Business&Technology Innovation Report W42

1. 2014
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION REPORT
Week 42
Prepared by
Ferhat Ünlükal
10/19/2014

2.  BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION REPORT
BUSINESS &
TECHNOLOGY
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Week 42
Headlines
Consumer Electronics (CE)
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 TV vendors are putting in increased
orders for 43-, 48- and 49-inch Ultra
HD TV panels.
ICT
 Samsung said it has developed a Wi-Fi
technology.
 Samsung Electronics said it has tested
blazing-fast data speeds for a next-generation
network.
 Cisco and Sensity Systems announced
that the two companies have entered
into a strategic relationship.
 Cisco outlined an expansion of its fog
computing strategy.
 Volkswagen and navigation company
TomTom have joined forces to develop
driverless car technology.
 Ingrasys Technology has acquired a
40% stake in Taiwan-based cloud
computing-based storage and
computing solution.
 The worldwide market for sensors in
wearables will expand to 466 million
units in 2019.
 The global market for smart wearables
is forecast to reach 275 million units.
 The IoT market has the potential to
grow from an installed base of 0.9
billion in 2009 to 26 billion by 2020.
 Third-quarter 2014 global notebook
shipments are estimated at 45.198
million units.
 Globally STB Market is up 4% in 2Q14
from 1Q14, to $4.8 billion.
 The global digital signage market is
expected to reach $14,875.6 Million by
2020 at an estimated CAGR of 8.94%
from 2014 to 2020.
 Global smart factory market / factory
automation industry is expected to
generate revenues of $246.03 billion by
2018.
 The global smart city technology
market is forecast to be worth more
than $27.5 billion annually by 2023.
 The global optical transceiver market at
$3.2 billion in 2013 is anticipated to
grow to $9.9 billion by 2020.
 Big data is going to get a big boost
from the European Union, which will
match an industry consortium's €2
billion investment with €500 million of
public money over the next five years.
Flat Panel Industry
 US Flexible market was valued at
$294.2 million in 2013, and is expected
to reach $1329.6 million by 2018, at a
CAGR of 35.2% from 2013 to 2018.
 TV panel makers expect healthy
shipments to China throughout the first
quarter of 2015.
 Asia-Pasific HW Encrytion Display
market was valued $5,154.0 million in
2013, and is expected to reach
$51,362.6 million by 2018, at a CAGR
of 58.4% from 2013 to 2018.
 More than 20 million on-cell TFT LCD
touch panels shipped globally in the
first half of 2014.
 US LCoS Display market was valued
$162.8 million in 2013, and is expected
to reach $545.8 million by 2018, at a
CAGR of 27.4% from 2013 to 2018.
Semiconductor Industry
 Samsung Electronics plans to spend
$14.7 billion (9.17 billion pound) on a
new chip facility.

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 Sigma Designs® announced that THE
leading European powerline
communications provider devolo AG
has launched the Z-Wave® technology
for its entirely new devolo Home
Control product line devolo.
 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Co. (TSMC) will increase
its capital expenditures to more than
$10 billion next year.
 IoT and M2M market to grow
from $128.7 billion in 2014 to $498.92
billion in 2019, at an estimated CAGR of
24.42% from 2014 to 2019.
 The global organic electronics (OE)
market would reach $79.6 billion by
2020.
 Apple and Samsung will drive the value
of the fingerprint sensor market
fourfold to over $1.7 billion by 2020.
 The display driver IC market is
expected to reach US$7.3 billion in
2018, up from US$6.4 billion in 2012.
 The Global Automotive Sensors market
to grow at a CAGR of 7.89 percent over
the period 2012-2016
Software Industry
 Google has launched its next-generation
Nexus 6 smartphone.
Service Industry
 Turkcell announced that it is taking its
television platform Turkcell TV+ to the
next level and introduced the future of
TV in Turkey.
Retail and Payment Industry
 Apple's new NFC-based payments
service will arrive with the company's
first major update to its most recent
operating system, iOS 8.1.
