[June 19, 2013] Handset Connectivity Technologies - 4th Edition Tweet NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Handset Connectivity Technologies - 4th Editionhttp://www.reportlinker.com/p0486608/Handset-Connectivity-Technologies---4th-Edition.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Phones_and_PDA Executive summary Global handset shipments grew only 3 percent in 2012 to reach 1.6 billion units. The increase was driven by the popularity of smartphones. Sales of smartphones grew almost 47 percent in 2012 to 690 million units, compared to 470 million units in 2011. Berg Insight estimates that 4.4 billion people, about 62 percent of the world's population, owned at least one mobile phone at the end of 2012. The global active installed base of smartphones grew to 1.2 billion units, which is about 23 percent of all mobile phones in use. Multiple factors are driving the fast transition to smartphones. Customers put more emphasis on the user experience including support for apps and the web. At the same time, mobile operators have found smartphones to be an important driver of data and app revenues and have therefore been willing to subsidise these handsets. Mobile phone vendors have adopted smartphone operating systems in order to reduce development time and cost for new advanced handset models. A broad range of wireless connectivity technologies are becoming standard features across more handset segments. Bluetooth can be used to connect headsets, fitness and medical sensors. WLAN can be used for Internet access, peer-to-peer file sharing, or HD video and audio streaming. New standards such as Wi-Fi Passpoint also enable mobile devices to discover and connect to WLAN networks automatically without user intervention. WLAN can thus be used as a cost-effective data offloading solution to handle the rise in data traffic from smartphones. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a standard for short-range wireless, pointto- point communication over distances of about 10 centimetres. When deployed in mobile phones, NFC can be used for countless applications, ranging from information exchange and device pairing, to electronic ticketing and secure contactless payments. The most important driver for GPS integration in handsets today is arguably the interest in location-based services (LBS), although emergency call location mandates are being introduced in several countries. In contrast to emergency call services relying on occasional push to fix positioning, consumer-oriented LBS pose new challenges. Handsets thus need to support services that require both infrequent push to fix updates in addition to continuous position updates - all whilst conserving battery life. The revised emergency call mandates in the US may well require approaches such as using improved hybrid location technologies in all handsets. 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 global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) such as GLONASS, Compass/BeiDou 2 and Galileo will also be added over time. Handsets with GPS/GLONASS receivers have been available since 2011. The first devices compatible with the Chinese BeiDou 2 system are expected later in 2013. Using multiple satellite systems concurrently ensures additional visible satellites and incrementally better performance in urban canyons. However, in order to improve indoor performance, hybrid positioning systems are needed. Hybrid positioning systems can fuse data from sensors to provide input to position calculations. Examples include inertial sensors such as accelerometer and gyroscope, as well as compass and pressure sensors. Low data accuracy and high drift obtained from low cost sensors as well as high power consumption, still make dead reckoning for extended periods of time unfeasible. Yet, if periodic calibrations can be made using various network signal measurements, the system performance can be improved and provide valuable augmentation in the form of smother trajectories and bridging of gaps. The Bluetooth attach rate reached 75 percent across all handset segments in 2012. The attach rate for WLAN connectivity in the smartphone segment grew to 96 percent in 2012, but only reached 4 percent in the featurephone segment. The latest WLAN IEEE 802.11ac standard enabling faster throughput and higher network capacity became available in the first high-end smartphones at the end of Q1-2013. Relatively low additional cost will enable rapid transition from WLAN 802.11n to WLAN 802.11ac in the next couple of years. The attach rate for GPS in handsets grew from 37 percent in 2011 to nearly 47 percent in 2012. GPS connectivity has now become a standard feature on most smartphone models across all air interface standards, as well as in nearly all CDMA featurephones. Adoption of NFC accelerated in 2012 when the top-ten handset vendors released nearly 100 NFC-enabled models. Berg Insight estimates that NFC handset shipments grew 300 percent in 2012 to 140 million units worldwide. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 48.2 percent, NFC handset shipments are forecasted to reach 1 billion units by 2017. This report will allow you to: Benefit from numerous executive interviews with market leading companies.- Learn about the strategies of the leading chipset and handset vendors.