WIRELESS M2M AND MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES INDEX Index Table of Contents Table of Contents... i List of Figures... v Executive summary...1 1 Wireless M2M and mobile broadband data technology...3 1.1 Wireless and GPS chipsets...3 1.1.1 Wireless chipsets...4 1.1.2 GPS chipsets...5 1.2 Network communication technologies...7 1.2.1 Short and medium range wireless network technologies...7 1.2.2 Cellular mobile communication technologies...9 1.3 Wireless M2M data modules and terminals...11 1.3.1 M2M data modules...12 1.3.2 M2M terminals and devices...15 1.4 Mobile broadband modules and terminals...15 1.4.1 PC cards and ExpressCards...15 1.4.2 Embedded modules...16 1.4.3 Desktop modems and routers...17 2 Wireless chipset and GPS vendors...19 2.1 Wireless chipset vendor profiles...19 2.1.1 Agere Systems...20 2.1.2 Analog Devices...21 2.1.3 Freescale...22 2.1.4 Infineon...23 2.1.5 NXP Semiconductors...24 2.1.6 Qualcomm...26 2.1.7 Texas Instruments...28 2.2 GPS chipset and module vendor profiles...29 2.2.1 Fastrax...29 STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES i
INDEX WIRELESS M2M AND MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES 2.2.2 Global Locate...31 2.2.3 SiRF...32 2.2.4 Trimble...34 2.2.5 u-blox...35 3 M2M module and terminal vendors...39 3.1 Siemens Wireless Modules...40 3.1.1 Product strategy...40 3.1.2 Market strategy...42 3.2 Wavecom...42 3.2.1 Product strategy...43 3.2.2 Market strategy...45 3.3 Motorola...46 3.3.1 Product strategy...47 3.3.2 Market strategy...48 3.4 Enfora...48 3.4.1 Product strategy...49 3.4.2 Market strategy...50 3.5 Telit...50 3.5.1 Product strategy...50 3.5.2 Market strategy...52 3.6 Kyocera Wireless...52 3.7 Sagem...53 3.8 SIM Technology...54 3.9 Wireless M2M terminal vendors...55 3.9.1 Alpha Micro...55 3.9.2 Blue Tree Wireless Data...56 3.9.3 CalAmp...56 3.9.4 Dr. Neuhaus...57 3.9.5 Falcom...57 3.9.6 Owasys...58 3.9.7 Telesincro...59 3.9.8 Telular...59 ii STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERIES M2M RESEARCH SERIES
WIRELESS M2M AND MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES INDEX 3.9.9 BOX Telematics...60 3.9.10 CI Omnibridge...60 3.9.11 Cobra Automotive Technologies...61 3.9.12 DigiCore...61 3.9.13 MetaSystem...62 3.9.14 Trackm8...63 3.9.15 Trafficmaster...63 3.9.16 Viasat...64 3.9.17 WebTech Wireless...64 4 Mobile broadband vendors...67 4.1 Option...70 4.1.1 Product strategy...70 4.1.2 Market strategy...71 4.2 Novatel Wireless...72 4.2.1 Product strategy...72 4.2.2 Market strategy...73 4.3 Sierra Wireless...74 4.3.1 Product strategy...74 4.3.2 Market strategy...75 4.4 Ericsson...76 4.5 Huawei...76 4.6 Nokia...77 4.7 ZTE...78 4.8 Wireless broadband gateway and modem vendors...79 4.8.1 4G Systems...79 4.8.2 AnyDATA...79 4.8.3 Digi International...80 4.8.4 Sarian Systems...80 4.8.5 Topex...81 4.8.6 Zadako...81 5 Hardware and wireless data communication integration...83 5.1 Vehicle telematics...83 STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES iii
INDEX WIRELESS M2M AND MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES 5.1.1 OnStar...84 5.1.2 Crown Telecom 24Horas vehicle telematics service...87 5.1.3 The European ecall initiative...88 5.2 Utility metering and AMM...90 5.2.1 Drivers and barriers for AMM in Europe and North America...91 5.2.2 AMM infrastructure...94 5.2.3 AMM system integration...95 5.3 WWAN connectivity for mobile computing...95 5.3.1 Module integration process...96 5.3.2 Key notebook and embedded module vendors...97 5.3.3 Dell and Novatel Wireless...98 6 Worldwide market forecasts and trends...101 6.1 Wireless M2M market summary...101 6.2 Vehicle telematics...104 6.3 Utility meters...105 6.4 Retail and banking...107 6.5 Security systems...109 6.6 Other M2M applications...110 6.7 Embedded mobile broadband modules for notebooks and UMPCs...111 Glossary...115 iv STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERIES M2M RESEARCH SERIES
