Extensive forecast of vertical market applications for 3G, WiMAX, and LTE (2008-2014)

Regions Asia Pacific, North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Countries Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Russia, UK, USA
Technologies 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Devices M2M, In-Vehicle, Mobile
Applications Telemetry, Vehicle Telematics, Financial Transactions, Building Monitoring, Surveillance, Content Delivery, Mobile Workforce
Segments Utilities, Transportation, Healthcare, Enterprise, Education, Security and Safety, Government

Detailed data available for each country and region

In addition to the data available on a global or regional basis, the following forecast data is provided at the country and regional levels for the 2008-2014:

Connections, market share, and service revenues by application (Telemetry, Vehicle Telematics, Financial Transactions, Building Monitoring, Surveillance, Content Delivery, Mobile Workforce)
Connections, market share, and service revenues by device type (M2M, In-Vehicle, Mobile)
New devices sold and sales revenues by device type
Connections, market share, and service revenues by segment (Utilities, Transportation, Healthcare, Enterprise, Education, Security, Government)
Connections, market share, and service revenues by technology (3G, WiMAX, LTE)
Vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of retail connections by technology
Connections and service revenues split by technology and application in 2014
Connections and service revenues split by technology and device type in 2014

Key results by 2014

Vertical applications will generate US$43 billion in service revenues
Vertical connections will be equivalent to 7% of retail wireless broadband connections
The largest market for vertical applications will be Asia Pacific, with 29% of connections
Vehicle telematics and connectivity to the mobile workforce will be the two main applications
Vertical connections equal 24% of WiMAX retail connections, 16% of LTE retail connections, and 8% of 3G retail connections

Bringing wireless broadband to vertical markets. A high-margin revenue stream for operators and compelling services for enterprises and public entities.

Executive Summary
Report road map
Introduction: connecting the environment
The addressable market
1. 4.1 Moving from niche to mainstream
2. 4.2 Why now? Global drivers to growth
  1. 4.2.1 Wireless broadband
  2. 4.2.2 Wireless connectivity in vertical markets
The value proposition
1. 5.1 Network operators: the business case
2. 5.2 Vertical players: better functionality, lower costs
3. 5.3 An ecosystem supporting multiple business models
Forecast approach and model
1. 6.1 Our definition of vertical markets
  1. 6.1.1 Requirements
  2. 6.1.2 Exclusions
2. 6.2 Segments, applications, devices, technology
3. 6.3 Vertical market segments
4. 6.4 Vertical market applications
  1. 6.4.1 Examples of vertical applications
5. 6.5 Devices: M2M, vehicles, human
6. 6.6 Wireless broadband technologies: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
7. 6.7 Geographic coverage
8. 6.8 Assumptions and methodology
  1. 6.8.1 Assumptions
  2. 6.8.2 Sources
  3. 6.8.3 Comparison to the cellular market
  4. 6.8.4 Retail and vertical markets
  5. 6.8.5 Wholesale and retail models
9. 6.9 The forecast model
Forecast summary: global and regional markets
1. 7.1 Connections by region
2. 7.2 Service revenues
3. 7.3 Device revenues
Applications
1. 8.1 Overview of global forecast by application
2. 8.2 Telemetry
3. 8.3 Vehicle telematics
4. 8.4 Financial transactions
5. 8.5 Building monitoring
6. 8.6 Surveillance
7. 8.7 Content delivery
8. 8.8 Mobile workforce
Devices: M2M, in-vehicle, human
1. 9.1 Overview of global forecast by application
2. 9.2 M2M devices
3. 9.3 In-vehicle devices
4. 9.4 Human devices
Technologies: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
1. 10.1 Global comparison across technologies
  1. 10.1.1 Connections
  2. 10.1.2 Service revenues
  3. 10.1.3 Applications
  4. 10.1.4 Devices
2. 10.2 3G
  1. 10.2.1 3G connections by region
  2. 10.2.2 3G service revenues by region
  3. 10.2.3 3G connections by application
  4. 10.2.4 3G connections by device type
3. 10.3 WiMAX
  1. 10.3.1 WiMAX connections by region
  2. 10.3.2 WiMAX service revenues by region
  3. 10.3.3 WiMAX connections by application
  4. 10.3.4 WiMAX connections by device type
4. 10.4 LTE
  1. 10.4.1 LTE connections by region
  2. 10.4.2 LTE service revenues by region
  3. 10.4.3 LTE connections by application
  4. 10.4.4 LTE connections by device type
Segments: the addressable market
1. 11.1 Global connections and service revenues by segment
2. 11.2 Distribution of applications across segments
3. 11.3 Connections and service revenues by region
Geography: forecast by region and country
1. 12.1 Asia Pacific
  1. 12.1.1 Japan
  2. 12.1.2 China
  3. 12.1.3 South Korea
  4. 12.1.4 India
  5. 12.1.5 Australia
2. 12.2 Western Europe
  1. 12.2.1 Germany
  2. 12.2.2 UK
  3. 12.2.3 Italy
  4. 12.2.4 France
  5. 12.2.5 Spain
3. 12.3 North America
  1. 12.3.1 USA
  2. 12.3.2 Canada
4. 12.4 Eastern Europe
  1. 12.4.1 Russia
5. 12.5 MENA
6. 12.6 Latin America
  1. 12.6.1 Brazil
  2. 12.6.2 Mexico
  3. 12.6.3 Argentina
7. 12.7 Sub-Saharan Africa
Conclusions: new room for growth
Acronyms and abbreviations

