35-Million Cellular Modems Shipped in 2008

6:15 am on March 4, 2009 | Category: Cellular, Wireless Technology

mobile4.jpg

2008 was a good year for the cellular modem market, as manufacturers shipped more than 35 million devices to connect laptop and netbook computers to the mobile internet.

External USB modems accounted for the vast majority of shipments, as more and more mobile network operators offered them to mobile data subscribers. An additional 3.5 million cellular modems were embedded in new laptop computers, meanwhile, jolting a new market into impressive growth.

“After years of slow growth, the embedded cellular modem market is starting to show signs of life, increasing volumes and exceeding expectations,” commented ABI Research principal analyst, Philip Solis. “Building on a good showing of 3.5 million units in 2008, shipments of embedded modems will more than double in 2009,” he predicted, while acknowledging that the global economic downturn would inevitably have a negative effect on the market’s potential.

Related Articles:

    None Found

    No Comments yet »

    RSS feed for comments on this post.

    Leave a comment

    XHTML: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>


    Published by TeleClick Enterprises
    Edited by Jeremy Maddock