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Survey reveals 5G Positioning in Demand as 87% of Enterprises Struggle to Deploy Real Time Location Systems

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ABI Research predicts 5G positioning to drive adoption of RTLS solutions, however, current 5G roadmap will prevent large scale rollouts before 2025

NEW YORK, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- While numerous existing RTLS technologies, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and UWB have been available for a few years now, they have failed to capture the market potential so far. In fact, according to a new survey* conducted by global tech market advisory firm ABI Research, 87% of enterprises said they have not yet deployed RTLS technology within their business, primarily because of the significant barriers to adoption facing existing RTLS solutions.

Most of the barriers to deployment of RTLS mentioned in ABI Research's survey point to the fragmentation of existing solutions, which impact the total cost of ownership, the complexity to implement, operate and maintain them, and to the uncertainties around their reliability and their maturity level.

"All the barriers identified by the survey are currently constraining the RTLS ecosystem from developing and flourishing. Current solutions addressing this market today are struggling to generate scale as they are not ticking all the commercial and technology requirement boxes of end-users," explains Malik Saadi, Vice President of Strategic Technologies at ABI Research.

According to the ABI Research survey results, which polled decision-makers from more than 210 medium to large enterprises across key industry verticals,  56% of respondents selected 5G positioning, among several alternative technologies, as the preferred RTLS solution they are willing to adopt despite the fact the technology will not fully mature before 2025, at the earliest.

"5G positioning will mature incrementally through the commercial introduction of 3GPP Release 16, Release 17, and Release 18 between 2022 and 2025," says Andrew Zignani, Research Director at ABI Research. "In the meantime, while there is clear demand for 5G positioning, there are still many limitations that need to be addressed before we see the technology widely deployed. The 5G supply chain must come together to deliver improvements on accuracy, reliability, scalability, terminal power consumption and cost, and many other key metrics demanded by the varied RTLS use cases."

Ultimately, 5G positioning is unlikely to replace alternative RTLS technologies anytime soon, however, for many industry verticals, the unique combination of communications and positioning, as well as seamless indoor and outdoor coverage, backed by the 5G ecosystem, will prove a strong value proposition.

"5G positioning can achieve its full market potential only if the entire supply chain, including operators, infrastructure suppliers, device vendors, and chipset suppliers can work together on end-to-end solutions. Otherwise, they could face the very same issue of fragmentation that has prevented alternative RTLS technologies from taking off," Saadi concludes.

*ABI Research recently surveyed professionals and decision makers within medium to large enterprises (250 and above employees) on their attitudes to RTLS and 5G positioning across manufacturing, healthcare, warehousing and supply chain, transportation, and oil, gas, and mining verticals.

For more information about the ABI Research survey results and 5G positioning, download the whitepaper, 5G Positioning: Enterprise Problem Solver or Just Another RTLS Technology? 

About ABI Research
ABI Research provides actionable research and strategic guidance to technology leaders, innovators, and decision makers around the world. Our research focuses on the transformative technologies that are dramatically reshaping industries, economies, and workforces today. ABI Research's global team of analysts publish groundbreaking studies often years ahead of other technology advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors.

ABI Research提供开创性的研究和战略指导,帮助客户了解日新月异的技术。 自1990年以来,我们已与全球数百个领先的技术品牌,尖端公司,具有远见的政府机构以及创新的贸易团体建立了合作关系。 我们帮助客户创造真实的业务成果。 

For more information about ABI Research's services, contact us at +1.516.624.2500 in the Americas, +44.203.326.0140 in Europe, +65.6592.0290 in Asia-Pacific or visit www.abiresearch.com.

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