Articles tagged with: Mimo and 802.11n

Wi-Fi Pushing Radio IC Market to $4 Billion in 2013

­Vendors will ship $4 billion in Wi-Fi radio chips in 2013, most of these for cellphones, notebooks, netbooks, infrastructure, home entertainment systems and wireless gaming consoles. At the same time, adoption of 802.11n mimo with multiple transmit streams will help boost the market for Wi-Fi power amplifier modules to twice its 2008 size, despite continued pricing pressure.  more

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Wi-Fi Chipset Revenue On Course to Approach $3 Billion in 2008

Over the last several years, the market for Wi-Fi chipsets has grown from just over $1 billion in 2006, though just over $2 billion in 2007, and is expected to deliver revenue of nearly $3 billion in 2008. more

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Five Years of Wi-Fi Chipsets - Prices Halved as Shipments Rocket

New market data released by ABI Research shows that about 440 million Wi-Fi chipsets will be shipped over the course of 2008. This represents a tenfold increase over the number shipped in 2003; but over the same five-year period, the revenues they produced have multiplied by only five.  more

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Wave 2 Devices to Drive WiMAX Fixed and Mobile Wireless Markets

The next generation of WiMAX devices will allow the 802.16 industry to make gains in both the fixed and mobile wireless markets, according to a new report from Visant Strategies. WiMAX vendors are luring carriers to WIMAX Wave 2 devices prior to certification via the economic advantages of utilizing multiple-in/multiple-out (mimo) antenna technology and with the promise of proven interoperability. Certification is expected late in 2008.  more

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