Business&Technology Innovation Report W37 2014

1. 2014
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION REPORT
Week 37
Prepared by
Ferhat Ünlükal
9/14/2014

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BUSINESS &
TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
REPORT
Week 37
Headlines
Consumer Electronics (CE)
• Sony's coming cloud-based TV service
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will carry 22 Viacom networks.
• GE announced that it has signed a
definitive agreement to sell its
appliances business to Electrolux AB for
$3.3 billion.
• Arcelik said it borrowed 350 million
euro ($450 million).
• Vestel unveiled it is joining the Frog by
Wyplay initiative.
• Vestel plans to turn smartphones into
its biggest source of revenue after
introducing its first handsets last week.
• Global Video Services on Connected TV
market to grow at a CAGR of 74.73
percent over the period 2013-2018.
ICT
• Apple announced two new models of
the iPhone — the iPhone 6 and the
iPhone 6 Plus.
• Apple announced Apple Pay, a digital
payment system.
• Makers in the iPhone supply chain are
preparing parts and components for
production of up to 80 million units of
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
• Samsung Electronics Corporation may
start producing cell phones early next
year in Indonesia.
• Eutelsat Communications and Cisco are
unveiling the integration ETL of Cisco
Videoscape and Eutelsat’s
“smartLNB” technology.
• Hewlett-Packard announced a deal to
buy business cloud-computing specialty
firm Eucalyptus.
• The ZigBee Alliance announced the
ZigBee Remote Control 2.0 standard.
• By the end of the decade, there will be
9 billion mobile connections across the
globe.
• Digitimes Research expects global
tablet shipments to reach 68.51 million
units in the third quarter.
• Wearable devices will help wireless
carriers drive over $71 Billion in
additional service revenue by 2020.
Flat Panel Industry
• China-based panel makers' total
shipments of large-size panels reached
68.48 million in the first half of 2014.
• Global e-paper Display market to grow
at a CAGR of 35.71 percent over the
period 2013-2018.
• The cleanroom technology market has
witnessed a stable growth. The market
is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5%
from 2014 to 2019 to reach $3,761.9
million by 2019.
Semiconductor Industry
• Broadcom announced that it has
received Cisco security certification on
four of its leading set-top box (STB)
HEVC 4K/Ultra HD SoC solutions.
• Rovi Corporation (ROVI) announced its
collaboration with Broadcom
Corporation (BRCM)
• Broadcom announced it will power
TiVo's Ultra HD set-top box technology.
• Broadcom announced the industry's
first low-power Global Navigation
Satellite System (GNSS).
• Intel and Fossil will team up
“to identify, support and develop
emerging trends in the wearable
technology space.
• Texas Instruments (TI) announced the
company's ZigBee® RF4CE hardware
and software solutions support the
ZigBee Remote Control 2.0 standard.

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• STMicroelectronics is showcasing its
MoCA 2.0 STiC2BB solution.
• Sigma Designs announced the
SMP8758 SoC.
• Digisoft.tv and INSIDE Secure,
announce that they have launched a
reference Encrypted Media Extension
(EME) implementation.
• The total organic electronics market is
expected to reach $75.82 Billion by
2020, at a CAGR of 29.0%.
• The Global IPIN market to grow at a
CAGR of 48.37% over the period 2013-
2018.
• Global Mobile Health and Fitness
Sensor market to grow at a CAGR of
40.29 percent over the period 2013-
2018.
• The market size of the magnetic field
sensors market is expected to grow
from the $1.6 Billion that it accounted
for in 2013 to $2.9 Billion by 2020.
Software Industry
• Google (GOOGL) is striving to
strengthen its presence in the
hardware and biotech spaces by
acquiring Lift Labs.
• Rovi Corporation (ROVI) unveiled its
new HTML5-based, multiplatform Rovi
Guide, designed to allow service
providers.
