Chip Makers See Big Ramp Up in LTE Activity, Heavy Reading Reports
LTE will be seen as a major growth driver for semiconductor companies over the next two to three years, says Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Semiconductor companies see the LTE opportunity as a major growth driver for their companies over the next two to three years as the LTE infrastructure buildout is in its infancy, according to the latest report from the Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider, a paid research service of TechWeb's Light Reading (www.lightreading.com).
Components Makers Scramble to Develop LTE Strategies details and analyzes LTE chips and technologies, identifying the key advantages they hold for equipment manufacturers on the network and end-terminal side. It also surveys component availability, reviewing features, performance, and flexibility. The report covers solutions from 11 vendors that have announced that they will pursue LTE opportunities, and profiles their go-to-market strategies.
For a list of companies analyzed in this report, please see:
http://img.lightreading.com/uni/pdf/uni0210_companies.pdf
"As more consumers buy more smartphones, service providers have been rudely awakened by the growing amount of traffic that has been generated," notes Aileen Arcilla, research analyst with Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider and author of the report. "In light of this situation, service providers are accelerating their 4G network plans, putting pressure on technology suppliers to ramp up their product efforts accordingly."
The potential of mobile broadband services continues to grow as smartphones (iPhone3Gs, Google Android, Palm Pre) become more pervasive, Arcilla says. "LTE deployment with be the true proving ground for multicore offerings, as the LTE infrastructure has yet to be built out to support mass deployment of mobile broadband services; service providers have yet to exhaust 2G/3G infrastructures," she adds. "The potential to see true integration at the silicon level will be high for this latest network evolution."
Key findings of Components Makers Scramble to Develop LTE Strategies include:
- The LTE semiconductor opportunity is emerging, but infrastructure is far from mass deployment.
- LTE is seen as the upgrade path for incumbent service providers, while WiMax is viewed as best suited for greenfield deployments.
- Companies in the WiMax semiconductor space have begun development on LTE, due to technical similarities.
- LTE infrastructure will be the true proving ground for multicore technology, as almost all LTE equipment will be based on this silicon.
- Cost, integration, and performance remain key factors in developing silicon for LTE, given the varying sizes of base stations to be deployed.
- Chips for LTE handsets and devices have yet to reach volume sales.
Components Makers Scramble to Develop LTE Strategies is available as part of an annual single-user subscription (6 issues per year) to Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider, priced at $1,595. Individual reports are available for $900 (single-user license).
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Founded in 2000, Light Reading (www.lightreading.com) is the leading online media, research, and focused event company serving the $3 trillion worldwide communications market. Lightreading.com is the ultimate source for technological and financial analysis of the communications industry, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. Light Reading's research arms, Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research, provide the most comprehensive communications research, market data, and technology analysis in close to 100 markets around the world. Light Reading produces nearly 20 targeted communications events including TelcoTV, and TelcoTV Asia, Ethernet Expo New York and Ethernet Europe, and The Tower Summit @ CTIA, as well as focused one-day events tailored for cable, mobile, and wireline executives in the US, Europe, India, and China. Light Reading was acquired by United Business Media in August 2005 and operates as a unit of TechWeb.
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SOURCE Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider
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