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• Home Network Technologies Will Coexist, Not Compete, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-07-29

  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Consumer electronics products no longer exist in a vacuum: increasingly they are linked to each other via a number of short-range radio technologies. CE vendors, faced with a series of overlapping use-cases, network areas, standards, and technologies, need to understand the applications best suited to each, and...

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• Pressure on Radio Spectrum Sharing Will Lead to Greater Deployment of Dynamic Spectrum Access Technologies, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-10-04

  LONDON -- Dynamic Spectrum Access is a novel approach that uses new radio technology within a specially-designed regulatory framework to allow spectrum to be shared efficiently, moving away from fixed allocations to a more flexible and dynamic arrangement. A key component will be software radio and its derivatives, collectively known...

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• HD Radio Could Cure US Broadcasters' Satellite Radio Woes, says ABI Research

  - 2006-05-22

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- HD Radio and HD2, also known as multicasting or supplemental audio channel broadcasting, offer a multitude of new opportunities for North American broadcasters faced with fierce competition from satellite radio. According to a recent study from ABI Research, satellite radio has gained more than nine million...

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• Bluetooth Market to Exceed 500M Radios in 2006 (Electronic News)

  - 2006-03-20

  After an explosive year of growth in 2005 that has seen the Bluetooth market more than double, 2006 looks set to provide another healthy year of sales for Bluetooth vendors, according to Oyster Bay-N.Y.-based ABI Research. In a new study ABI Research concludes that the...

  Tags: ABI Research, Bluetooth, radio, UWB, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS

• Bluetooth Market to Exceed 500 Million Radios in 2006, Finds ABI Research

  - 2006-03-16

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- After an explosive year of growth in 2005 that has seen the Bluetooth market more than double, 2006 looks set to provide another healthy year of profits for Bluetooth vendors.

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• Digital Car Radio Standards Battling for Dashboards (Electronic News)

  - 2006-03-06

  Just when consumers have become familiar with new digital radio broadcasting technologies such as satellite radio, even newer protocols are targeting their car radios, says Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based market research firm ABI Research. "This year will bring a significant level of confusion to electronics consumers,"...

  Tags: ABI Research, broadcasting, car, dashboard, MARKETING, radio, satellite, standards

• ABI Research Asks: When Will Video Streaming To The Vehicle Via Satellite Radio Actually Occur?

  - 2005-08-09

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- The last quarter brought announcements from Sirius Satellite Radio of plans to provide video broadcasting services to the vehicle. But when can buyers expect product and what impact will this have on subscriber growth and profitability?

  Tags: ABI Research, radio, satellite, satellite radio, streaming video

• Chase "Blink" will be a catalyst for contactless RFID payments.(Radio Frequency Identification)(Chase card services)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-07-01

  Chase card services announced that it is introducing "Blink," a new faster, easier way to pay, using RFID chips and contactless payment systems. With the Chase Blink announcement, the North American contactless payment market-starting gun has sounded and the race to redefine cashless payments is on....

  Tags: ABI Research, Biometrics, payment, radio, RFID, SECURITY, WIRELESS

• Defense and aerospace seen as huge RFID vertical market.(radio frequency identification market )(Brief Article)

  - 2005-05-01

  ABI Research predicts that the defense and aerospace industries will represent a massive RFID market as compliance mandates come down from the likes of the Department of Defense DoD and aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. The DoD has mandat ABI Research predicts that the...

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• ABI Research sees RFID helping airlines track assets.(commercial market)(Radio Frequency Identification)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-01

  In North America, those big utility dollies used at airports, the ones that are pulled around by little tractors, cost about $5000 each. There are many thousands of them in airports around the continent. And believe it or not, airlines "lose" them frequently--through carelessness, theft, or...

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