications
  • Transportation – especially metro transit solutions.
  • Manufacturing – especially for wireless SCADA and remote asset monitoring solutions
  • Utilities – however, competition from commercial cellular solutions increasing
Public safety remains the primary user market, accounting for approximately 50% of shipments. Within the pubic safety segment, fire and EMT represent the least penetrated segments and strongest growth opportunities. Beyond public safety, key opportunities include:

Report Scope

LMR Equipment

• Portable Radios
• Mobile Radios
• Infrastructure

Vertical Markets

• Public Safety
• Federal Non-Military
• Military (non-tactical)
• Transportation
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Utilities/Telco
• Others

Regional Markets

• Americas
• EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
• Asia-Pacific

Applications

• Voice communications
• Data applications
• GPS/AVL
• Telemetry
• Video
• Competitive Analysis (Market share)

Regional market

• Mobile Radios
• Portable Radios
• Infrastructure

Applications

• Voice communications
• Data applications
• GPS/AVL
• Telemetry
• Video

Competitive Analysis (Market share)

• Regional market
• Mobile Radios
• Portable Radios
• Infrastructure