Carrier Wi-Fi Market is Forecast to Reach $1.5B by 2020

The global telecom service provider Wi-Fi equipment market totaled $713 million in 2015. The market has grown consistently year-over-year since 2007, due to the ongoing deployment of Wi-Fi as a wireless internet access offering for public hotspots.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

How Larger Smartphones are Driving Mobile Video Usage

Mobile network service providers in the United States are making adjustments to their offerings, to better accommodate the growing customer demand for streaming video. Meanwhile, many savvy smartphone users now reduce their cellular data service costs by connecting to Wi-Fi networks.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Why Lithuania Leads the World in Public Wi-Fi Hotspot Services

Wireless connectivity has become a vital aspect of everyday life, and today’s internet capabilities are a far cry from the days of dial-up internet. Wi-Fi provides on-the-go connectivity, whether it’s high-tech military manouevres or checking emails during the morning commute.

Source: World Economic Forum

Tri-Band Wi-Fi is Primed for the Next Wave of Market Growth

Wi-Fi technology and associated telecom regulation continues to evolve to meet the growing demand. As the 2.4 gigahertz band became saturated in many dense urban markets, vendors and users switched to routers and access-points that utilized the 5 gigahertz band.

Source: Digital Lifescapes

Global Mobility Spending will Surge to $1.8 Trillion by 2019

According to IDC’s new Worldwide Semiannual Mobility Spending Guide, enterprise and consumer spending on mobile devices, software, and services will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7% from $1.7 trillion in 2015 to $1.8 trillion by 2019.

Source: IDC

Home Wi-Fi Routers will Double as Public Hotspots by 2017

A new study from Juniper Research predicts that at least 1 in 3 home routers will be used as public Wi-Fi hotspots by 2017, and that the total installed base of such dual-use routers will reach 366 million globally by the end of 2020.

Source: Juniper Research

Growth of M2M Modules will Reach 4.1 Billion by 2019

In 2014, the number of active M2M modules (all technologies included) reached 1.2 billion units. They will top over 4.1 billion by 2019 with a 29% CAGR. In 2015, the cellular market is expected to represent 290 million modules worldwide for a total market of 30 billion EUR.

Source: IDATE

How Wi-Fi Access is Disrupting the U.S. Mobile Internet Industry

There’s no doubt that Wi-Fi already handles the bulk of mobile data. A recent study — which captured real-time usage data for 1,500 mobile-phone users in the U.S. market — found that for particular carriers and customer segments, more than 80% of traffic is off-loaded to Wi-Fi.

Source: World Economic Forum

How VoLTE Wi-Fi Calling will Transform Smartphone Usage

Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) will grow rapidly to reach almost 2.5 billion in 2022. VoLTE will provide a catalyst for Wi-Fi Calling services, growing from 22 million in 2015 to almost 800 million in 2022. Meanwhile, circuit-switched calls will decline to 60% of voice traffic on mobiles by 2022.

Source: Strategy Analytics

The Internet of Things Apps will Drive New WLAN Investment

Increased demand on enterprise WLANs will continue to be a driving factor in this transition, especially as new enterprise mobility use cases are adopted and IoT applications move into the mainstream.

Source: Digital Lifescapes