Wi-Fi-enabled product shipments to grow to 4.6bn in 2027, says IDC

San Mateo, United States – The decline in smartphone and PC shipments in 2022 took its toll on overall shipments for Wi-Fi-enabled products, causing them to fall for the first time ever in Wi-Fi’s decades-long history. After shipments grew 8.6% in 2021 fueled by pandemic-driven market changes, they fell 4.9% in 2022 to 3.8 billion

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Middle East and Africa wearables shipments rise 10% and market value climbs 25% in 2022, says IDC

The Middle East and Africa wearables market experienced annual growth in both unit and value terms for the whole of 2022, according to newly published insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The latest edition of the firm’s Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Devices Tracker shows that shipments to the region in 2022 grew 9.8% year on year (YoY) to

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Strategy Analytics: Consumer AR device market triples from 2020-21

Boston, United States. 15 August, 2022 – The AR device market has so far been dominated by enterprise devices. Although AR has proven popular with consumers on smartphones with breakout hit apps such as Pokémon GO and Snapchat, consumer devices have yet to reach the mainstream. But there are encouraging signs – Strategy Analytics latest report, “Has

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Despite post-pandemic slump worldwide wearable shipments to reach 344mn by the end of 2022, says ABI

London, United Kinggdom. 11 August, 2022 – Demand for wearables and accessories slowed during 2021 due to economic and geopolitical factors impacting consumer’s priorities. Yet, despite this decline, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research expects continuous growth from now until 2027.

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SIMalliance Members report shipments of 4.9bn SIMs in 2017, while estimated total available SIM market in 2017 increases 2.75% to 5.6bn units

Data reported by SIMalliance shows that the collective SIM shipments of its members in 2017, which represented approximately 88% of the global SIM market, equalled 4.9 billion units. SIMalliance confirms that over the same period, the estimated total available global market for SIM cards has grown by 2.75%, with units rising from 5.45 billion to

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ABI Research finds the future of BLE beacon shipments is not in retail

Though beacon retail technology is grabbing headlines, the future of BLE beacon shipments is not in retail.

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More than 66m wearables to be shipped annually for IIoT by 2021, says Tractica

Wearables in enterprise and industrial environments continue to see high levels of interest and market momentum, as companies across a wide variety of industry sectors conduct trials and plan deployments with a diverse set of devices across multiple use cases.

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Connected Lighting Controls – World – 2012 Edition

This study will present estimates (2010 and 2011) and forecasts (2012 to 2017) for shipments & revenues of connected lighting systems & components (including connected switches, ballasts, control panels, environmental & occupancy sensors, RF-embedded light bulbs, and other nodes) shipped for three major applications (commercial, residential, and municipal).

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