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From the News Desk
Thursday, 26. June 2008
WLAN Not a Threat to Data Revenues, Claims Berg Insight
“WLAN will become the next prevalent connectivity technology in mass-market mobile handsets,” claims the analyst firm Berg Insight,
According to their research report, the number of handsets with integrated WLAN is forecasted to grow from 27 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.5 percent to 400 million in 2012, corresponding to an attach rate of 25 percent. Berg Insight further added that WLAN would primarily be used for high-speed Internet access in home or office networks and file transfer of for instance photos and media libraries.
The analyst firm also forecasted that the number of handsets with integrated NFC (Near-Field Communication) or FeliCa is forecasted to grow from 35 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate of 43.8 percent to 215 million in 2012, corresponding to an attach rate of 13 percent. UWB (Ultra-WideBand) is not expected to appear in significant volumes before 2010 and only be featured in 1 percent of the handsets shipped in 2012.
“Mobile operators no longer consider WLAN a threat against data revenues. As flat-rate plans for data access become the norm, encouraging subscribers to use a local Internet connection actually makes much sense as a way to prevent data overload in mobile networks,” said Andre Malm, telecom analyst, Berg Insight.
According to their research report, the number of handsets with integrated WLAN is forecasted to grow from 27 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.5 percent to 400 million in 2012, corresponding to an attach rate of 25 percent. Berg Insight further added that WLAN would primarily be used for high-speed Internet access in home or office networks and file transfer of for instance photos and media libraries.
The analyst firm also forecasted that the number of handsets with integrated NFC (Near-Field Communication) or FeliCa is forecasted to grow from 35 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate of 43.8 percent to 215 million in 2012, corresponding to an attach rate of 13 percent. UWB (Ultra-WideBand) is not expected to appear in significant volumes before 2010 and only be featured in 1 percent of the handsets shipped in 2012.
“Mobile operators no longer consider WLAN a threat against data revenues. As flat-rate plans for data access become the norm, encouraging subscribers to use a local Internet connection actually makes much sense as a way to prevent data overload in mobile networks,” said Andre Malm, telecom analyst, Berg Insight.
