ABI Research: Total GPS/GNSS IC Market to Reach 1.8 Billion Shipments by 2016

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GPS/GNSS is now moving beyond cellular and traditional navigation markets, representing a market worth more than $3.3 billion in 2016, according to a new report by ABI Research.
GPS/GNSS has always been strongly tied to navigation in the in-car, PND, and cellular space, ABI Research said. However, GPS/GNSS is now finding applications in cameras, gaming, and tablets. Furthermore, femtocells and small cells represent huge volume opportunities, with companies like u-blox, Fastrax, and iPosi all developing specific GPS/GNSS solutions to meet the unique requirements of this market.

Location technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, MEMs, and proprietary technologies from companies such as NextNav and Boeing will all see strong penetration. For example, the tablet market will be dominated by Wi-Fi location over the forecast period.

?Ultimately, GPS/GNSS manufacturers will need to combine an increasing number of technologies, supporting ubiquitous indoor and outdoor location," said Patrick Connolly, senior analyst, telematics and navigation. "In 2012, CSR, Broadcom, and Qualcomm have all made announcements around increasing convergence of location technologies in the handset. This will meet the outdoor requirements of today, as well as supporting the emerging precision indoor location market.?

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