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Qualcomm Snaps 68% of Mobile Baseband Market Share Driven by 4G LTE Application Processors

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The global cellular baseband processor market grew 17 percent year-on-year to reach $5.2 billion in Q2 2014, according to Strategy Analytics newly released "Baseband Market Share Tracker Q2 2014: LTE Basebands Propel Qualcomm Revenue Share to 68 Percent." report.

The report lined up Qualcomm, MediaTek, Spreadtrum, Marvell and Intel as the top-five cellular baseband providers by revenue share in Q2 2014. Qualcomm continued its baseband market dominance with 68 percent revenue share, followed by MediaTek with 15 percent revenue share and Spreadtrum with 5 percent revenue share, noted Strategy Analyticcs.

"Despite increased LTE baseband competition, Qualcomm managed to increase its baseband revenue share to an all-time-high of 68 percent in Q2 2014. Qualcomm's LTE Gobi slim modems and LTE Snapdragon applications processors all gained strong traction in Q2 2014 and are featured in multiple flagship smartphones. Strategy Analytics calculates that LTE basebands accounted for over 45 percent of Qualcomm's total baseband shipments in Q2 2014.  Strategy Analytics believes that still further LTE gains in the next few quarters provide further scope for market share gains."

-           Sravan Kundojjala, Senior Analyst States  

"In Q2 2014, MediaTek capitalised on its baseband-integrated applications processor momentum and solidified its number two position in the baseband market. Strategy Analytics estimates LTE basebands accounted for less than 1 percent of MediaTek's total baseband shipments in Q2 2014. However, Strategy Analytics believes that MediaTek has the potential to emerge as the number two LTE baseband player in the second half of 2014, thanks to increased traction in China." 

-            Stuart Robinson, Director of the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies service  

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