Reportlinker Adds Handset Connectivity Technologies - 2nd Edition
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Handset Connectivity Technologies – 2nd Edition
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Executive summary
Handset shipments grew 8 percent in 2010 to 1.3 billion units as the world economy started to recover. Mobile phones can be divided into segments based on price or device capabilities. A broad distinction can be made between smartphones that support native third party applications and featurephones that do not. Smartphones is the fastest growing segment with shipments increasing almost 74 percent in 2010 to 295 million units. Smartphones are receiving more attention from handset manufacturers, network operators and application developers. Handset vendors adopt smartphone operating systems in order to reduce development time and cost for new advanced handset models. Operators promote smartphones that drive adoption of postpaid subscriptions and data plans. Both handset vendors and operators also strive to attract developers that can bring additional revenues and customer interest from their applications.
Most importantly, an increasing number of users are now discovering how smartphones can act as personal computing devices enabling access to the mobile web and applications, besides voice and text services. The attach rates for wireless connectivity technologies including Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS in handsets are increasing steadily as the adoption of smartphones accelerates. Bluetooth is now a standard feature on most featurephones and virtually all smartphones. An estimated 900 million Bluetooth-enabled handsets shipped in 2010 and the attach rate grew to about 70 percent across all handset segments. WLAN connectivity, which is gaining support from most operators as a means to offload data traffic from cellular networks, has grown to about 80 percent in the smartphone segment in 2010. However, the attach rate for WLAN is still less than 3 percent in the featurephone segment. Starting in the second half of 2011, more handsets supporting the Near Field Communication (NFC) standard for short-range wireless, point-to-point communication between devices will also become available. When deployed in mobile phones, NFC can be used for countless applications, ranging from information exchange, electronic ticketing and payment, to simple device pairing for establishing Bluetooth or WLAN connections.
Technical developments enabling GPS integration in mass-market handsets was driven by the FCC's E911 emergency call mandates requiring all US mobile operators to provide highaccuracy location of emergency calls. CDMA and iDEN operators chose to use GPS technology, which led to a high penetration of GPS in iDEN and CDMA handsets in North America and other parts of the world where CDMA is widely deployed. Emergency call regulation is being introduced in other regions as well. Canada has chosen to stipulate location accuracy requirements as in the US, while no such rules are yet in place in Europe where Cell-ID-type location accuracy is enough for compliance today. The number of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handset models is growing fast. The number of models from tier-1 vendors available on the market has grown from four in 2005 to more than 170 at the end of 2010. Since 2008, all tier-1 vendors have shipped GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA phones for markets worldwide. Sales of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets grew from 150 million devices in 2009 to an estimated 265 million units in 2010. Berg Insight forecasts that shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA/LTE handsets will grow to 940 million units in 2015, representing an attach rate of 61 percent. Including handsets based on other air interface standards such as CDMA and iDEN, GPS-enabled handsets sales are estimated to reach about 1,090 million, or 64 percent of total handset shipments in 2015.