- Gain access to the latest data and statistics about handset shipments.- Identify the opportunities and challenges with integration of multiple connectivity technologies in mobile handsets.- Realize the importance of Assisted-GNSS and hybrid location technologies.- Comprehend how NFC technology in handsets can enable new services.- Understand the drivers and barriers for industry-wide adoption of new technology.- Predict future connectivity design trends and technology developments. This report answers the following questions: What is the current state of NFC adoption in the handset market?- What is the roadmap for integration of new WLAN standards in mobile phones?- What is driving the adoption of GPS technology in GSM/ WCDMA handsets?- What are the benefits with Assisted-GPS, A-GNSS and hybrid location technologies?- Which features are supported in the latest Bluetooth standard?- Who are the leading developers of cellular and connectivity chipsets?- Which connectivity technologies are being adopted by leading handset vendors?- What impact will new technologies have on the wireless chipset value chain?- How is the greater diversity of radios affecting wireless chipset and handset design? Who should buy this report? Handset Connectivity Technologies is the foremost source of information about this market. Whether you are a telecom vendor, mobile operator, manufacturer, investor, consultant, application developer or government agency, you will gain valuable insights from our in-depth research. Table of Contents Table of Contents iList of Figures viExecutive summary 1 1 Mobile handsets and smartphones 3 1.1 Introduction 31.1.1 Mobile voice and data subscribers 51.1.2 Handset sales by technology and region 51.1.3 Wireless connectivity attach rates driven by higher smartphones sales 71.2 Wireless communication technologies 81.2.1 Spectrum and interference 91.2.2 Cellular communication technologies 91.2.3 Personal area networks 101.2.4 Local area networks 111.3 Wireless broadcast technologies 121.3.1 Radio 121.3.2 Mobile TV 121.3.3 Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) 131.4 Mobile handset trends 141.4.1 The featurephone to smartphone transition is accelerating 141.4.2 Handset form factors and user interfaces 151.4.3 Smartphones and tablets are becoming the main computing platform 181.4.4 Wireless connectivity developments 19 2 Handset hardware platforms 23 2.1 Overview of handset hardware platforms 232.1.1 Handset hardware components 232.1.2 Mobile application processor technologies and architectures 242.1.3 Horizontal and vertical integration of connectivity technologies 252.1.4 Host interfaces 272.1.5 Connectivity chipset integration challenges 282.2 The handset chipset industry 292.2.1 Industry consolidation and reorganisation will continue 292.2.2 Handset semiconductor revenues 302.2.3 Baseband and application processor vendors and market shares 312.2.4 Connectivity chipset vendors and market shares 322.3 Cellular platform vendor profiles 342.3.1 Broadcom 352.3.2 Intel 372.3.3 Marvell 382.3.4 MediaTek 392.3.5 Mstar Semiconductor 402.3.6 NVIDIA 412.3.7 Qualcomm 422.3.8 Renesas Mobile Corporation 442.3.9 Spreadtrum Communications 452.3.10 ST-Ericsson 46 3 GNSS technologies 49 3.1 Overview of global navigation satellite systems 493.1.1 Global Positioning System (GPS) 503.1.2 Galileo 513.1.3 GLONASS 523.1.4 Compass/BeiDou 2 533.2 Mobile location technologies and platforms 543.2.1 Mobile network-based location technologies 563.2.2 Assisted GPS and A-GNSS 563.2.3 Bluetooth and Wi-Fi positioning 583.2.4 Hybrid and indoor location technologies 593.3 GPS and GNSS chipsets for handsets 603.3.1 Standalone receivers 603.3.2 Host-based receivers 603.3.3 Integrated receiver architectures 613.3.4 Software-based receivers 613.3.5 GNSS receivers for handsets 613.4 GNSS chipset vendors 623.4.1 GNSS IC vendor market shares 633.4.2 CellGuide 643.4.3 CSR 653.4.4 u-blox 66 4 Connectivity technologies 69 4.1 Bluetooth technologies 694.1.1 Bluetooth specifications 704.1.2 Bluetooth applications and profiles 714.2 Wireless LAN technologies 734.2.1 IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards 734.2.2 Wi-Fi certification and specifications 754.2.3 Operator interest in Wi-Fi for mobile data offloading continues to grow 764.2.4 WLAN chipsets and handset integration issues 774.2.5 WLAN handset shipments trends 794.2.6 WLAN chipset vendor market shares 804.3 Near Field Communication technologies 814.3.1 NFC Forum specifications 814.3.2 NFC communication modes 834.3.3 NFC solution architectures and chipsets for handsets 844.3.4 NFC controller vendor market shares 864.3.5 Mobile wallet ecosystems 874.3.6 NFC handset availability and sales accelerated in 2012 914.4 Wireless charging technologies 934.4.1 Introduction to inductive charging technologies 934.4.2 Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) 944.4.3 Power Matters Alliance (PMA) 944.4.4 Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) - Qi 954.4.5 Overview of wireless charging-enabled handsets 964.5 Connectivity chipset vendor profiles 974.5.1 Inside Secure 984.5.2 Nordic Semiconductor 994.5.3 NXP Semiconductors 994.5.4 Redpine Signals 1004.5.5 Renesas Electronics 1014.5.6 Samsung Electronics - System LSI 1024.5.7 STMicroelectronics 1034.5.8 Texas