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Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Market Primed for Strong Growth
in Next Five Years
Finalization of 802.15.3a standards process is critical to driving
mass-market adoption of UWB; Parks Associates predicts PC, mobile CE, and
fixed CE applications to drive growth
Ultra-wideband (UWB)
communications systems, which enable short-range and very robust wireless
connectivity between devices, will propagate within the next five years,
according to
Personal
Area Connectivity Solutions: The Next Generation. According to this
report, the total addressable market (TAM) for this connectivity solution
will exceed 100 million devices annually by the end of 2008.
This new report from Parks Associates also warns that
uncertainties about the finalization of the IEEE 802.15.3a standard may slow
this market at the outset. However, once the standard is in place, the PC
industry will likely lead the way with large deployments of UWB-enabled PCs
and peripheral interconnect solutions, followed by the mobile CE space
(digital cameras and music players) and the fixed CE segment (HDTVs,
projectors, and A/V receivers).
“The adoption of a widely accepted industry standard
such as 802.15.3a is essential in matching UWB’s market reality to its very
high expectations,” said
Kurt Scherf,
vice president of research at Parks Associates. “A universal standard is
particularly critical among larger CE and PC vendors, who are seeking a
wireless solution that meets their needs across platforms and requirements.
We believe that UWB could very well be that unifying communications
technology.”
Parks Associates’ report
Personal
Area Connectivity Solutions: The Next Generation addresses the
prospects for UWB commercialization, examining market drivers and
inhibitors, profiling leading industry players, and providing chipset and
revenue forecasts through 2008. For more information on this or other Parks
Associates’ research, please contact Parks Associates at 972-490-1113 or at
sales@parksassociates.com.
For more information about the UWB market,
download the white paper
The
Market for Ultra-Wideband Solutions.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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