Healthcare & Hospitality Industry
• The market for RTLS healthcare
technologies is estimated to reach
$2,081.05 Million by 2020.
Retail and Payment Industry
• NCR Corp. ( NCR ) is making payments
easier for customers. Recently, the
company agreed to integrate Apple's
( AAPL ) mobile payments system,
Apple Pay, to help customers easily
carry out credit and debit card
transactions through smartphones and
tablets.
• The Ingenico Group is opening up its
network to include the first European
cross-channel payment solution Yapital.
Energy Industry
• The Global Smart Grid Communications
market to grow at a CAGR of 10.8%
over the period 2013-2018.
• The European smart grid technology
market is estimated to grow from
$13,024.7 million in 2012 to $47,548.8
million by 2018, at a CAGR of 23.9%
from 2013 to 2018.

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Consumer Electronics (CE)
Sony
Cloud TV services
• Sony's coming cloud-based TV service
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will carry 22 Viacom networks at
launch, the companies said in a
release.
• The deal is a milestone in the
technology and entertainment
industry's ambitions for a fully online
pay-TV service, one that gives you the
most popular networks of your cable
provider but delivers them over the
Internet. It has been a goal for a
plethora of companies but has largely
remained out of
reach. Apple and Google have been
said to be in pursuit, and for nearly a
year, Intel was the only company to
outright broadcast its plans to launch
one. Sony went public with its goal at
the Consumer Electronics Show in
January, saying it plans to pilot a cloud-based
TV service this year that
combines live television content with
on-demand and DVR.
Sony’s stock performance
GE
Selling its appliances to Electrolux
• GE announced that it has signed a
definitive agreement to sell its
appliances business to Sweden-based
appliance maker Electrolux AB for $3.3
billion. As part of the transaction, GE
has entered into a long-term
agreement with Electrolux to continue
use of the GE Appliances brand. The
transaction has been approved by the
boards of directors of GE and Electrolux
and remains subject to customary
closing conditions and regulatory
approvals, and it targeted to close in
2015.
GE’s stock performance
Arçelik
Eurobond
• Arcelik, Europe's third-biggest white-goods
makers, said it borrowed 350
million euro ($450 million) via a seven-year
eurobond at a rate of 4 percent.
Vestel
Joining Frog by Wyplay initivative for TV
Software Solution
• Vestel, a leading Turkish consumer
electronics and home appliances
manufacturer, unveiled it is joining the
Frog by Wyplay initiative and intends to
collaborate within the ecosystem for
creating next generation TV software
solutions based on Wyplay’s
middleware.
• Launched early 2014, Frog by Wyplay -
a shared-source initiative built around
Wyplay’s software solutions – has
already been chosen by Canal+ and
new operators to be announced soon.
Frog by Wyplay counts, now, more
than 60 partners and is becoming a
worldwide digital TV standard.

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• Frog by Wyplay is bringing together a
growing ecosystem of companies
across the entire digital TV technology
value chain: chipset vendors, device
manufacturers, independent software
vendors, software services providers
and operators.
Smartphone
• Vestel Group (VESTL), a Turkish maker
of televisions and household
appliances, plans to turn smartphones
into its biggest source of revenue after
introducing its first handsets last week.
• Phones will probably account for more
sales than TVs, its current largest sales
driver at about $2 billion annually,
within five to six years, Chief Executive
Officer Turan Erdogan said at the IFA
consumer electronics fair in Berlin.
• “The smartphone industry is the
fastest-growing sector for consumer
electronics,” Erdogan said. “We cannot
afford not to be there. There is a trend
that people are willing to try out new
brands, and that’s an opportunity for
us.”
• At the IFA fair, which continues until
Sept. 10, Vestel is showing the Venus X
and Venus V smartphones, which
resemble Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone on
the outside and run on Google Inc.’s
Android operating system. Vestel said it
plans to manufacture 3 million
smartphones by the end of 2017, with
a third of those to be exported to
markets including Germany, France and
the U.K.