GPS technology for handsets has matured, offering much better performance in terms of sensitivity, power consumption, size and price than was possible a few years ago. Support for other satellite systems such as GLONASS, Galileo and Compass will also be added over time. The first handsets with receivers for GPS and GLONASS are already available and mobile phones with Galileo compatible receivers can be expected in greater numbers in 2014 when the new system will become operational. Besides adding support for more satellite systems that ensures additional visible satellites and incrementally better performance in urban canyons, handset vendors are also starting to adopt hybrid location technologies to improve indoor performance. These technologies combine GPS with other wireless and sensor-based technologies, including Wi-Fi positioning, accelerometers, gyroscopes or electronic compasses to improve performance in challenging environments were GPS signals are extremely weak or unavailable.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents i
List of Figures vi
Executive summary.1
1 Mobile handsets and smartphones .3
1.1 Introduction3
1.2 Wireless communication technologies4
1.2.1 Cellular communication technologies.5
1.2.2 Personal and local area networks.5
1.2.3 Spectrum and interference6
1.3 Broadcast connectivity technologies 7
1.3.1 Radio .7
1.3.2 Mobile TV.7
1.3.3 Global navigation satellite systems.8
1.4 Connectivity technology integration in handsets 9
1.4.1 Handset hardware and software platforms.9
1.4.2 Horizontal and vertical integration of connectivity technologies 11
1.5 Overview of handset segments .13
1.5.1 Growing end-user demand for smartphones13
1.5.2 Popular handset categories and form factors.14
1.5.3 Evolution of smartphone input mechanisms and user interfaces.15
1.5.4 Best selling smartphones in 2010.16
1.6 Handset connectivity trends18
1.6.1 Wireless connectivity attach rates driven by higher smartphone sales18
1.6.2 Proliferation of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handset models19
1.6.3 NFC is the next new connectivity technology for handsets21
2 Handset platform vendors .23
2.1 The handset chipset industry 23
2.1.1 Industry consolidation continues 24
2.1.2 Handset baseband vendors25
2.1.3 Connectivity chipset vendors 26
2.1.4 Sensor IC vendors.27
2.2 Cellular platform vendor profiles .28
2.2.1 Broadcom29
2.2.2 Intel31
2.2.3 Marvell .32
2.2.4 MediaTek.33
2.2.5 Qualcomm.34
2.2.6 Renesas Electronics36
2.2.7 ST-Ericsson .37
3 GNSS technologies .41
3.1 Overview of global navigation satellite systems41
3.1.1 Global Positioning System (GPS) .42
3.1.2 Galileo .43
3.1.3 GLONASS44
3.1.4 Compass/Beidou 245
3.2 Mobile location technologies and platforms .46
3.2.1 Mobile location platforms46
3.2.2 Control plane and user plane location platforms47
3.2.3 Assisted GPS and GNSS 48
3.2.4 Hybrid and mixed mode technologies50
3.3 GPS and GNSS chipsets for handsets51
3.3.1 Standalone receivers.51
3.3.2 Host-based receivers 51
3.3.3 Integrated receiver architectures.52
3.3.4 Software-based receivers52
3.3.5 GPS IC vendor market shares.52
3.4 GNSS chipset and software vendors 54
3.4.1 CellGuide.55
3.4.2 SkyTraq .55
3.4.3 u-blox.56
4 Bluetooth, mobile Wireless LAN and NFC technologies.59
4.1 Bluetooth technology 59
4.1.1 Bluetooth specifications 60
4.1.2 Bluetooth applications and profiles.61
4.2 Wireless LAN technologies63
4.2.1 IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards.63
4.2.2 WLAN in mobile phones65
4.2.3 WLAN handset shipments.67
4.2.4 WLAN chipset vendor market shares68
4.3 Near Field Communication technologies69
4.3.1 NFC Forum specifications.69
4.3.2 NFC modes .71
4.3.3 NFC solution architectures and chipsets 72
4.3.4 NFC mobile payment trials and initiatives.72
4.4 Connectivity chipset vendor profiles .74
4.4.1 CSR .75
4.4.2 INSIDE Secure.77
4.4.3 Nanoradio77
4.4.4 NXP Semiconductors 78
4.4.5 STMicroelectronics78
4.4.6 Texas Instruments .79
5 Handset manufacturers .81
5.1 The handset market in 201081
5.1.1 Device shipments reach new record.82
5.1.2 Smartphone sales drive handset revenues to an all-time high.82
5.2 Nokia84
5.2.1 Device portfolio .85
5.2.2 Handset shipments .86
5.3 Samsung Electronics.86
5.3.1 Device portfolio .87
5.3.2 Handset shipments .88
5.4 LG Electronics .89
5.4.1 Device portfolio .89
5.4.2 Handset shipments .90
5.5 Research In Motion91
5.5.1 Device portfolio .91
5.5.2 Handset shipments .92
5.6 Apple92
5.6.1 Device portfolio .93
5.6.2 Handset shipments .93
5.7 Sony Ericsson94
5.7.1 Device portfolio .94
5.7.2 Handset shipments .95
5.8 Motorola.96
5.8.1 Device portfolio .96
5.8.2 Handset shipments .97
5.9 HTC98
5.9.1 Device portfolio .98
5.9.2 Handset shipments .99
5.10 Second tier handset vendors 100
5.10.1 Acer .100
5.10.2 Dell.101
5.10.3 Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications101
5.10.4 Hewlett Packard 102
5.10.5 Huawei.103
5.10.6 Kyocera Sanyo Telecom.104
5.10.7 Lenovo Mobile Communications 104