List of Figures

Figure 1. Wireless broadband connections worldwide
Figure 2. Vertical connections and addressable market
Figure 3. Business models for vertical services
Figure 4. Definition of vertical market services
Figure 5. Segments, applications, devices, and technology
Figure 6. Application distribution across segments
Figure 7. Devices and traffic profiles used by different application types
Figure 8. Coverage and traffic requirements for vertical applications
Figure 9. The forecast model
Figure 10. Global size of the vertical applications market
Figure 11. Vertical connections as a percentage of wireless retail connections
Figure 12. Connections by region
Figure 13. Vertical connections as a percentage of cellular connections by region
Figure 14. Vertical connections as a percentage of wireless broadband connections
Figure 15. Service revenues by region
Figure 16. Monthly ARPC by region
Figure 17. Vertical service revenues as a percentage of cellular service revenues
Figure 18. Vertical service revenues as a percentage of wireless broadband service revenues
Figure 19. Device sales by region
Figure 20. Device revenues by region
Figure 21. Device ASP by region
Figure 22. Connections by application
Figure 23. Service revenues by application
Figure 24. ARPC by application
Figure 25. Connections and service revenues by application type
Figure 26. Telemetry connections by region
Figure 27. Market share of telemetry connections within regions by 2014
Figure 28. Telemetry service revenues by region
Figure 29. Vehicle telematics connections by region
Figure 30. Market share of vehicle telematics connections within regions
Figure 31. Vehicle telematics service revenues by region
Figure 32. Financial transactions connections by region
Figure 33. Market share of financial transactions connections within regions
Figure 34. Financial transactions service revenues by region
Figure 35. Building monitoring connections by region
Figure 36. Market share of building monitoring connections within regions
Figure 37. Building monitoring service revenues by region
Figure 38. Surveillance connections by region
Figure 39. Market share of surveillance connections within regions
Figure 40. Surveillance service revenues by region
Figure 41. Content delivery connections by region
Figure 42. Market share of content delivery connections within regions
Figure 43. Content delivery revenues by region
Figure 44. Mobile workforce connections by region
Figure 45. Market share of mobile workforce connections within regions
Figure 46. Mobile workforce service revenues by region
Figure 47. Connections by device type
Figure 48. Service revenues by device type
Figure 49. ARPC by device type
Figure 50. Device sales by device type
Figure 51. Device revenues by device type
Figure 52. ASP by device type
Figure 53. Connections, service revenues, device revenues by device type in 2014
Figure 54. M2M devices: connections by region
Figure 55. M2M devices: service revenues by region
Figure 56. M2M devices: device sales by regions
Figure 57. M2M devices: device revenues by region
Figure 58. Market share of M2M connections within regions
Figure 59. In-vehicle devices: connections by region
Figure 60. In-vehicle devices: service revenues by region
Figure 61. In-vehicle devices: device sales by region
Figure 62. In-vehicle devices: device revenues by region
Figure 63. Market share of in-vehicle connections within regions
Figure 64. Human devices: connections by region
Figure 65. Human devices: service revenues by region
Figure 66. Human devices: device sales by region
Figure 67. Human devices: device revenues by region
Figure 68. Market share of human devices within regions
Figure 69. Connections by technology
Figure 71. Percentage of connections by technology and by region in 2014
Figure 72. Number of connections by technology and by region in 2014
Figure 73. Percentage of connections by technology and by country in 2014
Figure 74. Number of connections by technology and by country in 2014
Figure 75. Service revenues by technology
Figure 76. Vertical service revenues as a percentage of overall service revenues by technology
Figure 77. Connections split by technology and application type in 2014
Figure 78. Service revenues split by technology and application type in 2014
Figure 79. Number of connections by application and by technology in 2014
Figure 80. Percentage of connections by application and technology in 2014
Figure 82. Device revenues by technology
Figure 83. ASP by technology
Figure 84. Device type by technology in 2014
Figure 85. 3G connections by region
Figure 86. Number of vertical and retail 3G connections by region in 2014
Figure 87. Number of 3G vertical and retail connections by country in 2014
Figure 88. Vertical connections as a percentage of 3G retail connections
Figure 89. 3G service revenues by region
Figure 90. 3G vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of 3G retail connections and service revenues by region in 2014
Figure 91. 3G vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of 3G retail connections and service revenues by country in 2014
Figure 92. 3G monthly ARPC
Figure 93. 3G monthly retail ARPU and vertical ARPC in 2014
Figure 94. 3G connections by application
Figure 95. 3G service revenues by application
Figure 96. 3G connections and revenues by application type
Figure 97. 3G connections by device
Figure 98. 3G service revenues by device
Figure 99. WiMAX connections by region
Figure 100. WiMAX vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of WiMAX retail connections and service revenues by region in 2014
Figure 101. Number of vertical and retail WiMAX connections by country in 2014
Figure 102. Vertical connections as a percentage of WiMAX retail connections
Figure 103. WiMAX service revenues by region
Figure 104. WiMAX vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of retail connections and service revenues by region in 2014