 Intel will market the chip technology to
makers of point-of-sale (POS) systems,
PCs and mobile payment terminals.
 Total Merchant Services recently
announced it will offer Ingenico Group’s
terminals.
 Epson announced tPOS on Cloud, a
provider of cloud-based POS software-as-
a-service (SaaS).
 Powa Technologies announces the
completion of its integration
with Datacap Systems’ IPTran LT
Mobile and PaymentsDrawer product
line for mobile POS.
 The global NFC market was valued at
USD 1.06 Billion in 2012 and is
expected to grow at a CAGR of 43.7%.
Energy Industry
 Toyota Motor Corporation announces
that cumulative global sales of its
hybrid vehicles has exceeded the 7
million unit.
 SSL technology deployment, yielding an
estimated energy savings of $1.8 billion
in 2013.

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Consumer Electronics (CE)
CE Market
Ultra HD Panel Market
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 TV vendors are putting in increased
orders for 43-, 48- and 49-inch Ultra
HD TV panels in order to compete
against 50-inch units.
 Supply chain sources said that Japan-and
Korea-based vendors are mostly
interested in the sizes in order to
extend their influence in the Ultra HD
TV market, which is estimated between
15-20 million units in 2014.
 Larger-size units above 50-inch are still
making gains in the market but there is
still strong demand in the 40-inch
segment, the sources said.
 Digitimes Research added that in
September 2014, Japan was the only
market where average retail pricing for
Ultra HD TVs increased, with 40- and
50-inch units climbing 6.8% and 17.3%
respectively.
ICT Industry
Samsung
Faster Wi-Fi Technology
 Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) said
it has developed a Wi-Fi technology
that can increase data transmission
speeds by five times the maximum rate
possible with existing consumer
electronics devices.
Samsung’s stock performance
5G Technology
 Samsung Electronics said it has tested
blazing-fast data speeds for a next-generation
network, clocking
transmissions that are 30 times faster
than 4G LTE.
 The Korean electronics giant said tests
reached 7.5Gbps in a stationary setting,
calling it an industry best.
Cisco
Cooperation with Sensity Systems
 Cisco and Sensity Systems, the pioneer
of Light Sensory Networks (LSN),
announced that the two companies
have entered into a strategic

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relationship that utilizes Sensity’s
NetSense platform as a foundation for
Cisco’s City Infrastructure Management
(CIM) software. As part of the
agreement, Cisco joins Sensity’s
NetSense Partner Program to create a
joint solution that converts city lighting
infrastructure into a distributed sensing
platform for Smart City applications,
such as smart parking, lighting, retail
analytics, and public safety and
security.
Cisco’s stock performance
Iox Platform
 Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) outlined an
expansion of its fog computing strategy
with the second phase of its IOx
platform for industrial scale IoT
deployments. Cisco outlined increasing
industry ecosystem partner momentum
and new hardened IoT platform
support, and introduced its IOx
Application Management Module. As a
key part of the Cisco® fog computing
strategy, IOx enables third party
operating systems such as Linux and
industry software applications to run
directly on Cisco hardened IoT network
platforms, which is critical for IoT
solutions where applications, storage
and compute needs to reside closer to
"Things" such as sensors and devices.
 Cisco provides a unique value for
customers to fully exploit the
opportunities created by IoT through
its ability to offer networking, compute
and storage from cloud to fog. Internet
of Things deployments involve unique
requirements such as combining
distributed sensors and data,
optimizing the analysis of data in
motion as it enters the network, and
centralized control, which requires a
new infrastructure approach with
strong centralized data center and
robust Edge. Cisco's strategy to invest
in hybrid Data Center solutions,
including the Intercloud as well as in
the fog, creates an optimized
infrastructure for IoT.
TomTom
Cooperation with Volkswagen
 Volkswagen and navigation company
TomTom have joined forces to develop
driverless car technology. Car-maker
Volkswagen is using TomTom's
expertise in mapping combined with its
research into highly autonomous
driving (HAD) technology.
