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Mobile Phone Outlook Takes a Bite from Bluetooth Forecast
URL(s): www.instat.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 14, 2002 ? Despite being directly
impacted by the effects of a downgraded mobile phone market
forecast, the Bluetooth market will be strong, according to
In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). The high-tech market
research firm reports that, despite delays of some very
large, planned 2001 chipset shipments from December to the
first quarter this year, Bluetooth chipsets will surge from
10.4 million units in 2001 to 690 million units in 2006, a
five-year 132% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), with
silicon revenue rising to $2.7 billion in 2006.
Manufactured Bluetooth-enabled equipment will climb to 644
million units over the same period. Though the mobile phone
market will still outshadow all other applications,
headsets will make a major Bluetooth play this year, as
well as PDAs.
"With more products becoming available on the market, the
next hurdles are to bring more user applications and high-
rate Bluetooth to market," says Joyce Putscher, Director of
In-Stat/MDR's Converging Markets and Technologies Group.
"Some chat applications are available, with more coming to
market that will be available as software updates. Others
offer unique opportunities to coordinate meeting
information, communicate, or share files with those around
you using an intuitive easy-to-use interface."
In-Stat/MDR has also found that:
- With Bluetooth 2.0 on the horizon, and assuming that
the high-rate Bluetooth is finalized some time this
year, there will be some product replacements, in
terms of PC Cards, adapters, and memory cards,
associated with consumers moving up to the high-rate
Bluetooth in 2004 - 2006.
- Wireless gaming via Bluetooth will soon become a
reality, adding Bluetooth connectivity into game
cartridges, enabling wireless handheld gaming between
devices.
- The automotive market is coming on very strong, with
the first vehicles to include a Bluetooth option
expected to appear for the 2003 model year.
The report, "Bluetooth 2002: Handset Outlook Takes Bite
From Forecast" (#IN020010MI), covers Bluetooth equipment
and technology, looking at Bluetooth chips, IP, and
Bluetooth equipment being made and marketed, along with a
myriad of applications and where they are headed.
Discussions of coexistence, new applications, and new
deployments are explored. Manufactured Bluetooth-enabled
equipment by detailed application, in addition to
semiconductor shipments by detailed application are
forecast. Additionally, the forecast for radio, baseband,
and host-supported functional silicon solutions is
presented, as well as semiconductor shipments by geographic
region, shipments by Class 1 vs. Class 2/3, and application
segmentations for Class 1. All forecasts are through 2006.
To purchase this report, or for more information, please
visit http://www.instat.com/catalog/cat-mi.htm
or contact Courtney McEuen at 916.984.1179;
cmceuen@instat.com. The report price is: $3,995 USD.
About In-Stat/MDR
In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com) offers a broad range of
information resources and analytical assets to technology
vendors, service providers, technology professionals, and
market specialists worldwide. The company stands alone in
its ability to integrate both supply-side and demand-side
research methodologies into a single comprehensive view of
technology markets and products. This capability relies on
a unique ability to cover the entire value chain from
engineering-level technology, through equipment,
infrastructure, services and end-users.
In-Stat/MDR is a unit of Reed Business Information, a
leading provider of critical information and marketing
solutions to business professionals and a member of the
Reed Elsevier plc group.
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