ABI Research sees Software and Surging Subscriber Demand Fueling Wireless Infrastructure Growth.OYSTER BAY Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. , N.Y. -- As ABI Abi (ā`bī) [short for Abijah], in the Bible, King Hezekiah's mother. (Application Binary Interface) A specification for a specific hardware platform combined with the operating system. Research noted last quarter, the increasing shift from hardware-only wireless base stations to software-configurable ones continues. Prior to the introduction of such software-based solutions, many industry observers had predicted a soft, flat market for wireless infrastructure. But the accelerating shift in architecture to a software-driven model, coupled with strongly growing subscriber demand - particularly in Asia, which is exceeding all expectations - has pushed the infrastructure market back into profitability. ABI Research tracks this market with its Wireless Infrastructure Research Service, a suite of annual subscription products focused on wireless infrastructure markets. It contains annual research reports, user-searchable industry and forecast databases, special reports examining developments in Asia, and quarterly market updates. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ray Jodoin, principal analyst of wireless infrastructure research, this quarter's update also highlights the continuing rapid expansion of EDGE, the continuing 20+% growth of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) A digital cellular phone technology based on TDMA that is the predominant system in Europe, but also used worldwide. Developed in the 1980s, GSM was first deployed in seven European countries in 1992. and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. , and the differing approaches to EDGE and UMTS taken by Cingular and T-Mobile in the US market. Commenting on software-upgradeable base station designs, Jodoin says he sees a striking recent development: more and more major infrastructure providers are moving to buy companies that produce that base-station software. "Because companies such as Nokia, Ericsson and Alcatel now see greater profit in network deployment, management and service activities than they do in hardware," he says, "they are anxious to assemble the best possible teams of software designers and field technical personnel." Ericsson is noteworthy for a spate of recent acquisitions, purchasing of a number of software firms to round out their portfolio of skills in this area. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , ABI Research maintains global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. supporting annual research programs, intelligence services and market reports in automotive, wireless, semiconductors, broadband, and energy. For information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500. |
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