 The partnership, announced this week,
is part of Volkswagen's strategy for
when driverless cars begin to enter the
consumer market.
TomTom’s stock performance
Foxconn
Acquisition of Hope Bay Technologies
 Ingrasys Technology, a subsidiary of
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision
Industry), has acquired a 40% stake in
Taiwan-based cloud computing-based
storage and computing solution
provider Hope Bay Technologies.
 Hope Bay said it was originally a cloud
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power supply maker and energy
management solution provider Delta
Electronics, which spun it off in May
2013.
 Through Ingrasys' stake investment,
Hope Bay hopes to tap the markets in
Singapore, Japan, South Korea and
others via Foxconn's channels, the
company indicated.
 Ingrasys, which produces video-recording
surveillance equipment, said
Hope Bay's cloud computing storage
solutions can enhance application of its
surveillance systems and reduce their
costs.
Foxconn’s stock performance
ICT Market
Wearable Electronics Market
 Driven by rising demand for fitness and
health monitoring features as well as
by improved user interfaces, shipments
of sensors used in wearable electronic
devices will rise by a factor of seven
from 2013 through 2019, according to
research firm IHS.
 The worldwide market for sensors in
wearables will expand to 466 million
units in 2019, up from 67 million in
2013.
 Shipments of sensors will climb much
more quickly than the market for the
wearable devices themselves. Wearable
devices will increase to 135 million
units in 2019, less than three times the
total of 50 million in 2013.
 “Wearables are a hotbed for sensors,
with market growth driven by the
increasing number of these
components in each product sold,” said
Jérémie Bouchaud, director and senior
principal analyst for MEMS and Sensors
at IHS Technology.
 “The main factor propelling this
phenomenon is a transition in market
share away from simple products like
pedometers and toward more
sophisticated multipurpose devices
such as smartwatches and
smartglasses. Instead of using a single
sensor like the simpler devices, the
more complex products employ
numerous components for health and
activity monitoring, as well as for their
more advanced user interfaces.”
 The average wearable device shipped
in 2019 will incorporate 4.1 sensor
elements, up from 1.4 in 2013.
Smart Wearable Market
 According to the recently published
report by TechSci Research, Global
Smart Wearable Market Forecast &
Opportunities, 2019, the global market
for smart wearables is forecast to reach
275 million units, in volume terms, by
2019. The smartwatch and smartband
segments are largely benefitting from
increasing demand for smartphones
and smartphone accessories, including
smartwatches, worldwide.
IoT Market
 According to Gartner, the IoT market
has the potential to grow from an

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installed base of 0.9 billion in 2009 to
26 billion by 2020, an increase of 30
times. This growth is expected to result
in $1.9 trillion in global economic value
addition through sales into diverse end
markets.
Global Notebook Shipments
 Third-quarter 2014 global notebook
shipments are estimated at 45.198
million units (not including 2-in-1
models), increasing 6.4% sequentially
and 2.6% on year, according to
Digitimes Research.
 HP accounted for 21% of the global
shipments, followed by Lenovo
(20.9%), Dell (12.5%), Acer (9.7%),
Apple (8.5%), Asustek Computer
(8.3%) and Toshiba (6.2%), Digitimes
Research indicated.
 Taiwan-based ODMs shipped 36.958
notebooks in the quarter, accounting
for 81.77% of global shipments with
their shipments growing 6.1%
sequentially but slipping 2.9% on year.
 Quanta Computer was the largest ODM
accounting for 34.6% of the shipments,
Compal Electronics 32.2%, Wistron
15.7%, Inventec 6.7% and Pegatron
5.7%.
 Of the ODM shipments, 8.2% were
sub-12-inch models, 2.9% 12-inch
ones, 13% 13-inch ones, 22.7% 14-
inch ones, 47.2% 15-inch ones, 6.1%
16-inch and above ones.
