The cellular Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is on the cusp of a significant transformation by 2030, a change propelled by the emergence of 5G technologies, as highlighted in recent Omdia research.

Owing to slower demand early in the year in 2024 along with panel makers’ efforts for LCD panel price protection, Omdia forecasts say display fabs’ overall utilisation will lower below 68% in 1Q24, according to its latest Display production & Inventory Tracker – December 2023.

Led by continued demand for AI, the total semiconductor industry grew 8.4% in 3Q23 from 2Q23 hitting $139bn according to Omdia’s latest Competitive Landscape Tracker.

According to Omdia's latest Display Production and Inventory Tracker, overall utilisation of display fabs is expected to fall below 70% in the fourth quarter of 2023 (4Q23), as demand slows and efforts by panel makers to protect LCD panel prices decrease.

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After five straight quarters with declining revenue, the semiconductor industry reversed course and increased revenue in 2Q23 according to the latest Omdia’s Competitive Landscape Tracker.

Near-eye display shipments for XR (Extended Reality) applications, including AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality) will grow 56% year-on-year (YoY) to 21.4 million units in 2023 according to the latest Near Eye Display for XR Application Report – 2023 from Omdia.

New research from Omdia's Tablet and Notebook Display & OEM Market Tracker, has found total mobile PC (include notebook and tablet) panel shipment reached 479 million units in 2022.

The latest Omdia data for a smartphone active installed base for 3Q22 shows the stark decline of smartphones with single SIM card slots and the under-the-radar rise of eSIMs over the past few years.

Total worldwide telecoms revenues from mobile and fixed broadband services will grow 14% between 2022 and 2027 to reach €1.2 trillion according to latest research from Omdia.

Singapore has again emerged as leader in Omdia’s Global Fibre Development 2022 Index, with maximum scores in seven of the nine metrics (referenced below).

Over the next year, the telecoms industry is going to see a huge amount of innovation, driven by developments such as telco and hyperscaler convergence, the introduction of 5G standalone, the wider adoption of open RAN and new applications and services designed for the network edge.

According to Omdia's smartphone preliminary shipment report for the second quarter of 2022, global smartphone shipments totaled 293.7 million units, a decrease of 3.2% compared to the same period last year – and a 4.6% decrease compared to the previous quarter.

Cumulative shipments of foldable smartphones distributed worldwide by the end of 2021 recorded 11.5 million units for the first time since the first foldable smartphone was launched in 2019 according to Omdia‘s 4Q21 smartphone model market tracker. Due to the high price barrier, sales of early foldable smartphones were limited. 

The global smartphone market grew 6.9% year-over-year (YoY) to 299.1 million units in 2Q 2021, compared to the 279.7 million units shipped in 2Q 2020 – according to Omdia’s latest smartphone preliminary shipment result.

The global smartphone market was able to recover from a tremendously difficult first half of 2020. The 0.9% year-on-year decline in Q3 is a significant improvement over the over 1%5, and worse, declines in each of the first two quarters of the year, according to Omdia’s latest global smartphone shipment preliminary result.

Global research company OMDIA has today released the first version of its 5G Market Progress Assessment (end-2019) report, showing that South Korea is the leading country for 5G deployment in the twenty two leading 5G countries analysed for their deployment of 5G technology.

Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors expanded by nearly a factor of eight in 2019 as these devices increasingly replace conventional silicon-based capacitive chips in smartphones.

Huawei overtook Samsung to take the leading position in the Russian smartphone market in the second half of 2019, as consumers flocked to purchase the Chinese telecommunications firm’s affordable handsets.

The COVID-19 crisis will undercut growth in the global semiconductor business in 2020, with the looming threat of global recession, Omdia has slashed its 2020 semiconductor growth market forecast, despite soaring demand for chips from the medical sector.