Bluetooth 2004: Poised for the Mainstream

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Bluetooth 2004: Poised for the Mainstream

Service: Multimedia & Interface Technologies
Report Number: IN0401211MI
Publication Date: April 2004
Number of Pages: 69
Report Price: $3,495 U.S. Dollars
Analyst: Joyce Putscher

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Abstract
Although Bluetooth-enabled devices haven’t quite entered the true mainstream yet, they are poised to take that next step. HandsFree regulations and auto manufacturers are helping to drive the movement toward the safety and convenience of cordless headsets. But, what will really make an impact, and provide a real benefit and reason for consumers to want them is that they will be able to use them with a multitude of products, from mobile phones to telematics systems, digital audio players and game devices, PCs, office phones, and emerging stereo systems and wireless speakers. To see evidence of the headset market heating up, one only has to look at the shear number of companies springing up all over the world that are either developing or manufacturing a Bluetooth headset.

Total shipped Bluetooth ICs approximately doubled in 2003 to 69 million units, and are forecasted to grow to 720 million in 2008. By 2008, silicon revenue will hit $1.7B. This report provides forecasts for manufactured Bluetooth-enabled equipment and semiconductor shipments by detailed application. The forecast for radio, baseband, and host-supported silicon solutions is presented, as well as semiconductor shipments by HCI breakout, geographic region shipments and design wins, shipments by Class 1 vs. Class 2/3, and application segmentations for Class 1. Years 2001 - 2008 are provided. This year, our Personal Mobile Gateway forecast has been added.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
Methodology
Bluetooth Overview
Market Forecast for Bluetooth-Enabled Products
- Bluetooth-Enabled Communications Equipment
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Digital Mobile Phones
    - Competitors: Mobile Phones
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Digital Cordless Phones
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Access Points
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Business Data Access Points
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Home Access Points
    - Competitors: Access Points
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Headsets
    - Competitors: Headsets
  - Other Communications
    - Competitors: Other
- Bluetooth-Enabled Computing Equipment
  - Bluetooth-Enabled PC Cards, CompactFlash Cards & Adapters
    - Competitors: PC Cards
    - Competitors: CompactFlash Cards
    - Competitors: Other Memory Form Factor Cards
    - Competitors: USB & Serial Adapters
  - Bluetooth-Enabled PCs, PC Cards, & Adapters
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Notebooks
      - Competitors: Notebook PCs (embedded or Mini-PCI solution)
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Desktops
      - Competitors: Desktop PCs (integrated/embedded solution)
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Tablet PCs
      - Competitors: Tablet PCs
  - Bluetooth-Enabled PDAs (Embedded & Adapters)
  - Competitors: PDAs & PDA Adapters
- Bluetooth-Enabled PC Peripherals Equipment
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Printers
    - Competitors: Bluetooth Printers & Printer Adapters
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Printer Adapters:
    - Bluetooth-Enabled Printers (integrated/embedded):
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Human Interface Devices
    - Competitors: HID Devices
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Video Projectors
- Bluetooth-Enabled Consumer Equipment
  - Bluetooth-Enabled Digital Cameras
    - Competitors: Digital Cameras
  - Other Consumer
    - Competitors: Other Consumer
- Bluetooth-Enabled Automotive Equipment
  - Competitors: Vehicle OEMs
  - Competitors: Auto Kits & Systems for Mobile Phones
- Bluetooth-Enabled Industrial & Medical Equipment
  - Applications
  - Competitors: Industrial & Medical
- Miscellaneous
- Bluetooth-Enabled Worldwide Equipment Forecast Summary
  - Assumptions for the Forecast
Bluetooth-Enabled Personal Mobile Gateways (PMGs) - PMG Market
- The Concept
- The Divergence/Convergence Debate
- Equipment Manufacturers - Where Do They Stand?
  - IXI Mobile & Partners
- Wireless Operators - Do They See PMGs as an Opportunity or Threat?
- Personal Mobile Gateways (PMG) Handsets or Stand-Alone PMGs?
- Personal Mobile Gateways (PMG) Forecast
ZigBee & UWB's Effect on Bluetooth
- Ericsson Technology Licensing
- 802.15.4/ZigBee Competition
- Ultra-Wideband (UWB)
Semiconductor Forecasts
- Forecast by Type of Silicon Solution
- Baseband Shipments by Host Controller Interface - HCI - Breakout
- Semiconductor Shipments by Application
- Class 1 vs. Class 2/3 Chipsets by Application
- Geographic Forecasts by Manufacturing Shipments & Main Design Decisions
Bluetooth 1.x
- Bluetooth "Enhanced Rate" (For Lack of an Official 1.x Version)
New Bluetooth Bites & Bits
- Alcatel
- Anycomm
- Bluegiga Technologies
- Bluetake
- Brycen Co., Ltd.
- CF Co.
- Clarity Technologies & Peiker
- CSR
- Cullmann GmbH
- Dell
- D-Link
- Ericsson Technology Licensing
- Flextronics
- FrogPad & Gennum
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers
- GN Netcom & Jabra
- IBM
- i.Tech Dynamic Ltd.
- Impulsesoft & TEN Technology
- Jabra (GN Netcom Company)
- Kyocera & Broadcom
- Logitech
- LaserCraft
- LTRIM Technologies
- March Networks
- Microsoft & Motorola
- Motion Computing
- Motorola
- Motorola & CSR
- Nam Tai Electronics
- Nintendo
- Nokia
- Orange & HTC
- Parrott
- Plantronics
- Plantronics & TDK Systems
- Polymap Wireless & Zeevo
- Ricoh
- Radio Shack & Motorola
- Silicon Wave
- Smartdata
- Sony Ericsson
- STEP Communications
- TDK Systems
- Gametrac Europe /Tiger Telematics & Plextek
- WIDCOMM & BVRP Software
- WIDCOMM & Logitech
- Xemics
- Late-Breaking News: Broadcom Acquires WIDCOMM