• The company is in talks with operators
who would sell the phones in their
stores, Erdogan said, adding that retail
partners are easy to find because many
of its products are already widely sold.
InTurkey, the 5.5-inch Venus phones
will retail for $410, while the 5-inch
versions will cost $295.
CE Market
Global Video Services on Connected TV
Market
• TechNavio's analysts forecast the
Global Video Services on Connected TV
market to grow at a CAGR of 74.73
percent over the period 2013-2018.

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ICT Industry
Apple
iPhone 6 and Apple Watch
• Apple just wrapped up one of its
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biggest events ever.
• It announced two new models of the
iPhone — the iPhone 6 and the iPhone
6 Plus. It announced a new payment
system for the iPhone called Apple Pay.
It also announced a smart watch called
the Apple Watch.
• The iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch screen,
and the iPhone 6 Plus has a 5.5-inch
screen. The current iPhone 5S is a 4-
inch model. Android phones for years
have had larger screens, so Apple is
catching up here. However, the phone
looks great and is certain to be a
blockbuster.
• Apple's payment system, Apple Pay
looks pretty slick, too. If you have an
iPhone 6, you will be able to simple tap
your phone at a register, use your
fingerprint and pay for things.
• The Apple Watch is less certain. It
looks a lot like an iPod slapped on your
wrist. It can track your motion. It can
do apps, and send messages.
Apple’s stock performance
Apple Pay
• Apple announced Apple Pay, a digital
payment system that lets people pay
for retail store purchases using their
phones rather than cash or credit
cards. The service, which will work
both with iPhones and Apple's new
Watch, is backed by a host of big
retailers, along with most major banks
and credit card issuers, including Visa,
MasterCard and American Express.
• Citi Investment Research analyst Mark
May believes the sum total of mobile
payments could grow from $1 billion in
2013 to $58.4 billion by 2017.
iPhone 6 Shipments
• Makers in the iPhone supply chain are
preparing parts and components for
production of up to 80 million units of
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus before
year-end 2014, according to sources at
Taiwan-based iPhone supply chain.
• Apple aims to ship 80 million units of
the iPhone 6-series products before the
end of 2014, higher than the 60 million
units of the iPhone 5 shipped in 2013,
the sources indicated.
• Barring the occurrence of component
shortages and low yield rates,
shipments of the iPhone 6s should be
able to reach 10 million units by the
end of September and total 60-70
million in the fourth quarter, the
sources estimated.
• Taiwan's makers in the iPhone supply
chain include Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company (A8
processors); Catcher Technology and
Foxconn Technology (cases); Largan
Precision and Genius Electronic Optical
(camera modules); Foxconn Electronics
and Pegatron (assembly); Simplo
Technology (battery); and Delta
Electronics (power supply).
• Meanwhile, PCB makers Compeq
manufacturing, Unimicron Technology,
Zhen Ding Technology Holdings, and
Flexium Interconnect, as well as IC
packaging/testing companies Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), King
Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Ardentec
are also in the supply chain.

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Samsung
Production in Indonesia
• South Korean electronics giant
Samsung Electronics Corporation may
start producing cell phones early next
year in Indonesia, where the number of
mobile subscriptions exceeds its total
population.
• Samsung, which may become the first
South Korean firm to manufacture cell
phones here, is set to spend US$20
million to develop the first of three
planned phases of the facility,
according to the Industry Ministry’s
director general for high-technology
priority industries, Budi Darmadi.
Samsung’s stock performance
Cisco
SmartLNB
• Eutelsat Communications (ETL.PA)
(Euronext Paris: ETL) and Cisco are
unveiling the integration ETL of Cisco
Videoscape and Eutelsat’s
“smartLNB” technology at this year’s
IBC exhibition. The two
companies are combining their
expertise for a demonstration of live IP
streaming and Push Video On Demand
(VOD) services accessed
through an easy-to-navigate user
interface that can offer
broadcasters the most
advanced turnkey solution for
connected TV services.
