• LTE deployment will be gradual, protracted (05/03/10)
  Even though LTE's deployment as a dominant 4G technology is gradual and protracted, mobile chipset manufacturers have mapped their product roadmap.
  
  
• NOR flash market on the road to recovery (04/03/10)
  The long-suffering NOR flash memory market is enjoying similar momentum to the overall memory market and is finally back on the road to recovery.
  
  
• Bluetooth corners 55% of short-range wireless IC shipments (03/03/10)
  Global shipments of short-range wireless ICs, including Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi, are expected to exceed two hundred crore units this year.
  
  
• Solar market competition set to intensify (02/03/10)
  Even though installations of photovoltaic solar systems will rise in 2010, a sharp drop in solar components prices will intensify competition, as per iSuppli Corp.
  
  
• LCD TV growth in 2009 exceeds forecast (01/03/10)
  DisplaySearch reports that global TV shipments far exceeded initial expectations as consumers snapped up discounted products.
  
  

• Asia Pacific leads global WiMAX coverage (26/02/10)
  WiMAX Forum research has found that Asia Pacific leads with more than 23.7 crore POPS while North America brings in the rear at 4.7 crore POPS.
  
  
• Electric vehicles concept set to rise in India (25/02/10)
  Frost & Sullivan reveals that 7 per cent of Indian vehicle owners are very likely to purchase an electric vehicle in the future as compared to the current 1 per cent alternate fuel vehicle owners.
  
  
• Fibre broadband to post 20% CAGR from '08-'14 (22/02/10)
  ABI Research forecasts that the number of fixed broadband subscribers via fibre will rise to 10.6 crore at the end of 2014.
  
  
• Wi-Fi services to push airline revenues (19/02/10)
  The increase in number of Wi-Fi connected devices promise a lucrative revenue option for airlines that want to offer in-flight connectivity to passengers.
  
  
• Long wait for ultra HDTV (18/02/10)
  While the market for high-definition TV (HDTV) has hit the mainstream, the industry is already awaiting for the commercialisation of ultra high definition (UHD), but the wait could be long.
  
  

• PND shipment to stagnate by 2015 (17/02/10)
  ABI forecasts that though Asia Pacific market PND shipments will post strongest growth with more than 1 crore (10 million) shipments, the overall market will stagnate at 4.80 crore (48 million) by 2015,
  
  
• Large-area TFT LCD shipments scale 52.70 crore in 2009 (16/02/10)
  Large-area TFT LCD panel shipments post a record high of 52.70 crore (527 million) units in 2009, with Q4 09 as the strongest quarter at 15.4 crore (154 million) units.
  
  
• 2009 STB market see-saws in Asia, Europe (11/02/10)
  2009 STB market in Asia has seen a growth in shipments in 2009, while the Europe market has seen a dip.
  
  
• LCD TV market to stage comeback in 2010 (10/02/10)
  The global market for LCD TVs is finally showing an upturn by making a comeback in the 2H 09, paving the way for a resumption of revenue growth in 2010.
  
  
• Media tablets shipments to rise to 5.7crore by 2015 (08/02/10)
  The market segment for media tablet, according ABI Research, will see four million units shipped this year and will zoom to about 57 million annually by 2015.
  
  

• LED to corner large-area LCD backlights market (04/02/10)
  Large-area LED backlight demand for all applications will grow from 11.40 crore units in 2009 to 77 crore units in 2015.
  
  
• IMS: Electric cars propel IC demand (03/02/10)
  IMS Research reports that the value of semiconductors in an electric vehicle drive-train is not only higher than in a conventional vehicle drive-train, it is over 10x higher.
  
  
• ABI: Wi-Fi chips up 28% in 2009 (02/02/10)
  Wi-Fi chip shipments in 2009 increased approximately 28 per cent y-on-y, according to data from ABI Research.
  
  
• Slight recovery on the cards for CE market in 2010 (01/02/10)
  Global CE market revenue is expected to achieve a mild recovery in 2010, with revenue expanding by 1.6 per cent.
  
  
• Notebook displays spur HB LED growth (29/01/10)
  From early 2009, high-brightness LEDs, including GaN and InGaN, have been experiencing record breaking growth thanks to the rapid shift to LEDs in notebook displays.
  
  

• ARM-based chips in UMDs to dominate by 2013 (28/01/10)
  ABI forecasts that annual UMD shipments in 2013 will be dominated by ARM instructions set based netbooks, MIDs, smartbooks and UMPCs rather than the currently popular x86 processors..
  
  
• Car mobile TV shipments set to double by 2015 (27/01/10)
  This includes solutions embedded into cars, including PNDs and would translates to 2009 shipments of about 80 lakh (8 million) growing to 1.7 crore (17 million) units in 2015.
  
  
• Portable fuel cells market to reach Rs.10,769.11 crore by 2016 (25/01/10)
  Pike Research forecasts that the leading market segment by 2016 will be fuel cells in the 500W to 2kW range, which serve as a replacement for gasoline and diesel generators
  
  
• Touchscreen revenues to exceed Rs. 15,919.56 crore by 2014 (22/01/10)
  By 2014, NanoMarkets projects that revenues from in-pixel technologies are expected to reach almost Rs.2341.11 crore ($500 million) in revenues.
  
  
• 4G mobile services to zoom rapidly (21/01/10)
  4G services will be optimised to enable a proliferation of mobile devices, such as smart phones, netbooks and PNDs, and many operators will be offering pooled device subscriptions
  
  

• Second wave of challenges hit GPS handsets (20/01/10)
  The second wave of design challenges for the GPS and location industry will significantly alter the competitive landscape and the resulting services that can be successfully offered.
  
  
• 3D displays units to go up to 19.60 crore by 2018 (18/01/10)
  DisplaySearch forecasts that the total stereoscopic 3D display market will grow from 7 lakh (0.7 million) units in 2008 to 19.60 crore (196 million) units in 2018.
  
  
• Cellular broadband chipsets on the upswing (15/01/10)
  IDC forecasts that worldwide cellular chipsets will grow at a 9.3 per cent CAGR on a unit basis from 2009 to 2014, according to IDC.
  
  
• More smart phones to feature 802.11n by 2014 (15/01/10)
  Although 802.11n is currently available is less than 1 per cent of Wi-Fi enabled smart phones, it is expected to grow to 87 per cent by 2014 as per ABI research.
  
  
• Industry set on making Bluetooth headsets cool (15/01/10)
  The Bluetooth headset used to ship over 4 crore (40 million) units within the first 4 years of its launch, but the industry has seen a 20 to 30 per cent decline in the number of headsets shipped in 2009.
  
  

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