Wireless Testing Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2023 - 2028)

Wireless Testing Market Analysis

The wireless testing market is expected to register a CAGR of 6.2% during the forecast period. Wireless technology has evolved to communicate voice, data, and video worldwide over the years. Additionally, the emergence of machine-to-machine communication and IoT sensors connected to the internet for full-time access has driven the demand in the wireless testing market.

• Wireless testing assesses products' real-time performance and functionality consisting of wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, WiFi, and cellular connectivity. Wireless technology has evolved to communicate voice, data, and video globally over the years. Additionally, the emergence of machine-to-machine communication and IoT sensors connected to the internet for full-time access has driven the demand for the wireless testing market.
• Over the past few years, IoT has caused a tremendous shift in the field of electronic design, with processors and wireless components now finding their way into analog technology. As this shift introduces a new level of complexity into the design process, test equipment has followed the trend, rising to new heights of customization and integration.
• Different jurisdictions around the globe require manufacturers to comply with codes and regulations regarding how their wireless products function for security, health, and safety purposes. Third-party conformity assessments also help to strengthen the manufacturer's competitive position in the market.
• There is an increasing market of devices that use different types of wireless technologies, such as radio signals and wireless power transfer (WPT). Government standards regulate the radiation of electromagnetic fields in most international markets, including the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. This applies to both radio and WPT devices.
• In November 2021, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) granted Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea a six-month extension to perform 5G trials. Due to this extension, the carriers would conduct 5G experiments until May 2022. Initially, telcos were given until November 26, 2021, to test 5G technology. In May, the DoT awarded a 5G trial spectrum for six months in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands, paving the way for local carriers to partner and develop 5G use cases.
• By technology, 5G is expected to dominate the market since second-generation versions of 5G chips are making their way into products, increasing the sale of 5G-enabled smartphones. This growth is primarily driven by an aggressive 5G build-out in China using the mid-band spectrum.
• All businesses globally with crucial assets for manufacturing goods and services have been experiencing a rapid decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The management of such companies has been feeling extreme urgency and panic, putting more emphasis on cutting costs. Since manufacturing activity is low, companies are tempted to eliminate maintenance, resulting in high prices in the future.​

Wireless Testing Industry Segments

The wireless testing market is segmented by offering (equipment, services), by technology (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS/ GNSS, 4G/LTE, 5G), by application (consumer electronics, automotive, and IT and telecommunication, energy and power, medical devices, aerospace, and defense), and by geography. The market sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of value (USD million) for all the above segments. Night vision devices, also called image enhancement devices, are built on image-intensifier tubes to collect and amplify infrared and visible light. These devices work by accumulating small amounts of light, comprised of the lower end of the infrared light spectrum, which may be unnoticeable to the naked eye. It is then amplified so that the user can easily detect the image.

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Wireless Testing Market Trends

This section covers the major market trends shaping the Wireless Testing Market according to our research experts:

IT and Telecommunication Segment to Witness Significant Growth

• In the recent past ten years, the telecommunication industry witnessed a growth in the number of cellular network subscriptions globally. Additionally, innovation is moving toward faster and more actively responsive connections. Therefore, testing equipment is increasingly needed in these domains, starting at the design stage to testing and validating the design and at the R&D stage for performing pre-conformance testing, manufacturing built-to-test, and optimizing the performance of the deployed network with the cellular network.
• LTE is one of the most popular wireless technologies globally, with the highest number of deployments. Due to the evolution of LTE-A and LTE-A Pro (LTE Advanced and LTE Advanced Pro) for offering higher bandwidth range and multi-gigabyte data rates, the vendors are increasingly using these wireless testers for optimizing LTE performance to 4.9G.
• Manufacturers of mmWave 5G products are experimenting with an optimal mix of tests performed in different stations in the factory vs. yield and takt time on the line. They are applying multi-device parallel test techniques to improve manufacturing economics.
• In October 2021, Movandi, a prominent player in new 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology, announced the test drive results showing how 5G mmWave can deliver optimum performance in a moving automobile when Movandi BeamXR powered smart repeater with Movandi BeamX cloud software control, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) are combined. This test in a moving vehicle demonstrated the ability of the high frequencies and cloud intelligence to provide a high quality of service and multi-gigabit per second downlink speeds in challenging mobile environments.
• According to Ericsson, as of 2021, there were approximately 664 million active 5G subscriptions. This figure is expected to increase more than sixteen-fold in five years when forecasts show there will be close to 4.39 billion active 5G subscriptions.
• In terms of 5G, the network is rapidly gaining traction in the telecommunication industry due to its capability to enhance massive machine-to-machine communication with extremely low latency. Additionally, the 5G device manufacturers must comply with the latest 5G NR compliance, further driving the industry's demand for a wireless tester. According to 5G Americas, the number of 5G subscribers is estimated to increase from 0.7 million to 1.3 billion by 2023. This is determined to drive the studied market's growth.

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