Cisco’s stock performance
HP
Acquisition of Eucalyptus
• Hewlett-Packard announced a deal to
buy business cloud-computing specialty
firm Eucalyptus.
• HP did not disclose financial terms of
the acquisition, which is aimed at
ramping the California company's ability
to help firms build computing homes in
the Internet cloud.
HP’s stock performance
Zigbee Alliance
Zigbee Remote Control 2.0
• The ZigBee Alliance announced the
ZigBee Remote Control 2.0 standard,
which could become the foundation for
remotes that control an entire house
full of networked appliances. Among
other things, a remote built with ZRC
2.0 will be able to send commands
directly to networks of ZigBee-connected
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conditioning, lights, home monitoring
devices and security systems.
ICT Market
Smartphone Market
• By the end of the decade, there will be
9 billion mobile connections across the
globe. And while 3 billion will be data
terminals, dongles, routers and feature
phones, the other two thirds will be
smartphone handsets, according to the
GSMA.
• The organization that represents the
interests of the world’s mobile
operators claims that the smartphone
market is poised for huge growth over
the next six years — there are currently
2 billion handsets in active use — and
that demand is being driven by
consumers in emerging countries.
Tablet Market
• Digitimes Research expects global
tablet shipments to reach 68.51 million
units in the third quarter, up 23.8%
sequentially and 9.1% on year, and
non-Apple tablet vendors' shipments,
which suffered from weaker-than-expected
performance during the
second quarter, are expected to see a
recovery in the quarter.
• Apple's tablet shipments are expected
to benefit from inventory preparations
for the second-generation iPad Air in
the third quarter, while white-box
players' shipments are expected to
maintain at a similar level compared to
the previous year.
Wearable Service Market
• The Wearable Technology Ecosystem:
2014 – 2020 - Opportunities,
Challenges, Strategies, Industry
Verticals and Forecasts latest report
indicates that wearable devices will
help wireless carriers drive over $71
Billion in additional service revenue by
2020.
• While wearable technology has been
utilized in vertical sectors such as the
military and healthcare for many years,
ongoing advances have triggered a
major resurgence of the concept,
particularly among the consumer
community. Key enabling technologies
including low cost sensors, wireless
connectivity, active materials and
energy have converged to make
wearable technology mainstream. With
the continued miniaturization of
enabling technologies, wearable
devices have hit the mass market in a
diverse variety of form factors, ranging
from glasses to even jewelry.

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Flat Panel Industry
Flat Panel Market
China based Large Size Panels
• China-based panel makers' total
shipments of large-size panels reached
68.48 million in the first half of 2014,
up 42.8% on year, to hold a 16.7%
global market share, up 4.3ppt on year,
according to China research firm
Ʃintell.
• The makers' tablet panel shipments
saw the largest growth at 224.4% on
year to represent an 18.4% global
market share, while those for LCD
monitor panels rose 10.2% on year to
also hold an 18.4% global market
share. The makers' LCD TV panel
shipments meanwhile rose 3.7% to
hold a 16.4% global market share, and
notebook panel shipments were down
11.1% on year for a 7.1% global
market share.
• China makers' 8.5G lines are reportedly
all running at full capacity while
utilizations for 4.5-6G fabs are running
at over 70%. BOE's 8.5G facilities have
almost half of capacity allocated to 7-
to 24-inch units while its 6G and below
fabs are mainly for smartphone panel
applications.
• BOE is also bumping up shipments of
small- to medium-size on-cell displays
in addition to Full HD and WQHD units
as well as LTPS and AMOLED panels.
Global e-Paper Display
• TechNavio's analysts forecast the
Global e-paper Display market to grow
at a CAGR of 35.71 percent over the
period 2013-2018.
