Transport critical comms market to hit $3bn

Critical communications revenues for transport will be worth more than $3 billion by 2020, according to new research by IHS Markit.

Globally, public safety and security organisations represent the largest adopters of critical communications, accounting for approximately 38% of PMR deployments in 2017.

However, in aggregated terms, business-critical sectors — the ‘non-public safety sectors’, including buses, trams, metros, trains, ports, airports and utilities — make up the largest combined global market for critical communications.

Within that market, transportation accounts for the largest share of deployments, and IHS Markit projects that as the world economy continues to strengthen, business-critical sectors will continue to gain prevalence in this global ecosystem.

IHS Markit highlights geographical hotspots as the critical communications market continues to grow globally. The Asia–Pacific region is forecast to experience the largest growth of critical communications technologies, followed by the Americas and Europe and the Middle East. The need to promote security, ensure personal safety and create business efficiencies is fuelling this market.

“The market for critical communications technologies in the transportation sector will continue to increase, with rising demand for technological enhancements in airports, railways and shipping ports,” said Ryan Darrand, IHS Markit Senior Analyst II in the Critical Communications team.

“With higher company capital expenditure arising from an improved business environment in this sector, we predict that transportation will continue to be the largest business critical adopter of critical communications to 2020 and beyond.”

Transportation will be a key focus in the full-day masterclass entitled ‘Pushing the boundaries of innovation across transport, utilities and industry’ at TCCA’s Critical Communications World event in Berlin from 15–17 May.

The masterclass leaders have supported the deployment of both PMR and leading-edge LTE services across a number of business-critical industries using a mix of complementary technologies and initiatives. It will cover a range of topics including critical communications for transportation, the IoT, the Finnish Railway case for TETRA, SCADA over TETRA, utilities, maritime growth and case studies and challenges of adopting critical communications technologies in the transport domain.

“We have seen continued growth in the adoption of TETRA technologies in the transport market over a number of years as users transition from analog radio systems to secure digital ones. Live information and data enables better operational decisions to be made, whether that is on vehicles or on platforms. Suppliers supporting the adoption of the transport user base are innovating with the latest technologies to provide some pretty amazing solutions to support multimodal transport networks and smart cities,” said Robin Davis, Chair of TCCA’s Transport Group.

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