Qualcomm, MediaTek and Intel
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Boston, MA - February
19, 2013
– For the calendar year 2012 the global cellular baseband processor market registered
a healthy 18 percent year-on-year growth to reach $17.8 billion, according to
the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies (HCT) service report, “Baseband
Market Share Tracker: Qualcomm Dominates with 52 Percent Revenue Share in 2012.”
According to this Strategy
Analytics report, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Intel, Broadcom and ST-Ericsson grabbed the
top-five spots in the cellular baseband processor market in 2012. Based on
Strategy Analytics estimates, Qualcomm led the cellular baseband market with 52
percent revenue share in 2012, followed by MediaTek with 12.5 percent revenue
share and Intel with 12.3 percent revenue share.
According to Sravan Kundojjala,
Senior Analyst, “Qualcomm maintained its dominance in the cellular baseband
market with 52 percent revenue share in 2012 on the strength of its
time-to-market advantage with leading LTE baseband product portfolio. Strategy
Analytics estimates that LTE basebands accounted for 21 percent of Qualcomm’s
total baseband shipments in 2012. We believe that Qualcomm is well-positioned
to improve its LTE product-mix further with the help of its strong
relationships with global handset manufacturers.”
According to Stuart Robinson,
Director of the Strategy Analytics Handset
Component Technologies service, “The global cellular baseband market
returned to growth in Q4 2012 after two consecutive negative growth quarters.
Strategy Analytics estimates that LTE baseband shipments registered more than
seven- fold growth in 2012 and significantly contributed to overall revenue
growth due to higher than average selling prices. LTE basebands showed the fastest
growth among all air interface technologies and accounted for 18 percent of
total cellular baseband revenue in 2012, up from just 2 percent in 2011.”