Bluetooth
Research Service
Bluetooth is widely seen as the global dominant short-range connectivity solution. It has universal penetration in the mobile device and is widely integrated in computing and consumer electronics platforms. The move to combo chipsets incorporating Bluetooth with Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, 802.15.4, and FM radio and the evolution of the standard to Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Smart Ready look set to open new markets for the technology in low-power sensor-based applications and consumer markets alike.
Alongside traditional end markets in cellular devices and automotive infotainment, Smart Ready products look set to drive volumes in health and fitness, digital living room, remote controls, smart meters, automation, and industrial applications.
Analysis & Data
Insights
Archived Research
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Bluetooth IC
Competitive Assessment
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Smart Accessories
Technology Analysis
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Wireless Connectivity Market Update - 4Q12
Technologies, Device Penetration, Market Growth, and IC Trends
Presentation
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New Market Opportunities for Wireless Connectivity Combo ICs
Technology Analysis
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Integrated Platform ICs - The Death of Combos in Smartphones?
Technology Analysis
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Smart, the Next Wave of Bluetooth
Low Energy Applications Driving Bluetooth Growth
Technology Analysis
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Wireless Connectivity Combo Chipsets
Competitive Assessment
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Bluetooth Smart vs. ZigBee
Technology Analysis
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Wireless Connectivity Markets
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS, 802.15.4, UWB, and Combo ICs
Research Report
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Combo Connectivity Chipsets
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and UWB
Research Report
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Low Energy Bluetooth
Automated Connectivity for Mobile Devices in Sports and Fitness, Home Automation, and Healthcare
Research Report
More Insights
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Bluetooth and the IoE: Should We Be Concerned?
Stuart Carlaw - 14 Mar 2014
Company Insight
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BLE Beacons: Here Comes Everybody
Patrick Connolly - 18 Dec 2013
Market Insight
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It’s Not a Case of BLE or NFC; There’s Room for Both
John Devlin - 03 Oct 2013
Market Insight
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Keyless Smart Locks Find Their Way to Residential Homes
Adarsh Krishnan - 31 Jul 2013
Company Insight
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Wi-Fi Direct Pushed Bluetooth Aside in Xbox One
23 Jul 2013
Product Insight
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ZigBee Off to a Slow Start but Its Adoption in Smartphones Could Be a Game-changer
18 Jul 2013
Market Insight
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Wireless Connectivity Chips Reach the 5 Billion Mark
03 Jul 2013
Market Insight
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Waiting for Google to Flip the Bluetooth Smart Switch
03 Jul 2013
Market Insight
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1Q13 Declines but 2Q13 Looks to See Slow Improvement in Worldwide Semiconductor Revenues
23 May 2013
Market Insight
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Bluetooth Will Be a Key Constituent of the IoE
02 May 2013
Market Insight
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ZigBee in a Wi-Fi Router: Could This Be the Shot in the Arm ZigBee Needs?
07 Mar 2013
Product Insight
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IoT, a Major Growth Engine for Open Standards
01 Feb 2013
Market Insight
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Economy and Industry Standards Seen Harming Technology Innovation
Jeff Orr - 22 Jan 2013
Market Insight
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Qualcomm, Broadcom among Top Semiconductor Vendors That See Consecutive Revenue Growth
30 Nov 2012
Market Insight
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WiGig Green Shoots: 60GHz Technology Is Here at Last
09 Nov 2012
Product Insight
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Lack of Mobile Broadband in Portable Devices Impacts GPS Adoption
Jeff Orr, Patrick Connolly - 05 Nov 2012
Market Insight
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Ambient Intelligence: The Future of GPS, Geofencing, and Location Analytics
Patrick Connolly - 05 Nov 2012
Company Insight
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Is Bluetooth High Speed Dead in the Water?
05 Nov 2012
Product Insight
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Apple and the Lightning Connector Disconnect
Jonathan Collins - 31 Oct 2012
Market Insight
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NFC Driving Market Convergence
Phil Sealy - 16 Oct 2012
Market Insight
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Is TI’s New Strategy Flawed?
01 Oct 2012
Company Insight
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Miracast Is a New Direction for the Wi-Fi Alliance
27 Sep 2012
Product Insight
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Has Intel Found the Holy Grail?
27 Sep 2012
Product Insight
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NFC Adoption Is Progressing Well Even without Apple; ABI Research Sees Strong Future Integration from IC Vendors
John Devlin - 27 Sep 2012
Market Insight
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What Is the Limit for M-Commerce?
