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Huawei leads mobile broadband modem mkt

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NEW YORK, USA: With more than 13.2 crore modems shipped worldwide in 2011 for personal computing and consumer electronics applications, ABI Research, a market research firm has predicted a CAGR of 15 per cent for the mobile broadband modem through 2017.

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These modems come in four different forms- PC cards, USB sticks, embedded modem modules and mobile hotspot routers and they are usually used in mobile broadband technologies. Huawei  has recorded 47 per cent of the worldwide shipments and is leading in the mobile broadband modem market. ZTE holds the second position in the market at 30 per cent. It has been for the fourth year for ZTE at the second spot. Apple (iPad family of media tablets) and AnyDATA (Amazon Kindle e-reader) bagged the number three and four rankings, respectively.

Some of the other highlights of the report by ABI Research were:

  • PC cards have all been supplanted by the convenience and ubiquity of the USB port interface.

  • USB modems have driven mobile broadband modem volumes since 2006 and continued to lead with more than 9.7 crore shipped during 2011.

  • Embedded modem modules experienced the largest year-over-year form-factor growth at 58 per cent.

  • The rapid uptake of media tablets by early technology adopters has pushed the module segment forward compared to the sluggish attach rates from laptop computers.

  • Mobile hotspot routers that enable multiple Wi-Fi devices to connect to a single mobile data radio are holding their own with 45 per cent year-over-year growth in 2011.

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