The manufacture of Bluetooth-enabled equipment will also easily exceed 200 million units in 2003. As more chip solutions become Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) certified, shipments will pick up in 1H of 2000 to be included in equipment for the second half. Bluetooth will really begin to sink its teeth into the market in 2001. By 2005, the market opportunity for radio and baseband solutions will surpass $3 billion.
"The markets for Bluetooth that will take off in the first wave will primarily be high-end cellular and PCS handsets and notebook PCs that are geared toward the corporate market or business user, primarily due to cost issues," said Joyce Putscher, Director for Cahners In-Stat Group's Consumer & Convergence Markets. "Handset manufacturers will undoubtedly woo wireless carriers to aggressively embrace Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones with the pitch that it will increase air time minutes, and of course, revenues."
Cahners In-Stat Group believes:
The report, The Bluetooth Revolution: Wireless Semiconductors Kill the Cord!, #MM9910BW, provides an overview on Bluetooth technology, the markets targeted for Bluetooth, and driving trends. Seven-year forecasts for radio and baseband functional solutions are given as well as eight categories and 18 sub-segments of Bluetooth-enabled products. Semiconductor players, alliances and partnerships are also outlined.
Cahners In-Stat Group (http://www.instat.com) covers the full spectrum of digital communications research from vendor to end-user, providing the analysis and perspective that allows technology vendors and service providers worldwide to make more informed business decisions.
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