John Devlin - 21 Aug 2012
Market Insight
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M-Commerce Ramping to Become a Significant Part of E-Commerce Market
John Devlin - 20 Aug 2012
Market Insight
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Here's What's Next for Wi-Fi
Philip Solis - 07 Aug 2012
Market Insight
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CSR, What Now?
02 Aug 2012
Company Insight
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CSR Move Represents Future Shifts in the GPS Market
Patrick Connolly - 30 Jul 2012
Company Insight
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For M&A in Taiwan, MediaTek and MStar Will Be a Serious Competitor
Sam Rosen - 26 Jul 2012
Company Insight
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Samsung Heading for a Fight with Broadcom, or Is It?
23 Jul 2012
Company Insight
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NFC Payments Europe 2012 - MNO Business Models Panel Discussion
John Devlin - 10 Jul 2012
Market Insight
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Remote Controls, a Key Battleground for Bluetooth and ZigBee
06 Jul 2012
Market Insight
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ZigBee Is Coming of Age
25 Jun 2012
Market Insight
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Wi-Fi Direct Enabled Devices to Ramp Up in 2012
25 Jun 2012
Market Insight
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Why I Can't See Apple Being Successful with BT 4.0 in Place of NFC
John Devlin - 25 Jun 2012
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The Rise of the Bluetooth Hub
25 Jun 2012
Market Insight
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Latest ABI Research Data Show 1Q12 Overall Market Fall
25 Jun 2012
Market Insight
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It’s Not CES, But…..
30 Apr 2012
Experience Insight
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A Challenging Year but the Worldwide Semiconductor Market Still Grew, a Little
28 Mar 2012
Market Insight
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Future Wireless Connectivity Combos
28 Mar 2012
Product Insight
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2011: The Year of Multicore
31 Jan 2012
Market Insight
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Connectivity 2012 and Beyond
31 Jan 2012
Market Insight
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Moving into WSN: Linear Technology Acquires Dust Networks
29 Dec 2011
Company Insight
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Home Area Network Mandate
29 Dec 2011
Company Insight
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NFC World Market Summary 2010 to 2016
Phil Sealy - 07 Dec 2011
Market Insight
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Can Qualcomm Dominate Bluetooth and Wi-Fi as It Has Done for GPS
07 Dec 2011
Market Insight
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The iPhone 4GS, Nike+, and Bluetooth Smart
Jonathan Collins - 29 Nov 2011
Company Insight
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M2M: First Open Platforms, Then Open Standards, Now Open-Source
28 Nov 2011
Market Insight
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Is Bluetooth's New Branding SMART
08 Nov 2011
Product Insight
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NXP Announces "NFC in Smart Metering"
John Devlin - 03 Nov 2011
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Per Annum Bluetooth IC Shipments to Surpass 1.5 Billion, Wi-Fi ICs 1 Billion in 2011
31 Oct 2011
Market Insight
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Worldwide Semiconductor Market: What to Expect from 2011
28 Oct 2011
Market Insight
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Qualcomm Makes Use of Its Acquisitions
Philip Solis - 28 Oct 2011
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Reviving Heat Conversion?
19 Oct 2011
Market Insight
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WSN in Monitoring Solar Systems
19 Oct 2011
Company Insight
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Bluetooth v4.0 versus NFC
John Devlin - 04 Oct 2011
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Bluetooth Low Energy Profiles Start Preparing the Device Market
Jonathan Collins - 04 Oct 2011
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Elster: "System of Systems" Provider
30 Sep 2011
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Bluetooth v4.0, to Infinity and Beyond!
30 Sep 2011
Product Insight
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Qualcomm Pursues the “Internet of Everything”
27 Sep 2011
Company Insight
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Open Consortium for Smart Energy Profile 2
15 Sep 2011
Market Insight
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Horizontal Standards for M2M
Jonathan Collins - 15 Sep 2011
Market Insight
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Google/Moto: The Home Automation Side of the Story
Jonathan Collins - 15 Sep 2011
Company Insight
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A New Era for CSR
02 Sep 2011
Company Insight
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NXP Revises its NFC Estimate Down for 2011
John Devlin - 05 Aug 2011
Market Insight
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Smart Grid’s Impact on Buildings and Energy Efficiency
18 Jul 2011
Market Insight
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Apple and Nordic Semiconductor Join the Bluetooth SIG Board
Jonathan Collins - 12 Jul 2011
Company Insight
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Google Pulls the Plug on Its PowerMeter Energy Tool
30 Jun 2011
Company Insight
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Can Cancer Help Sell Bluetooth Headsets?
