Archive for January 22nd, 2009

Broadband services continue to be in high demand, attracting millions of new subscribers worldwide each month, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). projects that Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and smart energy will be the leading applications for 802.15.4 and ZigBee wireless sensor networks. Other growing application segments include consumer electronics, building control, industrial process control, and residential automation.

ZigBee, through its impressive marketing efforts in the US, has owned the largest mind share in the wireless sensor networking space for the past several years. However, a host of proprietary software stacks are being used in applications where ZigBee offers more than what is required by the specific applications, the high-tech market research firm says.

“A large number of technologies are being used for countless applications, with ZigBee usage becoming more focused on the fast-growing smart energy application,” says Brian O’Rourke, In-Stat analyst. “On a global basis, utilities and governments are leveraging these technologies to provision, monitor, and bill customers more efficiently while also benefiting the environment.”

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

802.15.4 node and chipset units will reach 292 million in 2012, up from 7 million in 2007.

Only one-third of 802.15.4 chips include a ZigBee stack, demonstrating the fragmentation among competing sensor network technologies and software stacks.

802.15.4 is emerging in consumer electronics markets through efforts by RF4CE.

The research, “802.15.4-a New Sense of Energy” (#IN0804105MI), covers the worldwide market for 802.15.4 technologies. It provides forecasts through 2012 of:

Nodes and chipset deployments by category/application

Node and chipset deployments by region

Average selling prices of 802.15.4 microcontrollers

Bill of materials costs

Average revenues

It also includes analysis of:

Wired protocols and standards

Components

Types of applications

Vendor profiles

For more information on this research or to purchase it online, please visit:

http://email.in-stat.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBOiz0LfCYt0K560E2jj0Ek or contact a sales representative:

http://email.in-stat.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBOiz0LfCYt0K560EcTx0ER

The price is $3,295 (US).

This research is part of In-Stat’s Multimedia & Interface Technologies service, which identifies and forecasts the markets for key interface technologies and tracks penetration of these technologies into PCs, PC peripherals, consumer electronics, communications, and industrial/medical applications. It also examines competitors, industry agendas, technology platforms, semiconductor technology and shipments. Supply and demand-side insights are combined to examine these dynamic, evolving technologies.

Related In-Stat reports:

Wireless USB 2008: The Journey Begins

Bluetooth 2008: New Standards Signify an Increasingly Complex Market

Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics: The Swiss Army Knife Technology

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