Cleanroom Technology Market
• Over the past few years, the cleanroom
technology market has witnessed a
stable growth. The market is expected
to grow at a CAGR of 5.5% from 2014
to 2019 to reach $3,761.9 million by
2019.
Semiconductor Industry
Broadcom
Cisco Security Certification for HEVC
4K/Ultra HD SoC solution
• Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), a global
innovation leader in semiconductor
solutions for wired and wireless
communications, announced that it has
received Cisco security certification on
four of its leading set-top box (STB)
HEVC 4K/Ultra High Definition (HD)
system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions.
Broadcom is the first chip maker to
achieve the latest generation Cisco
VideoGuard security certification for
Pay-TV, securing premium Ultra HD
content across connected home
devices.
• With Broadcom's complete portfolio of
28 nanometer (nm) HEVC-enabled
devices, operators can substantially
reduce the bandwidth required for Ultra
HD or traditional HD content
transmission over IP, cable or satellite
networks, and deliver these services to
more locations throughout the home.
Broadcom will demonstrate its full line
of HEVC-enabled SoCs at IBC.
Broadcom’s stock performance
Rovi Cooperation
• Rovi Corporation (ROVI) announced its
collaboration with Broadcom
Corporation (BRCM) to demonstrate
Rovi’s new cloud-based guide offering,
Rovi Guide, which runs on Broadcom’s
BCM7445 Ultra HD system-on-a-chip

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(SoC) and Nexus-Trellis set-top box
software.
Tivo Ultra HD STB Soltion
• Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), a global
innovation leader in semiconductor
solutions for wired and wireless
communications, announced it will
power TiVo's Ultra HD set-top box
technology. Broadcom and TiVo
(TIVO), a global leader in the advanced
television entertainment market, will
demonstrate TiVo's new Ultra HD set-top
box technology that can deliver 4X
the resolution of traditional 1080p60
HD displays at IBC, September 12-16,
RAI Amsterdam.
GNSS solution
• Broadcom Corporation (BRCM), a global
innovation leader in semiconductor
solutions for wired and wireless
communications, announced the
industry's first low-power Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and
sensor hub combo chip to deliver new
always-on location applications for a
full range of mobile devices.
Intel
Cooperation with Fossil
• According to the two companies, Intel
and Fossil will team up “to identify,
support and develop emerging trends
in the wearable technology space” and
“work together on emerging products
and technologies that will be developed
for the fashion-oriented consumer,”
according to a joint press release.
Intel’s stock performance
TI
Zigbee Remote Control 2.0.
• Texas Instruments (TI) (TXN)
announced the company's ZigBee®
RF4CE hardware and software solutions
support the ZigBee Remote Control 2.0
standard, which was released today by
the ZigBee Alliance. As the leading
hardware and software provider to the
RF4CE remote control market, TI has
achieved Golden Unit status for the
new standard. ZigBee Remote Control
2.0 is available to customers today on
the SimpleLink™
RF4CE CC2533, CC2530 and CC2531wir
eless microcontrollers (MCUs) through
TI's RemoTI™ software to enable fast
development of new remote controls.
TI’s stock performance
ST Microelectronics
Multimedia over Coax Alliance 2.0
• STMicroelectronics (STM.PA), a global
semiconductor leader serving
customers across the spectrum of
electronics applications and a leading
supplier of set-top box ICs globally, is
showcasing its MoCA 2.0 STiC2BB
solution in action streaming 4K Ultra-
HD video at IBC 2014, Hall 1, F40,
September 12-16.
• By implementing the latest MoCA
(Multimedia over Coax Alliance) version
2.0 specifications for home-entertainment
networking,
ST's STiC2BB helps service providers
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architectures supporting multi-room
Ultra HD streaming.
STMicroelectronics’s stock performance
Sigma Designs
SoC Smart TV solution
• Sigma Designs,
Inc.® (NASDAQ: SIGM), a leading
provider of intelligent system-on-chip
(SoC) solutions for Smart TV, Smart
home and IP-based set-top-boxes
(STBs), announced the SMP8758
SoC, designed to support UltraHD
(4K) resolution using HEVC (H.265)
compression technology for next-generation
STBs.
