Supported by Manufacturers with Revenues Surpassing $1 Trillion, San Diego, CA , June 2, 2010— Adopted by over 350 global manufacturers with combined annual revenues exceeding $1 trillion dollars, ZigBee is the winning protocol for wireless sensing and control, according to a recently published report by ON World. Despite a challenging economy, ZigBee annual unit sales have increased by 62% since 2007 and the market is on track to reach hundreds of millions of annual units within the next few years. “The ZigBee market has undergone dramatic changes over the past two years,” says Mareca Hatler, ON World’s research director. “Today, nearly everyone is interested in developing ZigBee and Smart Energy products and services.” One of the key standards in the NIST Smart Grid Standards Framework, the ZigBee Smart Energy profile is enabling sensor network solutions from the home to the utility. Through collaborations with standards and industry groups such as the American Telemedicine Association, BACnet, Continua Health, HomePlug, IETF, and IPSO, ZigBee market opportunities are expanding for smart energy, healthcare, retail, consumer electronics, building automation, and telecommunications. ZigBee supporters include some of the world’s largest companies including AT&T, GE, Hitachi, Kroger, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens and Sony. Demonstrated by new ZigBee component suppliers such as BlueRadios, CEL, Dust Networks, and SyChip, momentum is growing. In 2009, ZigBee made up 75% of the IEEE802.15.4 chipset units and the largest markets were Smart Energy and Consumer Electronics. Smart Energy Consumer Remote Controls ZigBee’s Evolution By enabling network diversity and adaptability, ZigBee is delivering on its promise as the preeminent standards based platform for wireless sensing and control. At the same time, ZigBee faces stiff competition, especially from low power alternatives to today’s most popular unlicensed wireless technologies: Bluetooth and WiFi. Based on 600 interviews with end users, vendors and suppliers, ON World’s report “ZigBee Crosses the Chasm” covers the global market opportunity, threats, and competitive landscape for ZigBee and IEEE802.15.4. Report synopsis: http://www.onworld.com/zigbee About ON World: Media Contact: Back to News |