Turning the Tables: What ABI Research Believes Won't Happen in 2006

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.--Dec. 2, 20050, 2005--In a new twist on the old year's-end activity of surveying the year just past and speculating about what the new one will bring, ABI Research has released a white paper titled "What Isn't Going to Happen in 2006". The paper is available free on the company's Web site.

Lots of things won't happen in 2006, of course. So ABI Research's analysts focused on several of the company's core areas of expertise: telematics, semiconductors, wireless communications and RFID. And by identifying over-hyped technologies that won't be next year's Big Thing, they of course shed light on what will happen as we approach mid-decade.

Their conclusions range from the surprising - that 2006 will (like every year since 2001) not be "the year of WCDMA" -- to the provocative: that the backers of WiMAX are trying to take credit for Korean WiBro developers' hard work.

They discuss the continuing absence of EPC-IS-driven deployments in Wal-Mart mandate companies.

And they assess the prospects for broadcast mobile video.

With its mix of expert opinion and educated speculation, "What Isn't Going to Happen in 2006" makes for a lively and informative read.

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