21 Jun 2011
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Google's Android@Home and the Impact on the Home Automation Market
01 Jun 2011
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1Q 2011 Semiconductor Supplier Rankings Show “Business as Usual”
01 Jun 2011
Market Insight
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NXP Unveils RF Lighting Control For Jennic Acquisition
Jonathan Collins - 30 May 2011
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An Overnight Behemoth, Toshiba Acquires Landis+Gyr for $2.3 Billion!
27 May 2011
Company Insight
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Potential Negative Impact of Government Involvement in Smart Meter Deployments
11 May 2011
Market Insight
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The Bluetooth SIG "Turns up the Heat"
03 May 2011
Market Insight
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Monnit: Fighting Bedbugs with WSN
Jonathan Collins - 19 Apr 2011
Company Insight
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Smart Meters and M2M in the UK
Jonathan Collins - 13 Apr 2011
Market Insight
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Qualcomm Continues to Dominate the Handset IC Market in 2010
08 Apr 2011
Market Insight
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Continua Brings its Attention to Wi-Fi
Jonathan Collins - 16 Mar 2011
Market Insight
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A Bountiful Harvest ... of Energy
14 Mar 2011
Market Insight
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Vodafone and Bosch Team Up on M2M
03 Mar 2011
Company Insight
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Wi-Fi Hotspots See a Renewed Focus for Offload
Philip Solis - 01 Mar 2011
Market Insight
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Is an 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 Combination Chipset Marking a Change in the Short Range Wireless Connectivity Market?
18 Jan 2011
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Cartes 2010 Highlights - NFC Re-born and the Expanding World of M2M
John Devlin, Jonathan Collins - 18 Jan 2011
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UWB Test Drive
21 Oct 2010
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Cisco Buys Arch Rock and Puts Weight behind IP Wireless Sensor Networks
Jonathan Collins - 13 Oct 2010
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Extending the Wireless Sports and Fitness Device market ahead of BLE
Jonathan Collins - 06 Aug 2010
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Ruminations and Meditations upon the Connected World 2010 Conference (Yes, the M2M show…)
13 Jul 2010
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WiGig and Wi-Fi Agreement: Match Gets Best of Both Worlds
15 Jun 2010
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Bluetooth 4.0 and Innovative Ideas
26 May 2010
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Everything Is Connected...(Someday)
21 Apr 2010
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ZigBee Advances On Mobile Handsets, but Competition Will Be Fierce
Jonathan Collins - 21 Apr 2010
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ABI Research's CTIA 2010 Wrap-Up
Jeff Orr, Philip Solis - 26 Mar 2010
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Bluetooth Low Energy Announcement Creates Market for New Products
25 Feb 2010
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Two Opportunities For Wi-Fi ICs: Mobile Devices and Consumer Electronic Devices
24 Feb 2010
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Embedded NFC, But It’s Not the Headline Feature
Jonathan Collins - 03 Feb 2010
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It’s All about the Benjamins: Consumers Value their Pocketbook over the Environment When It Comes to the Deployment of Home Energy Management Systems
02 Feb 2010
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Young, Well-off Men Are the Demographic Group Most interested in Home Automation Technology
01 Feb 2010
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60GHz Targets 802.11 Networks
Jonathan Collins - 07 Jan 2010
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HP Acquires 3Com: What's the Impact?
12 Nov 2009
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European Investment Banks Loan €300 Million to Orange Telecom Spain: WIll They Effect Change?
Khin Sandi Lynn - 07 Oct 2009
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The FCC Prepares Wearable Wireless Sensor Spectrum
Jonathan Collins - 28 Sep 2009
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How Smart Does the Electrical Grid Need to Be?
16 Sep 2009
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Wi-Fi Wrap-up: Consumer and Enterprise Drivers and Implications
Dan Shey - 10 Sep 2009
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Resistance is Futile: The ZigBee Alliance Borg Takes On Energy Harvesting With "ZigBee Green Power"
13 Aug 2009
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Wireless Operator Smart Metering Announcements Highlight Steady Advance into M2M Market
12 Aug 2009
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A New Alliance Forms to Push 60 GHz Connectivity
Jonathan Collins - 19 Jun 2009
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Continua Backs Bluetooth Low Energy Even Ahead of Its Completion
Jonathan Collins - 17 Jun 2009
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Interop 2009: Party Like It's 2002
28 May 2009
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Save Your Baby or Use Wi-Fi?