Digital STB Market
 Globally, set-top box (STB) revenue --
including IP, cable, satellite, and DTT
STBs and OTT media servers -- is up
4% in 2Q14 from 1Q14, to $4.8 billion
 STB unit shipments grew 7%
sequentially in 2Q14, but are down 3%
from the year-ago 2ndquarter (2Q13)
 The worldwide STB market is forecast
by Infonetics to grow at a -0.05%
compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
from 2013 to 2018, when it will total
$19.2 billion
Digital Signage Market
 The Digital Signage Market by
Hardware, Software (Edge Server,
Distribution & Scheduling, Content
Management), Application
(Commercial, Infrastructure,
Institutions, Industrial), Products
(Indoor & Outdoor) & by Geography -
Forecast to 2014 - 2020 research
report is conducted noting the
paradigm shift in the demand for digital
signage products and its applications
for many of the sectors such as retail,
education, government, corporate,
sports, and transport in the regions
of North America, Europe, APAC, and
ROW. The global digital signage market
is expected to reach $14,875.6
Million by 2020 at an estimated CAGR
of 8.94% from 2014 to 2020.
Smart Home Market
 Research firm IHS Technology is now
reporting the smart home market will
grow by 56 percent, compounded
annually, in the next three years, with
190 million products shipping by 2018.
IHS Technology projects that Bluetooth
Smart will be the fastest growing
connectivity technology in the segment
over that period.
Smart Factory Market
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generate revenues of $246.03 billion by
2018, growing at an estimated CAGR of
8.08% from 2013-2018.
Smart City Market
 According to a recent report from
Navigant Research, cumulative global
investment in smart city technologies is
expected to total $174.4 billion from
2014 to 2023.
 The global smart city technology
market is forecast to be worth more
than $27.5 billion annually by 2023,
compared to $8.8 billion in 2014,
according to the report. Much of this
growth is expected to come in Asia
Pacific, which is projected to become
the largest market for smart city
technologies by 2015 and to grow to
$11.3 billion annually by 2023.
Global Optical Transceiver Market
 The global optical transceiver market at
$3.2 billion in 2013 is anticipated to
grow to $9.9 billion by 2020 driven by
the availability and cost effectiveness of
40 Gbps, 100 Gbps, and 400 Gbps
devices.
Big Data Market in Europe
 Big data is going to get a big boost
from the European Union, which will
match an industry consortium's €2
billion investment with €500 million of
public money over the next five years.
 Companies including Atos, IBM, Nokia
Solutions and Networks, Orange, SAP,
and Siemens, along with several
research bodies, will invest in the
public-private partnership (PPP) from
January 2015.
Flat Panel Industry
Flat Panel Market
Flexible Display Market
 The North American flexible display
market report defines and segments
the concerned market in North America
with analysis and forecast of revenue.
This market was valued at $294.2
million in 2013, and is expected to
reach $1329.6 million by 2018, at a
CAGR of 35.2% from 2013 to 2018.
TV panel shipments
 TV panel makers expect healthy
shipments to China throughout the first
quarter of 2015 as vendors prepare for
the upcoming shopping holidays.
 The upcoming shopping season in
China will start from Guanggun Jie
(Singles Day) on November 11, and
peak at Lunar New Year.
 During the period, pricing for various
electronics drops and retails along with
various vendors hold special online
promotions, which will include price
drops for some Ultra HD TVs.
 Ultra HD TVs reached 20% penetration
in the 50-inch and above size TV
category in China during the first half
of 2014 and panel makers estimate
that 55- and 65-inch units are
increasingly becoming the two
mainstream sizes for large-size units in
China.
 Following the November holiday
makers estimate TV panel shipments to
China will remain healthy until the 2015
Lunar New Year that falls in February.
 Additionallly, makers also expect China
TV vendors' shipments to markets
abroad will remain steady as the
vendors continue to tackle both
emerging and mature markets with
various Full HD and Ultra HD TVs.
 China TV vendors are continuing to
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added products equipped with higher-end
technology, the makers added.
