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News Release from: IMS Research | Subject: Wireless technologies
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 August 2006
New Wireless Technologies in Industrial
Automation
The use of the newer wireless technologies will grow significantly over the next 5 years, according to IMS Research
These new technologies will complement those currently being used, enabling the wireless link to be more accurately tailored to the requirements of the user and their surrounding environment Senior Market Analyst John Morse commented, "Of the technologies analysed in our recently published report on the world industrial wireless market, Bluetooth and Zigbee were both forecast to exhibit substantial growth and challenge the more traditional technologies like Wi-Fi and cellular in some applications
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 22 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition they will meet the needs of many new users to industrial wireless communications".
As a part of the study, IMS Research examined the wireless technologies used with seven specific product groups namely: wireless access points, sensors and transducers, industrial PCs and HMIs, PLCs, drives, rugged mobile computers and wireless enabling accessories (dongles).
Rugged mobile computers were found to be the products that were most likely to be wireless enabled, with PLCs forecast to exhibit the highest growth rate in the adoption of on-board wireless connectivity.
Morse continued: "The number of wireless standards adopted by industry is forecast to increase further to include technologies such as WiMAX.
This expansion will result in a market that is more evenly balanced between technologies enabling each user to select the one that best suits their needs".
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