Bluetooth Wireless Chips Go From 0 to 260M Units in Four Years, According to Cahners In-Stat Group.SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- The manufacture of Bluetooth-enabled equipment will also easily exceed 200 million units in 2003. As more chip solutions become Bluetooth Special Interest Group The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. (SIG) certified See certification. , shipments will pick up in 1H of 2000 to be included in equipment for the second half. Bluetooth will really begin to sink its teeth into the market in 2001. By 2005, the market opportunity for radio and baseband solutions will surpass $3 billion. "The markets for Bluetooth that will take off in the first wave will primarily be high-end cellular and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. handsets and notebook PCs that are geared toward the corporate market or business user, primarily due to cost issues," said Joyce Putscher, director for Cahners In-Stat Group's Consumer & Convergence Markets. "Handset manufacturers will undoubtedly woo wireless carriers to aggressively embrace Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones with the pitch that it will increase air time minutes, and of course, revenues." Cahners In-Stat Group believes: -- Demand for Bluetooth-enabled adapters, accessories, desktop PCs, handheld PCs  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and , palm companions, and cordless phones A wireless telephone that transmits to and receives signals from a base station within a range of a few hundred feet. Cordless phones are for local use and cannot travel long distances as can cellphones and satellite phones. See DECT and multihandset cordless. will also rise as users are convinced to expand their circle of synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. and cordless connectivity. -- The second Bluetooth wave will engulf en·gulf tr.v. en·gulfed, en·gulf·ing, en·gulfs To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing: The spring tide engulfed the beach houses. lower cost mobile phones and portable devices, digital cameras, printers, automotive, home networking, and a variety of vertical markets, resulting in a sharp rise in unit volume. -- Single-chip solutions and solutions that use a host processor for baseband functions will emerge and realize significant gains by 2005. The report, The Bluetooth Revolution: Wireless Semiconductors Kill the Cord!, No. MM9910BW, provides an overview on Bluetooth technology, the markets targeted for Bluetooth, and driving trends. Seven-year forecasts for radio and baseband functional solutions are given as well as eight categories and 18 sub-segments of Bluetooth-enabled products. Semiconductor players, alliances and partnerships are also outlined. For more information on this service or to purchase a report, please call 480/483-4473, or visit http://www.instat.com/catalog/cat-mm.htm. Cahners In-Stat Group (http://www.cahnersinstat.com) covers the full spectrum of digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. research from vendor to end-user, providing the analysis and perspective that allows technology vendors and service providers worldwide to make more informed business decisions. |
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