26 May 2009
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Wireless Pest Control: Security for the Masses
21 May 2009
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The Stimulus Bill and Healthcare: An RX to Cure 3G and Wi-Fi Vendors' Ills
21 May 2009
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Airline Carriers Seek Mobile Communications Revenue to Counter the Downturn
Jake Saunders - 28 Apr 2009
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M2M Application Development Platform Market in a State of Flux
14 Apr 2009
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In-flight Wi-Fi - Connectivity from the Sky
Khin Sandi Lynn - 08 Apr 2009
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Wireless by the Sip: Reading the Tea Leaves
07 Apr 2009
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NFC - New Options Emerge on the Route to Mass Adoption
Jonathan Collins - 03 Apr 2009
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Without the WiMedia Alliance, What's Next for UWB?
Jonathan Collins - 02 Apr 2009
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Proximity Marketing Provides Immediate Results from Mobile Consumers
Jeff Orr - 16 Mar 2009
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Bluetooth Low Energy Move In on RFID
Jonathan Collins - 16 Mar 2009
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Blood in the Wi-Fi Water
05 Mar 2009
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Home Automation: Most Potential Customers Want to Remotely Monitor Their Homes, Some Will Pay Between $1,000 and $5,000
27 Feb 2009
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Obama's Recovery Act and Wi-Fi: Let the Good Times Roll
09 Feb 2009
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Cisco Plans a Two-Front War: There Go the Margins!
02 Feb 2009
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Why Operators Are Reconsidering Wi-Fi...for the Moment
Dan Shey - 16 Jan 2009
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Hewlett Packard: Moving from a "C" to an "A" in Wi-Fi in 2009
14 Jan 2009
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Cisco's Secret Weapon and the Vendors Who Should Start Worrying: C-Scape 2008 Analysis
11 Dec 2008
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Survey Says: Younger Folks and Men More Likely than Older Folks and Women to Want Home Automation Technology
02 Dec 2008
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Will the Current Economy Influence Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior?
24 Nov 2008
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Combo Chips and Broadcom: A New Integrated Solution Announcement Every Sixty Days
21 Nov 2008
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Eco-Friendly Consumer Products: How Willing Is the US Public to Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is?
19 Nov 2008
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Running ZigBee over Internet Protocol with CAP
07 Nov 2008
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The UWB Market Shakeout
05 Nov 2008
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If You Shoot for the Middle, You Miss the Wi-Fi Market
04 Nov 2008
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How to Make Q4 Revenue Goals Despite the Economic Downturn
21 Oct 2008
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Which WLAN Equipment Vendor Will Juniper Networks Buy?
09 Oct 2008
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CSR and Intel Announce New Bluetooth Interaction for Laptop PCs
19 Sep 2008
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IP Über Alles in Wireless Sensor Networking?
29 Aug 2008
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Siemens and Enterasys Combined Could Shake-Up the Wi-Fi Market
21 Aug 2008
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Cellular Technology Is Being Refined For M2M Applications
21 Aug 2008
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Hewlett-Packard Acquires Colubris Networks: Opposites Attract, but Should They Marry?
12 Aug 2008
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TransferJet Consortium Takes Flight
11 Aug 2008
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Why Can't All the Wi-Fi Access Points Just Get Along?
22 Jul 2008
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Preparing for a 31-Flavor All-Wireless World
21 Jul 2008
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Forget the Gold: It’s the Pick Axes and Shovels in the Wi-Fi Hotspot Market
10 Jul 2008
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EnOcean's "Stealth Attack" in the Home Automation Market
23 Jun 2008
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Is the iPhone an “iKiller App” for Home Automation?
19 Jun 2008
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A Brief Introduction to 60 GHz Technology
12 Jun 2008
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Belden Acquires Trapeze: Who's Next?
10 Jun 2008
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The Empire Strikes Back: Cisco Develops a Death Star to Win the Wi-Fi Architectural War
29 May 2008
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HP Should Buy Extricom: A Modest Proposal
12 May 2008
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Interop Las Vegas 2008: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
12 May 2008
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Broadcom’s New Solution Gives Atheros Serious Competition in the Enterprise Wi-Fi Access Point Space
Philip Solis - 29 Apr 2008
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Attack of Killer Wi-Fi
11 Apr 2008
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Bluetooth over 802.11: High-Speed Bluetooth in the Fast Lane
01 Apr 2008
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Charting a New Frontier: TI Announces OMAP Series without DSP Coprocessor
31 Mar 2008
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Increasing Video Content Spells Opportunity
07 Mar 2008
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The Impact of Smart Metering on Vendor Interoperability in the Utility Industry
07 Mar 2008
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Wi-Fi Vendors Look for Keys to Competing Against Cisco
17 Jan 2008
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Aruba Rolls the Dice and Seizes the “Switzerland” of Network Management
14 Jan 2008
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Pulse-LINK: Surfing the CWave Through the UWB Ocean
02 Jan 2008
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