Figure 105. WiMAX vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of retail connections and service revenues by country in 2014
Figure 106. WiMAX monthly ARPC
Figure 107. WiMAX monthly vertical ARPC and retail ARPU in 2014
Figure 108. WiMAX connections by application
Figure 109. WiMAX service revenues by application
Figure 110. WiMAX connections and revenues by application type
Figure 111. WiMAX connections by device
Figure 112. WiMAX service revenues by device
Figure 113. LTE connections by region
Figure 114. Number of vertical and retail LTE connections by region in 2014
Figure 115. Number of vertical and retail LTE connections by country in 2014
Figure 116. Vertical connections as percentage of LTE retail connections
Figure 117. LTE service revenues by region
Figure 118. LTE vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of retail connections and service revenues by region in 2014
Figure 119. LTE vertical connections and service revenues as a percentage of retail connections and service revenues by country in 2014
Figure 120. LTE monthly vertical ARPC and retail ARPU in 2014
Figure 121. LTE connections by application
Figure 122. LTE service revenues by application
Figure 123. LTE connections and revenues by application type
Figure 124. LTE connections by device
Figure 125. LTE service revenues by device
Figure 126. Connections by segment
Figure 127. Service revenues by segment
Figure 128. Connections by segment and by application in 2014
Figure 129. Connections by application and by segment in 2014
Figure 130. Connections by segment and by region in 2014
Figure 131. Connections market share by region and by segment in 2014
Figure 132. Connections by segment and by region in 2014
Figure 133. Connections by segment and by country in 2014
Figure 134. Asia Pacific: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 135. Asia Pacific: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 136. Japan: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 137. Japan: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 138. China: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 139. China: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 140. South Korea: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 141. South Korea: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 142. India: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 143. India: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 144. Australia: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 145. Australia: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 146. Western Europe: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 147. Western Europe: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 148. Germany: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 149. Germany: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 150. UK: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 151. UK: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 152. Italy: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 153. Italy: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 154. France: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 155. France: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 156. Spain: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 157. Spain: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 158. North America: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 159. North America: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 160. USA: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 161. USA: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 162. Canada: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 163: Canada: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 164. Eastern Europe: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 165. Eastern Europe: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 166. Russia: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 167. Russia: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 168. MENA: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 169. MENA: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 170. Latin America: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 171. Latin America: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 172. Brazil: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 173. Brazil: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 174. Mexico: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 175. Mexico: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 176. Argentina: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 177. Argentina: 3G, WiMAX, LTE
Figure 178. Sub-Saharan Africa: Applications, device types, new devices, segments
Figure 179. Sub-Saharan Africa: 3G, WiMAX, LTE

List of Tables

Table 1. Comparison of consumer retail services and vertical applications
Table 2. WiMAX and LTE advantages
Table 3. Meeting the expectations of vertical market customers
Table 4. Uses of wireless broadband connectivity for vertical players
Table 5. Operate own network or rely on wireless operator?
Table 6. Vertical applications
Table 7. Examples of vertical applications
Table 8. Countries and regions included in the forecast
Table 9. Wholesale and retail models
Table 10. Number of vertical connections by region
Table 11. Service revenues by region
Table 12. Device sales by region
Table 13. Device revenues by region
Table 14. Connections by application
Table 15. Connections (million) by device type and application in 2014
Table 16.Connections by segment and by application

Extensive forecast of vertical market applications for 3G, WiMAX, and LTE (2008-2014)

Detailed data available for each country and region

Key results by 2014

Bringing wireless broadband to vertical markets. A high-margin revenue stream for operators and compelling services for enterprises and public entities.

Table of contents

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List of Tables