A new report has revealed that Qualcomm has managed to retain the lead in the Global Cellular IoT Chipset market in the fourth quarter of last year. The company managed to lead the segment by a significant margin.
The news arrives from Counterpoint Research under the title “Global Cellular IoT Module and Chipset Tracker by Application.” This report added that China was the largest market, continuing to dominate the category as it accounted for almost 60 percent of the total shipments. According to Research Analyst Anish Khajuria, “Qualcomm, UNISOC and ASR held the top three positions in the global cellular IoT chipset market in Q4 2021, accounting for nearly 75% of the total shipments. UNISOC, Qualcomm and ASR were the top three players in China. For the rest of the world, Qualcomm led the market, followed by UNISOC and Intel.”
In the cellular IoT chipset market, Qualcomm secured a 38 percent market share in terms of shipment in Q4 2021. The brand saw growth both annually and quarter on quarter. Its rise was attributed to rising demand for its cellular modules in the automotive, router/CPE, retail, asset tracking and industrial IoTs. But despite having a significant market share, Chinese rivals like UNISOC and ASR are rising in popularity in the market as well.
UNISOC was the second largest cellular IoT chipset supplier globally, thanks to robust demands of its NB-IoT and 4G Cat 1 technologies. The firm had a market share of 26.1 percent. Similarly, ASR Microelectronics came third in the ranking with a 10.4 percent market share and also saw strong growth thanks to 4G Cat 1 and 4G Cat 4 module segments.
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