UltraWideBand Could Hurt WLAN Take-up

West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS), a market research firm focusing solely on emerging technologies, has announced the availability of their newly updated analysis that demonstrates that overall dominance of UWB in the high data rate wireless market place is virtually inevitable.

"Despite its market potential, UWB product release into the market is and will continue to be incremental, in direct relation to overcoming challenges from those industries who are concerned with RF interference issues," said Kirsten West, one of the principals of WTRS. "The throughput potential of UWB being one thousand times greater than 802.11b, and its attribute of supporting a piconet of unlimited size, has the very real potential to displace technologies in LANs, PANs, and ultimately in WANs. A significant number of companies in the technology and communication industry, notably cellular phone handset manufacturers, are fully aware of UWB's immense commercial application, anticipating that UWB will create a wealth of options that likely leave CDMA behind as no longer sufficient."

West estimates that, given a 4% global GDP growth rate, annual shipments for Ultrawideband chipsets into the communications segment alone will exceed 63 million units by 2007. WTRS forecasts 3 scenarios that are dependent upon global GDP growth projections. These reflect adoption potential in various markets while taking into account the nascence of the technology market and its consequent susceptibility to economic conditions."

Posted to the site on 11th July 2003