As we unfold what smarter connectivity looks like in the future, consider the following stats:

• At the end of 2020, 6.6 billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be connected and active worldwide
• 840 million of them will use cellular networks, which is just under 8% of the total
• At the end of 2014 ...

As the smartphone market continues its speedy transition to 5G, it becomes increasingly obvious that the design of Radio Frequency (RF) systems and the choice of appropriate RF Front End (RFFE) components will become key for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to differentiate their products.

ABI Research, using the teardown expertise of System Plus Consulting, unpacked ...

Growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) Advanced Analytics Market is accelerating, due in no small part to the emergence of enterprise data as a major factor. Out-of-the-box and off-the-shelf machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are making it easier to process and transform data. In addition, vendors are now easing access to ...

As vehicles become smarter and more autonomous, another technological advancement will ignite this trend over the next decade: all-digital display-based dashboards will soon universally replace analog clusters, making the entire cockpit digital and incorporated into a single Engine Control Unit (ECU). Between now and 2030, 461 million vehicles with head-unit and digital dashboard displays and ...

Wearable payments are finally coming into their own, despite having been around for more than a decade. Traditionally viewed as a fashion accessory, they are now enjoying more mainstream adoption as a contactless, convenient, and frictionless method of payment.

Contactless and Near-Field Communication-enabled mobile payments have become an overarching trend within the payments market, driven ...

As the telecommunication industry starts deployments of 5G, players in the ecosystem are exploring how to implement new products and services to take advantage of the capacity and reliability that 5G networks offer. As one vertical that can take advantage of 5G networks, the media & entertainment industry has experienced recent fundamental changes, with the ...

The collection of data in digital mapping is done through several methods, among them: participatory mapping, image interpretation, and utilizing Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers. These large amounts of data require a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) platform to aggregate, display, visualize, and analyze. The APIs and SDKs (Software Development Kit) of these platforms provide developers ...

Undoubtedly the industry most dramatically affected by COVID-19, healthcare systems across the globe are under tremendous pressure and the pandemic highlights an urgent need to advance toward smart healthcare systems. At the same time, COVID-19 has also presented the perfect application scenario for the deployment of 5G networks in hospitals, doctors’ practices, and social care ...

Despite the questions and vague timelines around when (or if) the world will return to its pre-pandemic state, the millions of employees working and networking from home have proven that not only is video essential for nearly every business unit across multiple industries, but this industry will continue to thrive well past the end of our current health ...

Smartphone vendors must overcome a host of extremely complex challenges to meet the 5G demand explosion, notably with RFFE-related components