The wireless application market for semiconductors includes mobile phones, infrastructure, short range and other wireless.  This market is  one of the  fastest growing application segments in the semiconductor industry and it is estimated at over $76 billion in sales. The majority of that revenue is in the mobile phone application market, and with the proliferation of smartphones, this share is expected to only increase.

Over 87 percent of wireless semiconductor revenue comes from the mobile phone applications, with the remainder generated by chips for infrastructure and short range products.

Smart phones will continue to dominate the forecast in terms of growth and drive overall wireless revenue. Short range wireless is also growing nicely with strong growth in conjunction with the mobile phone opportunities for bluetooth and other NFC devices.

Market Trends

The application consumption market for wireless semiconductors includes mobile phones, wireless infrastructure (base stations), short-range wireless (802.11, Bluetooth, ZigBee, NFC), and all other wireless applications not captured by the specified segments.

Mobile phones account for the vast majority of this market, bringing in over $66 billion in 2012 global sales. For the five year forecast period, this segment will likely experience average annual revenue growth of 10 percent, with total sales in excess of $107 billion expected by year 2017.

Short-range wireless will remain the second largest application by sales with $8 billion or about 10 percent of the market for this year. This will be a sector with above average growth of 12 percent yearly over the forecast period.

Infrastructure will continue to remain the smallest of the segments with just over $2.3 billion in revenue estimated for this year.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Significant Findings
Table 1.1: Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Market Forecast
Table 1.2: Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Product
Table 1.3: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Market Forecast

Regional Forecast
Table 2.1: Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Region
Table 2.2: Asia Pacific Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Country
Table 2.3: Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Region

Application Consumption Analysis
Table 3.1: Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Segment
Table 3.2: Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Shipment Forecast by Segment

Mobile Phones
Table 4.1: Worldwide Mobile Phone Wireless Market Forecast
Table 4.2: Quarterly Worldwide Mobile Phone Wireless Market Forecast
Table 4.3: Worldwide Mobile Phone Wireless Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.4: Worldwide Mobile Phone RF Power Amplifier Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.5: Worldwide Mobile Phone RF Transceiver Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.6: Worldwide Mobile Phone Other Analog Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.7: Worldwide Mobile Phone DSP Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.8: Worldwide Mobile Phone Processor Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.9: Worldwide Mobile Phone Microcontroller Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.10: Worldwide Mobile Phone Logic Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.11: Worldwide Mobile Phone Memory Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.12: Worldwide Mobile Phone Sensors Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.13: Worldwide Mobile Phone Optoelectronics Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.14: Worldwide Mobile Phone Discretes Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.15: Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Product
Table 4.16: Worldwide Mobile Phone Semiconductor Shipment Forecast by Product
Table 4.17: Worldwide Mobile Phone Revenue Forecast by Form Factor
Table 4.18: Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipment Forecast by Form Factor

Infrastructure
Table 5.1: Worldwide Wireless Infrastructure Semiconductor Market Forecast
Table 5.2: Quarterly Wireless Infrastructure Semiconductor Market Forecast
Table 5.3: Worldwide Wireless Infrastructure Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Product
Table 5.4: Worldwide Wireless Infrastructure Semiconductor Shipment Forecast by Product
Table 5.5: Worldwide Femtocell Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Product
Table 5.6: Worldwide Wireless Infrastructure Equipment Revenue Forecast
Table 5.7: Worldwide Wireless Infrastructure Equipment Shipment Forecast

Short Range
Table 6.1: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Market Forecast
Table 6.2: Quarterly Worldwide Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Market Forecast
Table 6.3: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 6.4: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Frequency Band
Table 6.5: Worldwide 2.4GHz Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Standard
Table 6.6: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Product
Table 6.7: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Semiconductor Shipment Forecast by Product
Table 6.8: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Equipment Revenue Forecast by Application
Table 6.9: Worldwide Short Range Wireless Equipment Shipment Forecast by Application

Product Forecast
Table 7.1 Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Forecast by Product
Table 7.2 Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Shipment Forecast by Product
Table 7.3: Worldwide Wireless Application Specific Market Forecast
Table 7.4: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Application Specific Market Forecast
Table 7.5: Worldwide Wireless Application Specific Analog Market Forecast
Table 7.6: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Application Specific Analog Market Forecast
Table 7.7: Worldwide Wireless Application Specific Logic Market Forecast
Table 7.8: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Application Specific Logic Market Forecast
Table 7.9: Worldwide Wireless Application Specific DSP Market Forecast
Table 7.10: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Application Specific DSP Market Forecast
Table 7.11: Worldwide Wireless Application Specific MCU Market Forecast
Table 7.12: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Application Specific MCU Market Forecast
Table 7.13: Worldwide Wireless Application Specific PLD/Standard Cell Market Forecast
Table 7.14: Worldwide Qtrly Wireless Application Specific PLD/Standard Cell Market Forecast
Table 7.15: Worldwide Wireless Multimarket Market Forecast
Table 7.16: Quarterly Worldwide Wireless Multimarket Market Forecast

Supplier Market Share
Table 8.1 2010 and 2009 Worldwide Wireless Semiconductor Revenue Share by Supplier