Hardware Encryption Display Market
 The Asia-Pacific hardware encryption
display market report defines and
segments the concerned market in
Asia-Pacific with analysis and forecast
of revenue. This market was valued
$5,154.0 million in 2013, and is
expected to reach $51,362.6 million by
2018, at a CAGR of 58.4% from 2013
to 2018.
On-Cell TFT LCD Touch Panel Market
 More than 20 million on-cell TFT LCD
touch panels shipped globally in the
first half of 2014, after only 4.7 million
were shipped in all of 2013, as the
technology has been adopted in the
expanding entry-level and mid-range
smartphone market. By 2018,
shipments of on-cell TFT LCD panels
are expected to reach 129 million,
according to DisplaySearch.
 Embedded touch panels of all types,
including in-cell and on-cell TFT LCDs,
as well as on-cell AMOLED panels,
accounted for 20% of all mobile
handset displays in 2012, 29% in 2013,
and an expected 32% in 2014. "Overall
the total embedded touch panel display
market is expected to grow. However,
individual manufacturer shipment
shares still depend on Apple and
Samsung Electronics, since they are the
biggest customers for in-cell TFT LCDs
and on-cell AMOLED panels," said
Calvin Hsieh, research director at
DisplaySearch.
LCoS Display Market
 The North American Liquid Crystal on
Silicon (LCoS) display market report
defines and segments the concerned
market in North America with analysis
and forecast of revenue. This market
was valued $162.8 million in 2013, and
is expected to reach $545.8 million by
2018, at a CAGR of 27.4% from 2013
to 2018.
Semiconductor Industry
Samsung
New Chip Facility Investment
 South Korean IT giant Samsung
Electronics plans to spend $14.7 billion
(9.17 billion pound) on a new chip
facility - its biggest investment in a
single plant - leaning on its
semiconductor business to bolster
profits as its smartphone dominance
wanes.
 Samsung, the world's top memory chip
maker, said the plant would be located
in Pyeongtaek, roughly 75 kilometres
(47 miles) south of Seoul. The
company said it would create 150,000
jobs, equal to about a third of the city's
population.
Sigma Designs
Cooperation with Devolo for Z-Wave
 Sigma Designs®(NASDAQ: SIGM), a
leading provider of intelligent system-on-
chip (SoC) solutions for Smart TV,
Smart home and IP-based set-top-boxes,
announced that THE leading
European powerline communications
provider devolo AG has launched the Z-Wave
® technology for its entirely new
devolo Home Control product line
devolo. The devolo solution, powered
by Sigma Designs' latest Z-Wave 500
series wireless communications
technology, makes home automation
simple with a modular system and
plug-and-play components to maximize
safety, security, comfort and
convenience. Available beginning in
November 2014 at retail stores, this
new solution enables consumers to
easily install and operate their own
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Sigma Designs’s stock performance
TSMC
Increasing Capital Expenditures
 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Co. (TSMC) will increase
its capital expenditures to more than
$10 billion next year, coinciding with
the chip foundry's plan to accelerate its
ramp-up to commercially
produce 16nmFinFET chips.
TSMC’s stock performance
Semiconductor Market
IoT and M2M Market
 The Internet of Things (IoT) &
Machine-To-Machine (M2M)
Communication Market by Technologies
& Platforms (RFID, Sensor Nodes,
Gateways, Cloud Management, NFC,
CEP, SCADA, ZigBee), M2M
Connections, IoT Components -
Worldwide Market Forecasts (2014 -
2019) is a research report published
in March 2014. It forecasts the industry
to grow from $128.7 billion in 2014
to $498.92 billion in 2019, at an
estimated CAGR of 24.42% from 2014
to 2019.
Organic Electronics Market
 According to a new report by Allied
Market Research titled, "Global Organic
Electronics Market - Size, Industry
Analysis, Trends, Opportunities, Growth
and Forecast, 2013 - 2020", the global
organic electronics (OE) market would
reach $79.6 billion by 2020, registering
a CAGR of 29.5% during 2014 - 2020.
