The Global Market for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems is Forecast to Exceed US$24 Billion by 2022
Efforts to Enhance Public Safety Communications with
Digital Broadband Capabilities Sustain the Relevance of Land Mobile Radio
Systems, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
GIA launches comprehensive analysis of
industry segments, trends, growth drivers, market share, size and demand
forecasts on the Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems market. The global market for Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems is
forecast to exceed US$24 billion by 2022,
driven by the growing efforts to enhance public safety communications with
digital broadband capabilities, the ensuing convergence with LTE, and the
resulting increase in the value and performance of traditional LMR technology.
Defined as terrestrial push-to-talk
wireless communications systems, land mobile radio (LMR) systems deployed as
early as the 1930s still continues to find critical use in both professional
and public mission critical communications. Law enforcement, emergency medical
assistance, disaster recovery and other public safety agencies, military,
industrial, transportation, utilities, security, and logistics represent few of
the many end-user verticals for LMR systems. Commercial cellular networks and
broadband networks are unsuitable for mission critical voice and data services as
they often suffer from quality of service, coverage and reliability issues.
Mission critical communications need the capability for both data and voice on
a 1-to-several basis and require coverage in remote locations such as deep
interiors of subways, buildings, and other underground environments. Breakdown
of communication in any of the critical junctures can negatively affect
expediency of response leading to loss of property and life. As a consequence,
a large number of critical services remain committed to narrowband connectivity
such as a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network. LMR systems have made an almost
complete migration from conventional systems to the more advanced “trunked”
systems wherein communication channels are shared among a large group of users
thus ensuring uninterrupted connectivity and communication. The technology is
currently in a state of transition as emerging new digital realities push the
technology from being just a “critical communication technology” to a “critical
intelligence technology”.
The growing need for LMR systems to
support data intensive applications in addition to voice is spurring the
technology’s landmark integration with LTE networks, which are specifically
built for ultra-fast, bandwidth intensive applications. Modern mission critical communications and public safety operations in addition to voice
also involves sharing/streaming of videos and pictures, geolocation and real
time searching of databases for speedy resolution of problems and decision
making. Since current LMR technologies are unsuitable for data communications,
there is growing interest in integrating narrowband Land Mobile Radio (LMR)
networks with LTE networks. The convergence trend is poised to grow stronger as
global efforts to enhance public safety/mission critical communications gathers
momentum. Bridging technologies targeted at enabling LMR and LTE
interoperability are poised to gain such as multi-radio LTE/LMR
interoperability. Highly focused future developments in LTE aimed at improving
the technology’s ability to support public safety and the resulting integration
of public safety requirements in LTE standards by international wireless bodies
will ensure the development of LMR-to-LTE solutions and LMR and LTE Interfacing
technologies. The growing appreciation of the need to continually improve
public safety performance towards building more safer communities and societies
will encourage LMR technology’s transition to new generation systems, spurring upgrades,
replacements and opportunities across the entire LMR ecosystem comprising
hardware, software, services and network solutions.
As stated by the new market research
report on Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems, the United States represents the largest market
worldwide supported by the country’s strong focus on disaster and emergency
preparedness and an already robust network of emergency response teams. Asia-Pacific
ranks as the fastest growing market with a CAGR of 14.7% over the analysis period
led by factors such as stringent workplace safety regulations on par with
international standards and the ensuing increase in demand for commercial and
industrial LMR radios; rising defense spending in southeast Asian countries and
the resulting increase in demand for LMR in military radio communications; continued
migration from analog to digital LMR and the growing interest in leveraging
digital LMR for M2M communications.
Major players covered in the report
include Cobham AvComm, Airbus DS Communications, DAMM Cellular Systems A/S, EF
Johnson Technologies Inc., Harris Corporation, Hytera Communications
Corporation Ltd., ICOM America Inc., JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, Midland Radio
Corporation, Motorola Solutions Inc., Nokia Networks, Raytheon Company, RELM
Wireless Corporation, Sepura Plc, PowerTrunk Inc., Simoco, Tait Ltd., Thales
Defense & Security Inc. and Vertex Standard LMR Inc., among others.
The research report titled
“Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Systems: A Global Strategic
Business Report” announced by Global
Industry Analysts Inc., provides a comprehensive
review of market trends, issues, drivers, mergers, acquisitions and other
strategic industry activities of global companies. The report provides market estimates and
projections for all major geographic markets such as the USA, Canada, Japan,
Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific
(China, India and Rest of Asia-Pacific), Latin America (Brazil and Rest of
Latin America), and Rest of World. The global market is analyzed by two
segments that include Mobile (Vehicular) Land Mobile Radios and Handheld
Portable Land Mobile Radios.
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