4G Inside: Embedded Modules for Mobile WiMax & LTE analyzes the evolving 4G market, focusing on the key technical and commercial issues affecting embedded modules based on mobile WiMax and LTE. It evaluates the ecosystems and business models for LTE and mobile WiMax within the framework of decisions that device makers must take regarding which, if any, embedded systems to build into their products.

The report explores the primary issues that will affect the deployment of embedded modules, including spectrum requirements, intellectual property rights, pricing, and chip requirements. The report includes profiles of nine leading suppliers of mobile technologies and explores their strategies for 4G services and embedded devices.

"For 4G data services to succeed, embedded technologies must find their way into a wider range of end-user devices -- not just notebooks and handsets, but also consumer electronics, surveillance cameras, automotive communications systems, and more," notes John Blau, research analyst with Unstrung Insider and author of the report. "The ultimate key to success will be the ability of chip makers to develop higher-performance, lower-power, smaller, and cheaper chips."

Technology development is just one part of the challenge facing the mobile industry regarding next-gen data services, Blau says. "The brains to develop these chips are arguably out there, but the economies of scale needed to drive down costs will only come with sufficient demand, which is linked to network coverage -- which, in turn, is linked to a complex mix of spectrum, technology, intellectual property rights, and industrial politics," he explains.

Key findings of 4G Inside: Embedded Modules for Mobile WiMax & LTE include:

• New 4G systems could lead to an entirely new way of thinking about system-on-chip architectures in the semiconductor industry
• Intel expects a range of royalty rates for mobile WiMax essential patents to be announced within the next month
• A boost for embedded modules could come from MIMO, which Texas Instruments believes will be first introduced in laptops
• The GSM Association is studying how to make HSPA and later LTE-enabled devices easily recognizable, similar to the successful WiFi branding

4G Inside: Embedded Modules for Mobile WiMax & LTE provides critical insight and analysis for a range of industry participants, including:

• Mobile network operators needing insight into the development of technologies and products that will enable rapid uptake of 4G data services, and the timing for when those products will become available
• Chip suppliers looking for an independent assessment of the market opportunity for embedded mobile WiMax and LTE modules
• Mobile device makers needing a competitive overview of the emerging embedded 4G module sector
• Investors seeking a better understanding of how the mobile WiMax and LTE sectors will develop, and which technology suppliers are most likely to emerge as the winners

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Keywords: mobile industry, fundamental changes, lte, network operators, wimax, relationships, MIMO