Organic displays are the largest
revenue source for the organic
electronics market, accounting to
nearly 2/3rd of the market. OLED
displays, which find application in
laptops, tablets and TV sets, hold lion's
share in the global organic electronics
displays market. Asia Pacific generates
about 63.5% of the revenue for the
global market due to the fact that Asia
Pacific is home for almost 3/4th of the
global electronics manufacturing
industry, which is the primary
application area for organic electronics.
Fingerprint Sensor Market
 Apple and Samsung will drive the value
of the fingerprint sensor market
fourfold to over $1.7 billion by 2020
according to research firm IHS.
 “Fingerprint sensors have arrived in
force and we are forecasting that
shipments of fingerprint enabled
handsets and tablets will reach 1.4
billion units by 2020,” Marwan
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Technology for MEMS and sensors,
said.
Display Driver IC market
 According to DisplaySearch, the display
driver IC market is expected to reach
US$7.3 billion in 2018, up from US$6.4
billion in 2012. This growth stems from
driver ICs with higher resolutions and
higher average selling prices, as well as
integrated functions. Continual
increases in LCD panel shipments for
TVs and OLED panels for smartphones
are also driving demand.
Automotive Sensors Market
 TechNavio's analysts forecast the
Global Automotive Sensors market to
grow at a CAGR of 7.89 percent over
the period 2012-2016. One of the key
factors contributing to this market
growth is the increasing demand for
automotive safety systems. The Global
Automotive Sensors market has also
been witnessing the increasing demand
for smart sensors. However, functional
and operational issues could pose a
challenge to the growth of this market.
Software Industry
Google
Nexus 6
 Google has launched its next-generation
Nexus 6 smartphone with
Motorola Mobility and its new tablet,
the Nexus 9, in cooperation with HTC.
The search engine giant has also
teamed with Asustek Computer to roll
out its new STB, the Nexus Player,
according to a company press release.
Google’s stock performance

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Service Industry
Turkcell
Turkcell TV+
 Turkey’s leading telecommunications
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and technology company Turkcell
(TKC) (BIST:TCELL) announced that it
is taking its television platform Turkcell
TV+ to the next level and introduced
the future of TV in Turkey. Turkcell
TV+, which was previously offered only
on mobile devices and computers, will
now be available on television sets.
 Subscribers can now enjoy seamless
multi-screen TV experience, alternating
between four screens – smartphone,
tablet, computer and TV – as they
wish. The new platform is launched
with superior features including time-shift
option which allows user to rewind
programs up to 12 hours, cloud
recording, simultaneous recording of
multiple channels, customizable content
and social media access.
Turkcell’s stock performance
Retail and Payment Industry
Apple
Mobile Payment
 Apple's new NFC-based payments
service will arrive with the company's
first major update to its most recent
operating system, iOS 8.1, next
Tuesday.
 In an event held on Oct
16, Apple (AAPL) announced that the
much-anticipated mobile payment
system Apple Pay will become
operational from Oct 20. The company
also unveiled a new thinner iPad Air 2.
 Apple Pay will debut as part of iOS 8.1
software update. The new mobile
payment system will allow iPhone 6
and 6 plus users to pay bills through
Apple’s Touch ID application at any
wireless pay terminal.
Applel’s stock performance
Intel
Payment and POS systems
 Swiping credit cards or using payment
systems like Apple Pay at stores could
become much safer thanks to a new
Intel system, which could also make it
easier for retailers to secure data after
transactions are completed.
 With security breaches and customer
data theft on the rise, Intel has
developed Data Protection Technology
for Transactions, a hardware-software
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and personal data from hackers when
transactions are being authorized.
 Intel will market the chip technology to
makers of point-of-sale (POS) systems,
PCs and mobile payment terminals.
NCR, the world's largest maker of
payment terminals, has plans to put
Data Protection Technology for
Transactions on its products.
 Intel's hardware and software security
platform is adaptable to multiple
payment systems. It will be supported
on the latest Atom and Core
processors.
