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INDUSTRY NEWS LTE Wireless Infrastructure: Market Shares, Strategies, Forecasts, Worldwide 2013-2019 Reportlinker.com has announced that a new market research report is available in its catalog: LTE Wireless Infrastructure: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019. LTE has brought a reassessment of operator choices of Packet Core vendor. The LTE wireless infrastructure market is expected to see sustained investment. LTE provides service providers efficient ways to carry larger traffic volumes. A 110 MHz BW is going to be required by 2015. A 65 MHz auction in April 2013 provided more bandwidth. Traffic average throughput per user is expected to double in 2013. Video and image exchange is accounting for a large part of the growth in network usage. LTE has been an entry point for Ericsson among others. Ericsson offers high capacity multi-access and multi-application systems. There are 1,472 network coverage patterns from 878 worldwide mobile operators A smart phone is not very smart if the infrastructure can't support its applications. In response to the high growth smart phone markets, wireless infrastructure promises to grow dramatically in the near term. Wireless Infrastructure technologies include WiMAX, LTE, 4G and HSPA. These technologies are driving much higher capacity from the base station back to the fiber core. Fiber core is putting extreme pressure on provider's infrastructure and backhaul networks. WinterGreen Research predicts that the dramatic growth of wireless infrastructure is based on the growth of smart phones and apps. LTE wireless infrastructure markets at $3.9 billion in 2012, is anticipated to reach $78 billion by 2018. Bluetooth Smart Chip Growth to Exceed 55 Percent The global market for Bluetooth Smart integrated circuits (IC) that enable low-power wireless pairing of devices is set for remarkable growth in the next five years, with shipments expected to rise nearly tenfold during the period, according to a report from IHS, Inc. Worldwide annual shipments of Bluetooth Smart ICs will surge to almost 300 million units in 2018, up from just over 30 million projected at the close of 2013, for a five-year compound annual growth rate of more than 55 percent. This year alone, shipments will grow nearly 250 percent from 9 million units last year, and volumes in 2013 are expected to double by next year. The findings are contained in the report entitled "Low-Power Wireless Market Tracker - World - 2013." Shipments are then forecast to cross the hundred-million-mark by 2015, subsequently breaching the 200-million-unit threshold in another two years in 2017, as shown in the attached figure. To date sports and fitness applications have been the largest end market for Bluetooth Smart, supported by device suppliers including Polar, BodyMedia, Under Armour and others. The chips are used in health and fitness monitoring devices such pedometers that can track heart rate and other vitals, and then show the results in displays, smartwatches or smartphones. Bluetooth Smart power consumption, which is significantly lower than Classic Bluetooth technology, is a significant asset, particularly in devices powered by non-rechargeable batteries. While much of the early success of Bluetooth Smart has been driven by the sports and fitness industry, consumer electronics is projected to account for the largest proportion of the Bluetooth Smart market in the coming years, driven by uptake in devices such as remote controls and PC peripherals. By 2018, consumer electronics applications are projected to account for more than 60 percent of Bluetooth Smart shipments. For more industry news, visit www.antennasonline.com/main/category/news www.AntennasOnline.com Winter 2013 Antenna Systems & Technology 29 http://www.Reportlinker.com http://www.antennasonline.com/main/category/news http://www.AntennasOnline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Antenna Systems & Technology - Winter 2013

Editor’s Choice
LTE's MIMO Requirement Strengthens the Need for Active Antenna Systems
Optimizing Cell and Tower Sites During the Data Explosion
Improve Passive Intermodulation Performance with Specialty High-Frequency Circuit Materials
Next Generation Wireless: Riding on the Back of Millimeter Waves
Antennas
Components/Subsystems
Test & Measurement
Marketplace
Industry News

Antenna Systems & Technology - Winter 2013