In its whitepaper, "70 Technology Trends That Will—and Will Not—Shape 2022," ABI Research analysts identify 35 trends that will shape the technology market and 35 others that, although attracting speculation and commentary, are less likely to move the needle. Read on to learn the predicted future of Ultra-Wideband and 5G positioning.

ABI Research’s 2022 Trend Report identifies the three 5G market trends that will deliver in 2022 — and the three that won’t.

Sequans Communications S.A., a provider of 5G/4G cellular IoT connectivity solutions, announced the availability of low-power GNSS positioning capability on its Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT platform. The integrated GNSS solution offers Sequans’ IoT customers accurate positioning with lower power consumption, removing the need for an external positioning chipset for an overall higher performing, lower cost tracking solution.

The demand for reliable high-speed broadband is accelerating the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market while ongoing 5G network deployments are forging significant growth in 5G FWA market. Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research forecasts that 5G FWA adoptions will more than double over the next year, resulting in 6 million 5G FWA CPE unit shipments in 2022.

Global mobile data traffic is expected to grow at a six-year Compound Annual Growth Rate of 97%, reaching to 1331 exabyte in 2025, up from 23 exabyte in 2019. This increase in traffic is driving mobile operators to accelerate 5G rollouts, with Massive Multiple Input/Multiple Output (mMIMO) as a key enabler.

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) seek to automate and transform their network and telco cloud infrastructure to capture new growth. This transformation is being driven by growth in user data demand, an increasingly complex network, a need to lower cost of operations, and new B2B revenue growth tied to 5G adoption.

ABI Research’s recent whitepaper highlights the challenges of integrating antennas into IoT devices, and what OEMs can do to simplify their path to market.