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Rrring! 'It's Your House Calling' Report Predicts ZigBee Will Dominate Two-Way Low Data Rate Wireless Applications In The Home (23/1/2004)

Newly Released Market Research Report Analyzes ZigBee Technology, Markets, Regulatory Agencies, Standards, Patents, the Economic Climate, and OEM Participation; Concludes the Industry is Ready for the ZigBee Revolution

West Technology Research Solutions LLC (WTRS), a market research firm focusing solely on emerging technologies, today announced the availability of their newly expanded analysis concluding that adoption of ZigBee will be a key player in the home automation market.

"Observing recent developments in consumer and home automation OEMs, the most dramatic impact of ZigBee will be in the home automation segment," said Kirsten West, one of the principals of WTRS. "Home and building automation go far beyond piping audio and video from room to room. You and your house and garden will be communicating by phone, cellphone, and PC. You will be in full control of access monitoring, heating and cooling for individual rooms, moisture and noise sensors. You could find out which room or area your kids are in. You could monitor the front door and be able to remotely unlock it to let in your second cousin who arrived a day early for his visit. In the not- too-distant future it will be common to find as many as 100 ZigBee chips around the house. These will be found in light switches, fire and smoke detectors, thermostats, appliances in the kitchen, video and audio remote controls, landscaping, and security systems. The same principles and models apply to networks in industrial, building automation, and medical markets."

West estimates that by 2008, assuming a 4% global GDP growth, annual shipments for ZigBee chipsets into the home automation segment alone will exceed 339 million units and will grow rapidly thereafter. WTRS forecasts 3 scenarios that are dependent upon global GDP growth projections. These reflect adoption potential in various markets while taking into account the nascence of the technology market and its consequent susceptibility to economic conditions.

The newly expanded edition of the WTRS ZigBee Market Report and Analysis now provides strategic analysis of thirteen market segments; analyzing the potential applications, competition within the segment, advantages and disadvantages to ZigBee, regional issues affecting ZigBee, and recent events that could portend a shift in the adoption rate of ZigBee in that particular segment. The report also details sales volume, unit shipments, and average selling price by vertical market segment as well as by geography, all segmented into three global GDP growth scenarios. Additionally, the report analyzes macroeconomic factors that include the current economic climate as it relates to ZigBee, regulatory influences, and an analysis of companies selling ZigBee-compliant products. The report includes a comprehensive tutorial of ZigBee technology, standards and regulatory committees and organizations, and up-to-date patent information. In addition, it provides a comprehensive OEM analysis and corporate profile information of some of the companies currently developing the ZigBee protocol. Companies profiled at some length include Agere Systems, AMI Semiconductor, Atmel, Eaton Corporation, Ember Corporation, ENQ Semiconductor, Figure 8 Wireless, Helicomm, Integration Associates, Invensys, Microchip Technology, Millennial Net, Mitsubishi Electronic Industrial, Motorola, and Philips Semiconductors. West Technology Research has also authored definitive studies of Smart Card, Gateway, Wireless Overview, and UltraWideband market potential. Market reports are re-issued on a quarterly basis to update strategic and macroeconomic factors analyses, corporate profiles, and to account for technology developments.

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