List of Tables

Table 1. Manufactured Digital Mobile Phones & Adapters (Units in Millions)
Table 2. Digital Cordless Phone Systems (Units in Millions)
Table 3. Access Points (Units in Millions)
Table 4. Headsets (Units in Millions)
Table 5. Notebook PCs, Desktop PCs, PC Cards, Adapters & Memory Cards (Units in Millions)
Table 6. PDAs: Embedded & Adapters (Units in Millions)
Table 7. Printers: Embedded & Adapters (Units in Millions)
Table 8. HID: Keyboards, Mice & Presenters (Units in Millions)
Table 9. Digital Camcorders & Digital Still Cameras (Units in Millions)
Table 10. Other Consumer: Games, Audio, STB, MP3 Players (Units in Millions)
Table 11. Automotive (Units in Millions)
Table 12. Industrial & Medical (Units in Millions)
Table 13. Other/Miscellaneous (Units in Millions)
Table 14. Summary - Bluetooth-Enabled Manufactured Equipment by Application, 2001 - 2008 (Units in Millions)
Table 15. PMG-Enabled Handsets by Region (Units in Thousands)
Table 16. PMG-Enabled Companions Worldwide (Units in Thousands)
Table 17. Total Potential PMG PAN Devices Worldwide (Units in Thousands)
Table 18. Radio, Baseband Control, Integrated RF/Baseband Forecast (incl. Power Amp): Revenue, Units & ASP, 2001 - 2008
Table 19. Summary: Bluetooth Chipset Unit Shipments & Revenue, 2001 - 2008, and CAGR Percentage, 2001 - 2008 (US$ and Units in Millions)
Table 20. HCI Unit Segmentation, 2002 - 2004
Table 21. Semiconductor Shipments by Detailed Application, 2001 - 2008 (Units in Millions)
Table 22. Class 1 vs. Class 2/3 Forecast by Application, 2001 - 2008 (Units in Millions)
Table 23. Bluetooth Silicon Shipments by Geographic Region, 2002 - 2008
Table 24. Bluetooth Design Decisions by Geographic Region, 2003 - 2008

List of Figures

Figure 1. Bluetooth Chipset Forecast (Units in Millions)
Figure 2. Bluetooth-Enabled Equipment by Application, 2001 - 2008 (Units in Millions)
Figure 3. Illustration of IXI PMG Mobile Phone (Bluetooth) vs. Standard Bluetooth Mobile Phone
Figure 4. Worldwide PMGs & Companions (Units in Thousands)
Figure 5. PMG-Enabled Handsets by Region (Units in Thousands)
Figure 6. PMG-Enabled Companions Worldwide (Units in Thousands)
Figure 7. Total Potential PMG PAN Devices Worldwide (Units in Thousands)
Figure 8. Bluetooth Chipset Unit Shipments, 2001 - 2008 (Units in Millions)
Figure 9. Semiconductor Revenue vs. ASP, 2001 - 2008 (US$ in Millions)
Figure 10. Migration to Integrated RF/Baseband Control Chip & Host Processor, 2001 - 2008
Figure 11. HCI Unit Segmentation, 2002 - 2004
Figure 12. Class 1 Forecast by Application, 2001 - 2008 (Units in Millions)

Key words/phrases from report

Bluetooth semiconductor market; Bluetooth chipset units; Bluetooth technology; Bluetooth-enabled CDMA phones; Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones; Bluetooth-enabled cordless phones; Bluetooth-enabled smartphones VoIP terminals; Voice Over IP (VoIP) technology; Bluetooth HandsFree; Bluetooth headsets; Bluetooth GPS Navigation System; USB Bluetooth; Bluetooth forecast; Bluetooth outlook; Bluetooth Equipment Manufacturers; Bluetooth semiconductor forecast; Bluetooth semiconductor outlook; North America; Europe; Japan; Korea; Taiwan; China; Rest of World, ROW

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