Sigma Designs’s stock performance
Inside Secure
EME implementation with Digisoft.tv
• Digisoft.tv, the specialist middle
applications company, and INSIDE
Secure, providers of comprehensive
embedded security solutions, announce
that they have launched a reference
Encrypted Media Extension (EME)
implementation on Digisoft.tv’s Iris
HTML5 OS middleware application.
Inside Secure’s stock performance
Semiconductor Market
Organic Electronics Market
• According to a new market research
report “Organic Electronics Market by
Material (Semiconductor, Conductive,
Dielectric and Substrate), by
Application (Battery, Conductive Ink,
Display, Lighting, Logic/Memory,
Sensor, OPV, ORFID and Others),
Geography - Global Analysis and
Forecast (2014 - 2020),” the total
organic electronics market is expected
to reach $75.82 Billion by 2020, at a
CAGR of 29.0%.
IPIN Market
• The Global IPIN market to grow at a
CAGR of 48.37% over the period 2013-
2018.
• To calculate the market size, the report
considers revenue generated through
the usage of IPIN technologies
worldwide, the annual sales of beacons
and platforms, and the sales of indoor
positioning test equipment.
• The use of hybrid positioning
technology, which combines the best of
both Global Positioning System and Wi-
Fi is key trend in the market. The
Bluetooth Low Energy indoor tracking
technique, used by many beacon

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devices, is emerging as a low power
consuming, inexpensive alternative to
conventional deployment methods.
• According to the report, one of the key
drivers leading to high market growth
is cost effectiveness. Companies invest
huge amounts of money in the design
as well as in the marketing campaigns
of their products. IPIN allows delivery
of the desired content on the
smartphone of the target customers at
the most appropriate time.
Mobile Health and Fitness Sensor Market
• TechNavio's analysts forecast the
Global Mobile Health and Fitness
Sensor market to grow at a CAGR of
40.29 percent over the period 2013-
2018.
Magnetic field sensor market
• The market size of the magnetic field
sensors market is expected to grow
from the $1.6 Billion that it accounted
for in 2013 to $2.9 Billion by 2020, at
an estimated CAGR of 8.04% from
2014 to 2020
• The volume of the magnetic sensors is
currently estimated to be 5.9 billion
units and is expected to rise up to 9.6
billion units at an estimated CAGR of
6.75% from 2014 to 2020.
Software Industry
Google
Acquisition of Lift Labs
• Google (GOOGL) is striving to
strengthen its presence in the
hardware and biotech spaces by
acquiring Lift Labs, a small firm that
manufactures a special spoon to make
it easier for people with Parkinson’s
disease to eat.
• The spoon by LiftLabs, known as
Liftware, uses vibrations to offset the
tremors that occur as a result of
Parkinson’s disease. The spoon allows
the user to concentrate on the social
aspects of eating rather than worrying
about spilling. This increases their
independence and quality of life.
• LiftLabs will join Google X’s Life
Sciences division and continue to make
and retail the product. It was
developed with the help of a National
Institutes of Health grant and is
currently priced at $295.
Google’s stock performance
Rovi
Multiplatform Rovi Guide
• Rovi Corporation (ROVI) unveiled its
new HTML5-based, multiplatform Rovi
Guide, designed to allow service
providers and device manufacturers
around the globe to rapidly create and
deploy next-generation entertainment
discovery and monetization solutions
across multiple screens. Rovi’s latest
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integration of Rovi’s suite of discovery
services that feature advanced search
and recommendations, natural-language
interaction, extensive
entertainment metadata, and more.
These differentiated services are
designed to help promote a more
personalized entertainment experience
that engages users and increases
content consumption.
