Qualcomm graps most cellular baseband revenue, Intel down but not out
According to the report, Qualcomm, MediaTek, Spreadtrum, Marvell and Intel featured in the top-five cellular baseband revenue share rankings in Q1 2014. Qualcomm maintained its baseband market dominance with 66 percent revenue share, followed by MediaTek with 15 percent revenue share and Spreadtrum with 5 percent revenue share. In Q1 2014, Spreadtrum overtook Intel to capture the number three revenue share ranking.
According to Sravan Kundojjala, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, "For the first time in the last three years,Intel dropped out of the top-three baseband revenue share rankings as its 2G and 3G baseband shipments declined sharply in Q1 2014. However, Strategy Analytics believe that Intel is making progress in LTE basebands and the company’s Cat 6 LTE baseband XMM 7260 has the potential to win some high profile sockets in the second half of 2014."
Christopher Taylor, Director of the RF and Wireless Component service comments, "Qualcomm grabbed two-thirds of revenue share in the baseband market in Q1 2014, thanks to its diverse customer base and strong LTE product portfolio. Strategy Analytics calculates that Qualcomm’s LTE revenue share has now dropped to 91 percent in Q1 2014 from over 95 percent in Q1 2013. As we predicted the competition in the LTE baseband market is heating up, in particular Intel and Marvell made progress with notable LTE design-wins in Q1 2014. Strategy Analytics believes that Qualcomm has a plenty of opportunities in terms of its LTE product-mix as less than 50 percent of baseband shipments were LTE basebands in Q1 2014."
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