Market Share of Ultra-Wideband Industry
The market for Ultra-Wideband is exceptionally competitive, mainly due to the presence of various critical vendors in the market operating in both international and domestic markets. The market appears to be moderately concentrated, with the significant players adopting strategies such as mergers, acquisitions, and product innovation to widen their product portfolio and extend their geographic reach. Some vital players in the market are Texas Instruments, DecaWave Limited, and NXP Semiconductors, among others.
In April 2023, Link Labs launched Ultra, a new asset-tracking product that combines UWB with their patented Xtreme Low Energy (XLE) technology to provide greater precision for indoor location tracking at the exact low cost. Ultra has achieved location accuracy of up to 30 centimeters, enabling indoor and on-site use cases requiring more granular precision. With this level of accuracy, manufacturing operations can effectively distinguish between boarding workstations for applications such as WIP and tool tracking.
In July 2022, Humaticsset up the HRNS on a single test vehicle and 1.5 km of the Hitachi Rail test track in Naples, Italy, to evaluate the HRNS's position and speed performance compared to real-world sensors and Hitachi Rail's CBTC odometry criteria. Additionally, the HRNS was connected to a Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) simulator, and various tests were run, which included Ultra-Wideband (UWB) and sensors like Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) and GNSS technology provided by Humatics.
In July 2022, NXP collaborated with ING and Samsung to test the first peer-to-peer payment application based on UWB. The pilot intends to improve the usability and seamlessness of peer-to-peer payments by leveraging ING's payment expertise and NXP's ultra-wideband technology.
Ultra Wideband (UWB) Market Leaders
Qorvo Inc.
Humatics Corporation
Apple Inc.
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Pulse LINK Inc.
*Disclaimer: Major Players sorted in no particular order
