Shipments of fixed wireless terminals “FWT” and cellular routers will total approximately 13 million in 2015, according to ABI Research, a provider of in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies.

The latest research entitled “Fixed Wireless Terminals “FWT” and Cellular Routers” looks into the market opportunity and technical trends relevant to these devices. It also provides a granular, segmented five year forecast for shipment and revenue, and profiles the major market players with an impact on this market. The research is a component of two ABI Research (News - Alert) Services, M2M and Cellular PC Modems.

Market analysis for industrial terminals, telephony adaptors, business gateways - all quite mature markets demonstrating stable modest growth – and the latest market segment, mobile broadband routers are included in this research. These will add the greatest increase in shipments.

Sam Lucero, the M2M practice director, stated that these devices/applications, though they share underlying technologies, perform different roles and are used in diverse environments. Industrial terminals, as machine-to-machine devices, benefit from the growing business and government interest in telemetry and telematics.

Business gateways now offer viable alternatives to DSL-based services and are increasingly used in remote branch offices. Lucero added that telephony adaptors connect local analog voice phone systems to the world via a cellular network; the Chinese government is particularly interested in their use to extend telephony services to rural areas.

Jeff Orr, the principal analyst at ABI Research, said that Mobile broadband routers allowing multiple devices to connect from anywhere may be found in both consumer and business contexts. Businesses are already familiar with wired business continuity and redundancy methods. Orr also said that devices have now ‘grown wings’. They’re becoming mobile broadband routers. This segment is starting from practically zero, and its top is not yet in sight.