WIRELESS M2M AND MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES INDEX Index List of Figures Figure 1.1: Examples of wireless module chipset vendors, by IC function...5 Figure 1.2: Selection of GPS chipset, module and board vendors...6 Figure 1.3: Examples of unlicensed radio bands worldwide...7 Figure 1.4: Wireless technology range versus throughput...8 Figure 1.5: Cellular wireless standards...9 Figure 1.6: Cost versus time diagram for wireless technology integration...12 Figure 1.7: Natural size wireless M2M modules...13 Figure 1.8: Examples of M2M terminal vendors...14 Figure 1.9: HSDPA PC card, PCI Express Mini Card and wireless desktop router...16 Figure 2.1: Key wireless chipset vendors...19 Figure 2.2: Examples of ADI s wireless chipsets...21 Figure 2.3: Examples of Freescale wireless platforms...22 Figure 2.4: Examples of Infineon wireless ICs...24 Figure 2.5: Examples of NXP wireless ICs...25 Figure 2.6: Examples of Qualcomm wireless chipsets...27 Figure 2.7: Examples of Texas Instruments wireless chipsets...29 Figure 2.8: Fastrax itrax MP OEM receiver modules...30 Figure 2.9: Global Locate integrated GPS ICs...32 Figure 2.10: SiRF chips for wireless applications...34 Figure 2.11: Examples of Trimble GPS modules and tracking devices...35 Figure 2.12: Low power, high sensitivity chip solutions from u-blox...37 Figure 3.1: Principal cellular M2M communication module vendors...39 Figure 3.2: Siemens range of wireless modules and terminals...41 Figure 3.3: Open AT Software environment...44 Figure 3.4: Wavecom range of wireless modules and terminals...45 Figure 3.5: Motorola s range of wireless modules...47 Figure 3.6: Examples of Enfora s range of wireless modules and terminals...49 Figure 3.7: Telit range of CDMA/GSM/GPRS modules...51 STRATEGIC M2M RESEARCH SERIES v
INDEX WIRELESS M2M AND MOBILE BROADBAND DEVICES Figure 3.8: Sagem wireless M2M modules...53 Figure 3.9: SIM Technology s wireless modules...55 Figure 3.10: CalAmp Skybility product overview...57 Figure 3.11: Falcom GSM/GPRS product overview...58 Figure 4.1: Wireless connectivity solution vendors for the mobile computing market...67 Figure 4.2: PC card and PCI Express Mini Card embedded module...68 Figure 4.3: Wireless connectivity device revenues (Worldwide 2006)...69 Figure 4.4: Examples of Option s wireless connectivity products...71 Figure 4.5: Novatel Wireless range of wireless embedded modules and ExpressCards...73 Figure 4.6: Examples of Sierra Wireless embedded wireless modules and PC cards...74 Figure 4.7: Huawei s range of wireless modules and data cards...77 Figure 5.1: Registered vehicles and annual sales, EU 23+2 and North America...84 Figure 5.2: Sales of OnStar equipped vehicles and OnStar subscribers...85 Figure 5.3: ecall establishment and lifecycle...90 Figure 5.4: Household power consumption and retail prices (Europe and North America)...92 Figure 5.5: Advanced metering penetration by state (USA 2006)...93 Figure 5.6: Mixed multipoint and point-to-point AMM infrastructure...94 Figure 5.7: Embedded module integration process...97 Figure 5.8: Major notebook and wireless module vendors...98 Figure 6.1 Worldwide wireless M2M module shipments forecast by application...101 Figure 6.2: Wireless M2M module shipments by region (2006 2011)...102 Figure 6.3: Shipments of vehicle telematics units (2006 2011)...104 Figure 6.4: Shipments of wireless M2M modules for utility metering (2006 2011)...106 Figure 6.5: Shipments of wireless M2M modules for retail and banking (2006 2011)...108 Figure 6.6: Shipments of wireless M2M modules for security systems (2006 2011)...109 Figure 6.7: Shipments of wireless M2M modules for other segments (2006 2011)...111 Figure 6.8: Shipments of embedded notebook broadband modules (2006 2011)...112 Figure 6.9: Worldwide notebook and UMPC shipments and WWAN module attach rate...113 vi STRATEGIC RESEARCH SERIES M2M RESEARCH SERIES