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About IHS
IHS has been an established market
leader on the mobile radio market for
over 15 years, via the acquisition of IMS
Research in 2012. Mobile radio coverage
includes all licensed and unlicensed
mobile radio markets, including TETRA,
P25, DMR, dPMR, NXDN, TETRAPOL,
OpenSky, EDACs, Analogue, PMR 446,
and others. The Critical Communications
group provides a comprehensive portfolio
of critical communications market
research reports, including worldwide
studies, technology specific reports and
quarterly EMEA and Asian shipment
tracking services. These reports are
tailored to meet the needs of business
planners, marketing managers and
executive management.
IHS’ range of products and services
includes detailed annual reports, quarterly
market trackers and customer surveys
as well as off-the-shelf studies. IHS also
offers custom research and strategic
consultancy services and has successfully
completed projects for some of the
World’s largest mobile radio companies.
networks will later be transitioned to
private LTE once spectrum becomes
available, as TEDS – despite enhanced
data rates – does not offer the
extensive data packaging functionality
that LTE can offer in the future.
However, IHS does not expect LTE
to be rolled out as a complete critical
communications solution. Traditional
PMR will still hold the majority of
the voice market for a long time to
come, as LTE providers have not yet
developed an LTE solution that can
successfully replicate the benefits
and attributes of traditional PMR
systems, despite ongoing work with
3GPP. As such, IHS expects that
a hybrid PMR / private LTE will be
the mid-term solution for critical
communications requirements.
There is no doubt that LTE will
emerge as a key solution in the critical
communications industry, offering
increased data rates and increased
availability of data-heavy functions in
the field. Despite the prospect of PPDR
being allocated its own spectrum, LTE
spectrum will typically be auctioned
off to commercially-operative national
service providers such as telecoms and
multi-service operators as well, where
IHS believes that partnerships between
critical communications organisations
and these operators is essential in
developing a viable path for LTE usage
in the PMR market.
This article was first published at the
Critical Communications World event
in May 2014.
