The all communicating world will be driven by an embedded HSPA module

Hailed as the first wave of new devices that will drive the third wave of mobile broadband into a huge number of electronic products that are non-computer based, a new mobile broadband module that has been designed for embedding into consumer electronic devices like GPS Navigators and e-book readers has been announced by Ericsson.

In a recent statement the vice president for Ericsson Mobile Broadband Modules, Mats Norin said “This module opens a new realm of possibilities and innovation for the consumer electronics industry as they can now easily and cost-effectively integrate the power and speed of mobile broadband in today’s and tomorrow’s device…Our vision is clear: all devices that can be connected will be connected as the technology required for an all-communicating world is now here.”

Kursten Leins, the marketing manager for multimedia at Ericsson Australia strategic said: “Ericsson predicts that there will be over 50 billion connected devices by the year 2020. The vast majority of this growth will come from machine-to-machine communications, such as smart meters, eBook readers, navigation devices, in-car entertainment systems, gaming devices, cameras, TVs and more. This will enable Australians to always remain connected no matter where they are.”

The current number of cellular M2M connections, which allows for wireless data calls to be made between machine, will almost triple in number to around 75 million by 2014 according to ABI research. The company advised “These connections are split almost equally between telemetry and telematics applications, with the former growing at a slightly faster rate.”

Liens added “These consumer electronic and mobile Internet devices will drive the third wave of mobile broadband. The first wave was mainly comprised of data cards and USB dongles, with the second wave driven by laptops and netbooks with embedded mobile broadband.

Source – Itwire