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To: DiB who wrote (54)	11/3/2000 6:29:44 PM
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Wireless chip market to double over next five years semibiznews.com Semiconductor Business News (11/03/00, 04:01:30 PM EDT) OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Driven by cellular phones, broadband services, and other applications, the wireless-chip market is projected to more than double over the next five years, according to a report from Allied Business Intelligence Inc. (ABI) here. In total, the worldwide wireless-chip market will grow about 44.8% next year, from $10.5 billion in 2000, to $15.2 billion in 2001, according to ABI, a market research house that tracks the wireless market. Beyond 2001, the wireless-chip market is projected from $17.4 billion in 2002, to $19.1 billion in 2003, to $19.9 billion in 2004, to $21 billion by 2005, ABI said. The bulk of the market centers around cellular/base-station chips, which represents about 97% of the overall business, ABI said. But broadband-based technologies are coming on strong, such as wireless local-area networks, multichannal multipoint distribution services (MMDS), and local multiport distribution services (LMDS). "ICs used in MMDS devices account for under 1% of the market in 2000, but the value of chips used in the application is expected to show impressive gains over the next five years," said ABI analyst Andy Fuertes. "ICs for wireless LANs are also showing considerable growth." Fixed-wireless broadband services like MMDS and LMDS is especially hot. In total, the worldwide MMDS market is projected to grow from relatively zero right now to 6 million subscribers by 2005-with the United States accounting for over one-fifth of the business, said ABI. The worldwide LMDS market is expected to grow from less than 100,000 subscribers in 2000 to close to 2 million by 2005, ABI said.