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Next-Generation Ultra-Wideband to Power 1.4 Billion Devices by 2030 as Ecosystem Matures and Applications Diversify
"While this brings enormous potential opportunities, it also brings challenges in terms of standardization and interoperability, more direct competition with other technologies, the need to ensure future spectrum resources, and the creation of a compelling ecosystem of solutions that can support this growing heterogeneity of applications," Zignani added.
More than 436 million UWB-enabled devices shipped in 2024, and ABI Research expects 27% of smartphones to ship with UWB technology in 2025, growing to over 52% by 2030. As smartphones act as central hubs for a wide range of applications, they will accelerate broader growth in the UWB market and ecosystem.
Much of UWB's initial success has stemmed from secure ranging applications such as automotive digital keys and personal trackers. These are now extending to residential and commercial building access control, including UWB smart door locks and commercial access control readers. While secure ranging use cases are expected to dominate volumes—and unlock new opportunities in contactless payments and transportation ticketing—ABI Research also expects UWB to be increasingly leveraged for radar, sensing, and low-latency, high-throughput data communications, enabling a broader range of future use cases. Companies are already combining multiple benefits of UWB to create new solutions, such as automotive secure access with child presence detection, while wireless audio, low-latency high-speed links for peripherals, gaming devices, IoT, Extended Reality (XR), robotics, and wearables are also gaining traction.
"Different organizations and consortia will need to ensure that UWB can address all these future use cases while achieving performance, latency, and security requirements," Zignani said. "In parallel, continued work is needed to create a favorable regulatory environment for UWB spectrum to strengthen the long-term viability of the technology across these applications."
"UWB development is also contingent on a number of different standards organizations and consortia, including the IEEE, the UWB Alliance, the FiRa Consortium, the Connectivity Standards Alliance, the Car Connectivity Consortium, the Intelligent Car Connectivity Industry Ecosystem Alliance (ICCE), the Intelligent Car Connectivity Open Alliance (ICCOA), omlox, and the Audio Engineering Society (AES). In the longer term, collaboration between these organizations will benefit a wide range of solution providers, including CEVA, Qorvo, Qualcomm, NXP, STMicroelectronics, Infineon, Apple, Synaptics, SPARK Microsystems, Samsung, Calterah, MKSemi, GiantSemi, Renesas, Osemitech, and CXSemi, among many others."
These findings are from ABI Research's UWB Market Evolution: New Opportunities in Secure Ranging, Radar, and Data Communications report, part of the company's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth & Wireless Connectivity research service, which includes research, data, and analyst insights.
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