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ABI Research lists top contributors to 3GPP standards
ABI Research has listed top contributors to 3GPP standards and technologies such as WCDMA/HSPA, LTE, and the EPC. ABI Research looked at the number of chairmanships, rapporteurships, overall contributions, approved contributions, and discussion papers for 3GPP standards. This was done for RAN1, RAN
2 min readBluetooth BLE is predicted to overtake ZigBee by 2015
ABI research has estimated by year 2018, total annual home automation device shipments to exceed 351 million, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 78%. ZigBee is the leading protocol for IEEE 802.15.4 with the node shipments at 4.5 million, narrowly ahead of proprietary protocol offerings.
2 min read0.2 million 802.11ac shipments in 1Q 2013
The ubiquitous Wi-Fi is getting continuously upgraded with enhanced speed and better coverage. Below is a latest study by ABI research on the shipment of various versions of Wi-Fi integrated devices. Worldwide consumer Wi-Fi customer premises equipment (CPE) shipments surpassed 43.3 million at th
2 min readWLAN and Bluetooth are the most used in industrial automation
IMS research has reported the wireless LAN accounted for a 31 percent share of shipments of wireless-enabled industrial automation equipment. The second most used wireless connection in industrial automation is Bluetooth, which holds 22 percent of the market. The remainder of the market was populate
3 min readMHL launches program to promote its wireless HD streaming tech
MHL, LLC has launched the MHL Experience program to promote MHL technology through compelling games, content, applications, and accessories. The program highlights Experience Partners’ offerings from SEGA, PowerA, Nyko, MobiSystems, Green Throttle and FilmOn.TV. More companies will be invited to jo
5 min readAlcatel Lucent and Qualcomm collaborate to develop small cell base stations
Alcatel Lucent and Qualcomm have agreed to collaborate in developing small cell base stations. Both have agreed to invest in a strategic R&D program to develop the next generation of Alcatel-Lucent lightRadio Small Cell products based on Qualcomm Technologies’ FSM9900 family of Small Cell silicon s
4 min readHDMI/MHL to Wireless HD video interface reference design from silicon image
Silicon image has made available two new 60 GHz-based wireless video interface reference designs for connecting smart phones and tablet computer's video output to large screen displays without using wire. The new reference designs are based on silicon image's UltrGig 6400 mobile transmitter which pr
3 min readABI: 1.467 billion LTE subscriptions worldwide by 2018
ABI Research forecasts by year 2018, there will be 1.467 billion LTE subscriptions worldwide; of those, 34% will be on LTE-Advanced (Release 10+) networks, while 42% and 24% will be on the older Release 8/9 LTE-FDD and LTE-TDD networks, respectively. ABI says with the first service providers, suc
2 min readABI: Mobile Packet Data Core n/w infra market to reach $1.8B in 2013
ABI Research estimates the Mobile Packet Data Core Network infrastructure market will reach $1.8B in 2013. “Continued growth in 3G and 4G traffic will propel the Mobile Packet Core Infrastructure to a cumulative $10B market over the next five years,” stated Joe Hoffman, principal analyst. ABI sh
2 min readZynq powers MIMO antenna supporting multi-frequency SDR by Mobilicom
Mobilicom's new MCU-30 software-defined radio (SDR) is designed using Xilinx's Zynq-7030 All Programmable System-on-a-Chip (SoC), a member of Xilinx's Zynq-7000 family. The configurable hardware and the hardened processor system inside Zynq enables design of highly flexible system. Mobilicom's MCU
3 min readGroup led by CEA Leti working on electrically-small super directional antennas
The project called SOCRATE involving CEA Leti is aimed at developing super directional antennas which are electrically small. The present application examples of such omnidirectional antennas includes RFID, wireless telemetry, home automation and any such low-power wireless applications. The SOCR
2 min readCellular M2M based VAS market to grow from $1.5B to 10B by 2017, as per IMS
IMS Research of IHS has reported cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) based value-added-services (VAS) to expand by a factor of seven and reach $10 billion by 2017 from the $1.5 billion in 2012. Details of IMS findings and analysis includes: The VAS market represents an array of business and techn
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