5.10.8 NEC Casio Mobile Communications.105
5.10.9 Panasonic Mobile Communications .105
5.10.10 Pantech .105
5.10.11 Sharp.106
5.10.12 TCL Communication .107
5.10.13 ZTE 107
6 Market trends and forecasts 109
6.1 Market trends.109
6.1.1 Focus on smartphones among vendors and operators is growing .109
6.1.2 Changing demands drives consolidation in the wireless chipset industry.110
6.1.3 Cost requirements drive development of integrated chipsets 111
6.1.4 Further performance improvements from hybrid location technologies 112
6.2 Handset shipments and market shares 113
6.2.1 Smartphone shipments by OS113
6.2.2 Smartphone shipments by vendor114
6.2.3 GPS-enabled handset shipments by vendor 115
6.3 Handset shipment forecasts116
6.3.1 Handset shipment forecasts by primary access technology116
6.3.2 Handset shipment forecasts by feature and price segment.117
6.3.3 GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handset shipment forecasts by segment .118
6.3.4 GPS handset shipment forecasts by geographical region .120
6.3.5 WLAN-enabled handset shipment forecasts.121
6.3.6 NFC handset shipment forecasts123
6.4 Connectivity chipset shipments and revenue forecasts123
6.4.1 GPS receiver solution revenue forecasts 124
6.4.2 Bluetooth and WLAN chipset revenue forecasts 125
Glossary .127
Index
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Range versus throughput for wireless communication technologies 4
Figure 1.2: Mobile phone hardware and software platform9
Figure 1.3: Handset shipments by segment (World 2005–2010) .13
Figure 1.4: Mobile handset form factors.14
Figure 1.5: Smartphone shipments by primary input mechanism (World 2006–2010) .15
Figure 1.6: Smartphone shipments by segment and geography (2010) .16
Figure 1.7: Examples of best-selling smartphones (2010) .17
Figure 1.8: Handset shipments by connectivity technology (2006–2010) .18
Figure 1.9: Number of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handset models available 20
Figure 2.1: Handset semiconductor revenues by company (2010) .23
Figure 2.2: Cellular and connectivity chipset revenues (2009–2010).24
Figure 2.3: Handset connectivity chipset revenue market shares (2008–2010) 26
Figure 2.4: Examples of sensor IC vendors27
Figure 2.5: Key wireless IC and handset platform vendors28
Figure 2.6: Examples of Qualcomm baseband processors for smartphones34
Figure 2.7: Examples of ST-Ericsson A-GPS receivers for handsets .39
Figure 3.1: Current and planned Galileo and GPS signals 44
Figure 3.2: Mobile location system overview46
Figure 3.3: Assisted GPS technologies 49
Figure 3.4: GPS IC vendor market shares, GSM/WCDMA handsets (2006–2010) 53
Figure 3.5: GPS chipset developers and offerings.54
Figure 3.6: Examples of u-blox GPS receivers for mobile applications .56
Figure 4.1: Examples of Bluetooth profiles.62
Figure 4.2: IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards 64
Figure 4.3: Examples of WLAN ICs for mobile phones (2011) .66
Figure 4.4: WLAN-enabled handset shipments by standard (World 2005–2010)67
Figure 4.5: WLAN IC vendor market shares (2006–2010) 68
Figure 4.6: Overview of leading connectivity chipset vendor offerings 74
Figure 5.1: Handset shipments (World 2002–2010).81
Figure 5.2: Handset vendor market shares and revenues (2010)83
Figure 5.3: Nokia handset sales and market share 86
Figure 5.4: Samsung handset sales and market share88
Figure 5.5: LG handset sales and market share.90
Figure 5.6: RIM handset sales and market share .92
Figure 5.7: Apple handset sales and market share 93
Figure 5.8: Sony Ericsson handset sales and market share 95
Figure 5.9: Motorola handset sales and market share .97
Figure 5.10: HTC handset sales and market share 99
Figure 6.1: Smartphone shipments by vendor (2005–2010) 114
Figure 6.2: Vendor market shares, GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets (2006–2010)115
Figure 6.3: Handset sales by air interface technology (World 2007–2015)116
Figure 6.4: Handset shipments by segment and price range (World 2009–2015) 118
Figure 6.5: GPS attach rate forecast by handset segment (2009–2015) .119
Figure 6.6: GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handset sales and attach rate by region120
Figure 6.7: WLAN attach rate forecast by handset segment (2009–2015).122
Figure 6.8: NFC handset shipment forecast (World 2009–2015) .123
Figure 6.9: GPS chipset shipments and revenues by category (2009–2015) 124
Figure 6.10: Bluetooth and WLAN chipset shipments and revenues (2009–2015)126
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