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INDUSTRY NEWS NFC-Enabled Cellphone Shipments to Soar Fourfold in Next Five Years Global shipments of cellphones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will surge by more than a factor of four from 2013 to 2018, reaching 1.2 billion units, according to IHS Technology. Last year sounded the starting gun for the fast growth of the market, with worldwide shipments of NFC-enabled cellphones climbing to 275 million units in 2013, up 128 percent from 120 million in 2012. The market will expand by more than 50 percent this year to reach 416 million. From 2013 through the end of 2018, worldwide shipments of NFC-enabled cellphones will rise by 325 percent. NFC was integrated into just 18.2 percent of the 1.5 billion cellphones shipped worldwide in 2013. In 2018, NFC penetration will rise to 64 percent. "The majority of smartphone makers are adopting the NFC wireless communications and payment technology in their products as a de facto standard," said Don Tait, senior financial and ID market analyst at IHS. "Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of mobile payment, and NFC wireless readers are proliferating in businesses throughout the world. This strong momentum will allow the NFC cellphone market to overcome barriers, including a lack of compelling services and applications, and the sluggish progress on establishing the required infrastructure." A major challenge for the NFC market in 2014 will be to develop services and applications that consumers want. This will help to promote mass appeal and adoption of the technology. The slow pace at which the mobile payment ecosystem is being rolled out is another key challenge that will need to be addressed this year. The LTE, LTE-A & 5G Ecosystem: 2014 - 2020 MarketResearchReports.Biz has added a new market research report "The LTE, LTE-Advanced & 5G Ecosystem: 2014 - 2020" to its collection of research reports. As a natural upgrade path for carriers from the previously detached GSM, CDMA and TD-SCDMA ecosystems, LTE has emerged as the first truly global mobile communications standard. Commonly marketed as the "4G" standard, LTE promises to provide higher data rates and lower latency at a much lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than 3G technologies. The TCO and performance is further enhanced by deployment of small cells and the LTE-Advanced standard. LTE-Advanced or simply LTE-A is a further enhancement to LTE, which improves performance and data rates using features such as the aggregation of carriers, interference management and advanced antenna techniques. With more than 265 fully commercial network launches, LTE adoption has considerably gained momentum throughout the globe, and a number of carriers have already deployed LTE-A features such as carrier aggregation. SNS Research estimates that LTE service revenues will account for $103 billion in 2014. Revenues are further expected to grow at a CAGR of 40 percent during the next six years. Driven by these revenue prospects, operators continue to aggressively invest in LTE infrastructure, encompassing macrocell base stations (eNBs), small cells and EPC/mobile core equipment. LTE infrastructure spending is expected to account for nearly $15 Billion by the end of 2014. To Get Download Full Report with TOC: http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/sample/sample/185914. www.AntennasOnline.com Spring 2014 Antenna Systems & Technology 27 http://www.MarketResearchReports.Biz http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/sample/sample/185914 http://www.AntennasOnline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Antenna Systems & Technology - Spring 2014

Editor’s Choice
What's So Exciting About the Future of M2M? Everything
Antenna Design for LTE Enabled Tablets
Recent Progress on Plasma Antennas
Guest Column: Don't Let Your Choice of Tool Hinder Your Cable and Antenna Testing
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Components/Subsystems
Short-Range Wireless
Software / System Design
Test & Measurement
Industry News
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Antenna Systems & Technology - Spring 2014