ABI Research news stories

ABI Research says the global use of Automated Guided Vehicles in seaports will exceed 150,000 deployments by 2027. Port authorities are also looking into 5G private networks.

A new ABI Research report finds the revenue for Multi Access Edge Compute (MEC) deployments for private cellular networks will reach USD$5.8 billion by 2030.

ABI Research finds Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and cybersecurity concerns are prompting the upgrade of 1.3 billion electricity meters by 2027.

Hybrid work, when coupled with the build-up to the metaverse, creates a foundation for both the collaboration and immersive markets.

"Consolidation and convergence are essential to driving the value proposition and re-aligning perception with reality."

ABI Research has found that hardware optimisation promises up to 70% improvement in 5G power consumption as networks reach scale in many developed nations.

The researchers state that a new universal data governance framework must be introduced to address the data governance needs in emerging technologies.

New research has revealed that devices with foldable screens will reach nearly 10% of all smartphone sales by 2030.

The COVID-19 pandemic quickened the pace of digital transformation, placing technologies at the very centre of how people live and work.

The COVID-19 pandemic quickened the pace of digital transformation, placing technologies at the very centre of how people live and work, ABI Research states.

"While the wearables sector has witnessed strong growth so, too, has mobile accessories, where demand for wireless headsets has risen dramatically in the past year."

ABI Research forecasts the market to hit over one billion dollars in revenues by 2024.

Although the emergence of SASE has contributed to some players labelling SD-WAN as outdated, ABI Research believes there's still a considerable market opportunity for innovative suppliers.

Artificial intelligence will play an increasing role in augmented and virtual reality in 2022, according to ABI Research.

ABI Research's 2022 trend report identifies the two industrial, collaborative, and industrial robotics market trends that will deliver in 2022 -and the one that won't.

The report finds that spending on industrial digital twins will grow from US$4.6 billion in 2022 to US$33.9 billion in 2030 at a 28% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR).

2022 will see pandemic-fuelled growth continue for wearables and wireless headsets, according to ABI Research. 

Next-generation 5G-orientated core networks are driving the evolution of telco cloud-native technology.

By 2026, IoT cellular connections will number more than 3 billion, with 4G LTE and LPWA networks bearing the brunt of these new connections.

Despite huge potential, private networks are failing to reach scale, and the window of opportunity for telcos is closing.

"IAM is yet another identity and security framework that poses significant challenges when crossing from the IT realm onto the IoT."

"Now 5G mmWave in smartphones is set to grow extensively in 2021 and beyond, driven by its use in Apple's latest iPhones destined mainly for the company's important U.S. market."

The race is on for OEMs to find a level of differentiation in their flagship portfolios to help boost margins and improve market share.

"Microsoft Azure and AWS are leading the battle at the very core of IoT deployments and enjoying the lions share of cloud dominance."