Rovi’s stock performance
Healthcare & Hospitality Industry
Healthcare &Hospitality Market
RTLS in Healthcare Market
• ReportsnReports.com adds RTLS in
Healthcare Market by Product
(Hardware, Software & Services),
Technology (RFID, WiFi, Infrared,
Ultrasound, Zigbee, and Ultrawide
Band), Application, by Device and
Equipment, & by Geography- Analysis
& Forecast to 2014 - 2020 research
report to its store. The market for RTLS
healthcare technologies is estimated to
reach $2,081.05 Million by 2020, at a
CAGR of 32.9% from 2014 to 2020. It
includes an in-depth analysis of the
market by product, technology,
application, device and equipment type
and geography.

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Retail and Payment Industry
NCR
Apple Pay - Mobile Payments
• NCR Corp. ( NCR ) is making payments
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easier for customers. Recently, the
company agreed to integrate Apple's
( AAPL ) mobile payments system,
Apple Pay, to help customers easily
carry out credit and debit card
transactions through smartphones and
tablets.
• Through this facility, NCR will provide
retail and hospitality customers an
easy, safe and secure way to pay with
a single touch. This mobile solution will
save time otherwise wasted in long
queues at the check-out counters. The
technology could be of great
importance to NCR, helping it expand
its existing client base.
• This new method of payment will also
help to reduce complexities in
managing ATMs, point of sale, e-commerce
and mobile payment or
banking transactions. It will simplify
transactions by providing privacy and
protection of information.
• For Apple Pay, the iPhone maker has
teamed up with MasterCard Inc. ( MA ),
American Express Co. ( AXP ), and Visa
Inc. ( V ), to facilitate the use of the
service, which will debut in the U.S. in
October. We believe that the adoption
of this mobile payment technology,
which is targeted toward retailers, and
NCR's years of experience in serving
the retail sector will allow it to forge
ahead of its peers.
NCR’s stock performance
Ingenico
Cooperation with Yapital
• Cooperation with global leader in
seamless payment allows easy
integration of Yapital for merchants and
creating more mobile payment
touchpoints for customers
• The Ingenico Group is opening up its
network to include the first European
cross-channel payment solution Yapital
as a standard payment solution for its
Ingenico Payment Services division
working across all channels. The
cooperation covers the integration of
the Yapital solution into Ingenico
Payment Services e-commerce platform
as well as into the in-store processing
platform.
• In Germany, Yapital deployment will
leverage on the huge terminal base
operated by the platform inherited from
former Easycash, as well as, in the
coming months, on the Ingenico
Payment Services e-commerce platform
(ex ogone). The main advantage for
retailers and merchants is the easy,
fast and cost-effective way to integrate
Yapital as a cross-channel payment
solution. The cooperation with the
global leader in payment services for
banks, retailers and merchants marks
another milestone on Yapital´s way to
become available everywhere as a
standard for mobile payment.
Ingenico’s stock performance

15. } BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION REPORT
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Energy Industry
Energy Market
Global Smart Grid Communication
• The Global Smart Grid Communications
market to grow at a CAGR of 10.8%
over the period 2013-2018.
• Smart grid communication networks
are used to support smart grid
applications. These communication
networks provide essential
infrastructure allowing utilities to
manage smart grid devices from a
central location. Previously,
communication networks for smart grid
devices supported supervisory control
and data acquisition (SCADA) systems
as a machine-to-machine technology.
However, with technological
advancements in the Smart Grid
industry, new field-based sensors,
wireless technologies, and mobile
devices are being used for supporting
SCADA systems. This allows the
traditional power grid to become more
resilient, reliable, and efficient.
European Smart Grid Technology Market
• The Europe Smart Grid Technology
Market report defines and segments
the smart grid technology market in
Europe with analysis and forecast of
revenue. The European smart grid
technology market is estimated to grow
from $13,024.7 million in 2012 to
$47,548.8 million by 2018, at a CAGR
of 23.9% from 2013 to 2018.
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