• Cloud-based services gain relevance (02/11/11)
  Cloud-based services for tablets and other mobile devices will be key to enhanced profits for wireless service providers, according to IHS iSuppli.
  
  
• OLED encapsulation technology demand booms (01/11/11)
  Riding on OLED lighting as a volume market, the OLED encapsulation technology is seen to be worth Rs.762.33 crore ($170 million) in 2016, according to NanoMarkets.
  
  
• LTE shipments surge to 15.4 crore by 2015 (31/10/11)
  In-Stat forecasts a rapid rise in LTE handsets as well as cellular subscribers, with a surge in LTE shipments to reach more than 15.4 crore in 2015.
  
  
• ARM-based tablets continue to reign (28/10/11)
  ARM is forecast to dominate over x86 architecture in tablets into 2013 with ARM processor based tablets touching 5.99 crore units by the end of 2011, according to DisplaySearch.
  
  
• Android faces hurdles in low-cost arena (27/10/11)
  Android 4.0's step-up in memory and processor demands will make it less attractive in the low-cost smartphone market causing some fragmentation in the Android platform, according to In-Stat.
  
  

• Mobile processors on an exponential growth (24/10/11)
  Strong growth of mobile devices up until 2016 will drive an exponential growth for mobile processors, according to John Peddie Research.
  
  
• NFC on a high with multiple secure elements (21/10/11)
  ABI Research finds that embedded secure solutions in NFC will drive the market to cross the Rs.4,484.30 crore ($1 billion) mark in 2016.
  
  
• Q4'11 PV component profits fall by 70% (18/10/11)
  According to analysis from IMS Research, PV component profits are set to fall by 70 per cent y-o-y in Q4 '11 but module suppliers will still hold a major share of PV component profits.
  
  
• Tablet PC shipments see 213% boom (17/10/11)
  According to DisplaySearch, mobile PC shipments are expected to grow at double-digit rates through 2017 to reach nearly 80 crore units, up from 27.7 crore in 2011.
  
  
• Sony tops India flat panel shipments in Q2 11 (13/10/11)
  Shipments of flat panel TVs in India will grow from 55 lakh units in 2011 to 2.08 crore units in 2015 at a CAGR of 39 per cent, according to DisplaySearch.
  
  

• LTE-Advanced ecosystem shaping up (13/10/11)
  According to a report by Heavy Reading, the LTE-Advanced ecosystem is shaping up with silicon devices developed to support LTE along with growing commercial LTE networks.
  
  
• Ericsson tops global LTE equipment market (12/10/11)
  According to In-Stat research, Ericsson tops 2011 with over Rs.1,121.08 crore ($0.25 billion) in global LTE packet backhaul equipment revenue, a little over 25 per cent of the entire market.
  
  
• LTE rules over WiMAX in smartphones (12/10/11)
  According to ABI Research's report, shipments of 4G smartphones are expected to grow from 46 lakh in 2010 to 24.5 crore in 2016.
  
  
• Modular instruments to touch Rs.5,000 crore (12/10/11)
  According to Frost & Sullivan, modular instruments revenue estimates to reach to Rs.5,246.64 crore ($1.17 billion) in 2017 due to the benefits of modular instruments over traditional instruments.
  
  
• EDA revenues top Rs.6,000 crore in Q2 11 (11/10/11)
  According to EDAC, the EDA segment revenue attains Rs.6,448.43 crore ($1.438 billion) in Q2 11, a growth of 17.6 per cent compared to Q2 last year.
  
  

• HDMI-enabled PC shipments forecast to increase by 2014 (07/10/11)
  In-Stat research forecasts that HDMI-enabled mobile PC shipments will surpass 30 crore units in 2014.
  
  
• GNSS market shows sustained growth (04/10/11)
  According to ABI Research, high precision GNSS market is set to increase almost 100 percent by 2016.
  
  
• IC capex to decrease by 19% in 2012 (04/10/11)
  Gartner Inc. forecasts that semiconductor capital equipment spending will total about Rs.1.58 lakh crore ($35.2 billion) in 2012.
  
  
• In-Flight Wi-Fi revenues to surpass Rs.6,726 crore (03/10/11)
  In-Stat research reports significant growth in usage rates of in-flight broadband and forecasts in-flight Wi-Fi revenues to surpass the Rs.6,726.46 crore ($1.5 billion) mark in 2015.
  
  
• PFC shipments grow at 237% CAGR (03/10/11)
  According to Pike Research, 45 lakh PFCs for portable electronics will be shipped in 2017, representing a CAGR of 237 percent over the next six years.
  
  

• Bluetooth low energy ICs shipments top 20 crore (30/09/11)
  In 2015, annual shipments of dual-mode Bluetooth low energy ICs for portable computing devices such as notebooks, netbooks and tablet PCs will top 20 crore units.
  
  
• DRM revenues to grow by 59% (29/09/11)
  The worldwide market for pay TV CAS and DRM will grow at a modest 15 percent from Rs.9,865.47 crore ($2.2 billion) in 2011 to Rs.11,210.76 crore ($2.5 billion) in 2016, says ABI Research report.
  
  
• Broadband CPE market sees growth in 2Q11 (27/09/11)
  In-Stat research says that in 2Q11, 3.98 crore broadband CPE units were shipped with a 13.9 percent increase from the same quarter last year.
  
  
• Smart card shipments to hit 350 crore (27/09/11)
  Contactless smart card shipments will increase from around 95 crore in 2010 to 350 crore in 2016, says IMS Research.
  
  
• IP set top box market grows by 14% (27/09/11)
  According to In-Stat research, shipments of IP set top boxes will surpass 2.1 crore in 2011.
  
  

• Android smartphone makers eye DLNA market (26/09/11)
  According to IMS Research, 70 per cent of DLNA devices shipped outside of North America and Japan in 2015 will be Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones.
  
  
• LTE, WiMax up mobile infrastructure spending (26/09/11)
  A cumulative total of about Rs.11.21 lakh crore ($250 billion) will be spent on mobile infrastructure from 2011 to 2015 with LTE and WiMax market together showing a CAGR of 46 per cent until 2015.
  
  
• Qualcomm tops Q2 2011 apps processor revenues (23/09/11)
  Qualcomm took more than 51 per cent revenue share in the smartphone applications processor market in Q2 2011, according to a Strategy Analytics report.
  
  
• MEMS sensors, audio devices soar (23/09/11)
  ABI Research finds that smartphones and tablets will push MEMS sensor and audio devices market to more than Rs.6,726.46 crore ($1.5 billion) by 2016.
  
  
• India, China lead UPS growth (22/09/11)
  Asia's and Latin America's UPS markets are forecast to reach the Rs.44,843.05 crore ($10 billion) mark by 2015, says IMS Research.
  
  

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