Instruments 104 5 The global handset market 105 5.1 Handset market trends 1055.1.1 Smartphone ecosystem developments 1065.1.2 Smartphone platform market shares 1085.1.3 Handset vendor market shares 1105.1.4 Best-selling smartphones in 2012 1135.2 Handset vendor profiles 1155.2.1 Apple 1155.2.2 BlackBerry 1165.2.3 HTC 1175.2.4 Huawei 1195.2.5 LG Electronics 1205.2.6 Motorola Mobility 1225.2.7 Nokia 1235.2.8 Samsung Electronics 1255.2.9 Sony Mobile Communications 1275.2.10 ZTE 1295.2.11 Lenovo 1305.2.12 Micromax 1315.2.13 Pantech 1325.2.14 TCL Communication 1335.2.15 Yulong - Coolpad 134 6 Market trends and forecasts 135 6.1 Market trends 1356.1.1 Smartphone adoption drives connectivity attach rates 1356.1.2 Consolidation in the wireless chipset industry set to continue 1366.1.3 Cost requirements favour development of integrated chipsets 1376.1.4 Hybrid location technologies drive performance improvements in handsets 1386.2 Handset shipment forecasts 1396.2.1 Handset shipment forecasts by region and primary access technology 1396.2.2 Handset shipment forecasts by category and price segment 1416.2.3 GNSS-enabled handset shipment forecasts by segment 1426.2.4 GNSS-enabled handset shipment forecasts by geographical region 1446.2.5 WLAN-enabled handset shipment forecasts 1466.2.6 NFC-enabled handset shipment forecasts 1476.3 Connectivity chipset shipments and revenue forecasts 1496.3.1 GNSS receiver chipset revenue forecasts 1496.3.2 Bluetooth, WLAN and NFC chipset revenue forecasts 151Glossary 155 List of Figures Figure 1.1: Wireless cellular subscribers by standard (World 2011-2012) 3Figure 1.2: Mobile subscriptions by region (World 2011-2012) 4Figure 1.3: Unique mobile users and mobile phones in use (World 2010-2012) 5Figure 1.4: Handset sales by technology and by region (World 2012) 6Figure 1.5: Handset sales by connectivity technology (2007-2012) 7Figure 1.6: Range versus throughput for wireless communication technologies 8Figure 1.7: Handset shipments by segment and price range (World 2010-2012) 15Figure 1.8: Mobile handset form factors 16Figure 1.9: Smartphone shipments by primary input mechanism (World 2007-2012) 17Figure 2.1: Mobile phone hardware and software platforms 24Figure 2.2: Common chipset host interfaces 27Figure 2.3: Handset semiconductor revenues by company (2012) 30Figure 2.4: Cellular and connectivity chipset revenues (2009-2012) 31Figure 2.5: Handset connectivity chipset market shares by revenues (2009-2012) 33Figure 2.6: Key wireless IC and handset platform vendors 34Figure 3.1: Current and planned Galileo and GPS signals 52Figure 3.2: Mobile network location system overview 54Figure 3.3: Assisted GPS technologies 57Figure 3.4: GNSS chipset developers and offerings 62Figure 3.5: GNSS IC vendor market shares, GSM/HSPA/LTE handsets (2007-2012) 63Figure 4.1: Examples of Bluetooth profiles 72Figure 4.2: IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards 74Figure 4.3: Examples of WLAN Ics for mobile phones in production (Q2-2013) 78Figure 4.4: WLAN-enabled handset shipments by standard (World 2006-2012) 79Figure 4.5: WLAN IC vendor market shares (2006-2012) 80Figure 4.6: NFC solution architectures in handsets 84Figure 4.7: Examples of NFC controllers and combo chipsets by vendor 85Figure 4.8: NFC controller vendor market shares (2009-2012) 86Figure 4.9: SEI-TSM deployments (World Q1-2013) 89Figure 4.10: Examples of commercially available NFC-enabled handsets (Q2-2013) 90Figure 4.11: Number of NFC handsets available on the market by year (2010-2013) 91Figure 4.12: NFC handset vendor market shares (2010-2012) 92Figure 4.13: Examples of wireless charging-enabled handsets (Q1-2013) 96Figure 4.14: Overview of handset connectivity chipset vendor offerings 97Figure 5.1: Smartphone shipments by vendor and OS (World 2012) 109Figure 5.2: Handset vendor market shares and revenues (2012) 112Figure 5.3: Examples of best-selling smartphones (2012) 114Figure 5.4: Apple handset sales and market share 115Figure 5.5: BlackBerry handset sales and market share 117Figure 5.6: HTC handset sales and market share 118Figure 5.7: Huawei handset sales and market share 119Figure 5.8: LG handset sales and market share 121Figure 5.9: Motorola handset sales and market share 122Figure 5.10: Nokia handset sales and market share 124Figure 5.11: Samsung handset sales and market share 126Figure 5.12: Sony Mobile Communication handset sales and market share 128Figure 5.13: ZTE handset sales and market share 129Figure 6.1: Handset sales by region (2008-2017) 139Figure 6.2: Handset shipments by air interface technology (World 2011-2017) 140Figure 6.3: Handset shipments by segment and price range (World 2011-2017) 141Figure 6.4: GNSS attach rate forecast by handset segment (World 2011-2017) 143Figure 6.5: GNSS-enabled handset shipments by region (2011-2017) 144Figure 6.6: WLAN attach rate forecast by handset segment (World 2011-2017) 146Figure 6.7: NFC handset shipment forecast (World 2011-2017) 148Figure 6.8: GNSS chipset revenues by category (World 2011-2017) 150Figure 6.9: Bluetooth, WLAN and NFC chipset revenues (World 2011-2017) 152 To order this report:Phones_and_PDA Industry: Handset Connectivity Technologies - 4th Edition Contact Clare: [email protected] US:(339) 368 6001 Intl:+1 339 368 6001 SOURCE 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