Intel’s stock performance
Ingenico
Cooperation with Total Merchant Services
 In keeping with its focus on providing
cutting edge payment solutions for
small- to mid-sized businesses, Total
Merchant Services recently announced
it will offer Ingenico Group’s terminals
for its free terminal placement
program. With this transition to
Ingenico, the global leader in seamless
payment, Total clients will be able to
accept contactless payment with the
same NFC technology used by Apple
Pay, Google Wallet and Softcard.
Additionally, the Ingenico terminals are
EMV capable – delivering the latest in
fraud prevention technology.
Ingenico’s stock performance
Epson
Cloud based POS
 Epson America, Inc., a leading supplier
of value-added Point of Sale (POS)
solutions, announced that POS on
Cloud, a provider of cloud-based POS
software-as-a-service (SaaS), has
certified one OmniLink-i smart printer
and two other Epson printers for its
retail and hospitality clients. The
company chose Epson’s OmniLink™
TM-T88V-i smart printer for its built-in
web server, print server and device
management capabilities and added
the TM-T20II USB tablet POS receipt
printer and the TM-U220B tablet POS
Ethernet kitchen printer for additional
functionality.
Powa
Cooperation with DataCap
 Powa Technologies announces the
completion of its integration
with Datacap Systems’ IPTran LT
Mobile and PaymentsDrawer product
line for mobile POS. This partnership
provides the growing marketplace of
ISVs working in the payments industry
with instant access to virtually all
payment processors in North America
via one simple, out-of-scope interface
with the PowaPOS T-series POS
solution.

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Retail and Payment Market
NFC Market
 The global NFC market was valued at
 14
USD 1.06 Billion in 2012 and is
expected to grow at a CAGR of 43.7%
during the forecast period.
 Around 7 million NFC readers were
shipped in 2012 and the shipments are
expected to experience continued
growth over the coming years. More
number of readers would be needed as
the demand for NFC-enabled devices
and applications grow and this is
expected to drive the growth of NFC
readers market over the coming years.
 In 2012, North America was the largest
market for NFC in terms of revenue.
The region has experienced significant
adoption of contactless payments. This
is attributed to high market penetration
of smartphones in the region and pre-existence
of significant infrastructure to
enable contactless payments. Asia
Pacific is expected to be the fastest
growing region owing to high adoption
rates for NFC in countries such as
China, Japan, South Korea and
Australia. In 2012, NXP Semiconductors
N.V. was the market leader for NFC
controller ICs and NFC secure elements
in terms of revenue.
 The global NFC market is fragmented
with numerous leading players
including Broadcom, Inc.,
DeviceFidelity, Inc., Gemalto N.V., Visa,
Inc., Toshiba Corporation,
STMicroelectronics N.V., Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd., NXP
Semiconductors, Identive Group, Inc.,
On Track Innovations (OTI) Ltd. and
Infineon Technologies among others.
Energy Industry
Toyota
Hybrid Vechicles
 Toyota Motor Corporation announces
that cumulative global sales of its
hybrid vehicles has exceeded the 7
million unit mark as of September 30
reaching 7.053 million units(1). This
latest million-unit milestone was
achieved in the fastest time yet for
Toyota, taking just nine months.
Toyota’s stock performance
Energy Market
Solid State Lighting
 As part of the Obama Administration's
effort to cut energy waste and double
energy productivity by 2030, the US
Energy Department today announced
$10 million to support research,
development and manufacturing of
solid-state lighting (SSL) technologies
across the country.
 This funding will accelerate the
development of high-quality LED and
organic light-emitting diode (OLED)
products with the potential to reduce
lighting energy use for American
families and businesses by one half and
enhance US global competitiveness.

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 During the past ten years, the
Department has helped accelerate SSL
technology deployment, yielding an
estimated energy savings of $1.8 billion
in 2013. Solid-state lighting
technologies, which include both LED
and organic light emitting diode
technologies, have the potential to save
Americans $26 billion a year in energy
costs by 2030.
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