Video Surveillance Market in Africa 2014-2018

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The rapidly changing and vast global market for video surveillance is the focus of analysis for a recent market report which has been added to the vast portfolio of Market Research Hub (MRH). The report is titled as “Video Surveillance Market in Africa 2014-2018”, that gives a comprehensive insight into the present state of the market, especially in Africa during the forecast period of 2014-2018. Key countries covered in the report are Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa.

Initially, the report examines the market landscape along with the introduction to video surveillance products in Africa. Generally, video surveillance systems are increasingly being used in security systems. With the ever-growing sources of danger and increasing losses, video surveillance is an extremely valuable and economical means of improving the security of people, property and valuables. By this feature, possible dangers are also detected at an early stage. It consists of many appliances that enables embedded image capture abilities that allow video images or extracted information to be compressed, stored or transmitted over communication networks or digital data links.  

In the next section, the report also describes the market segmentation. It has been segmented on the basis of end-users, application, deployment model, storage media and professional services. According to the report, one of the key trend of the market is the advancement in technology. These advances have led to the introduction of new video surveillance systems such as IP cameras with HD image quality, video analytics & automatic CCTV cameras. Moreover, rising crime rate, expected growth in construction market, upcoming new hotels & shopping malls together with increasing urbanization rate are few factors that have resulted in the overall growth of video surveillance market in South Africa. According to the Technavio’s analysts, video surveillance market in Africa is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 27.23 % over the forecast period 2013-2018.

Further, the report states that low internet speed is one of the major challenges faced by the market. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated by the key vendors in the market. Some of the key vendors in Africa are given below:

• Axis Communications
• Mobotix
• Bosch Security Services
• Honeywell International
• Hikvision Digital Technology

The report contains a detailed market and vendor landscape in addition to SWOT analysis of the key vendors. In addition, key facts, business strategy, key products offerings and recent developments are also outlined.

Global Voice Recognition Market to Grow at a CAGR of 9.40 % by 2019

Voice Recognition Market

Global Voice Recognition Market provides an overview of the voice recognition market spread out globally. The key regions covered in the report includes Americas, APAC and EMEA. According to the research study, global voice recognition market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 9.40 % over the forecast period of 2014 to 2019.

Firstly, the report starts with a brief introduction of ‘Voice Recognition Industry’ along with the market description consisting of size, status and forecast. Voice recognition is a software that has the capability to convert and decode human vocal sound into speech that is easily understood by a computer. It is an ability of a machine to receive, understand and dictate the spoken commands.

According to the report, major factors driving the growth of the market is the increased use of biometrics. The biometrics segment is witnessing a high demand for speech recognition applications because of the rise in fraudulent activities globally. This technology has become very popular in mobile banking, which requires identification of authenticated users by their spoken commands to help them make transactions.

The market segmentation has been also analyzed in the report. This report is divided on the basis of product types and applications. Analysts have used SWOT analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses impacting the segments of the global market. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sales of software applications and hardware systems. Software applications discussed in the report, such as ASR (Automated Speech Recognition), text-to-speech and voice biometrics.

Moreover, one of the emerging trends is the demand for voice recognition in the Healthcare industry. Voice recognition facility helps in improving efficiency by reducing the time taken for notes and filling out charts for patients. Further, the report states the main challenge which is the lack of accuracy in voice recognition systems faced by the market.

In addition, the report discusses the key drivers that influence the growth of the market as well as the key trends developing in the market. Key vendors operating in the global market are as follows:

·        Microsoft

·        Nuance Communications

·        Validsoft

The report further represents the vendor ranking and a corresponding detailed analysis of the top vendors in the Global Voice Recognition market. Other prominent vendors are Agnitio, AT&T, Auraya Systems, Raytheon BBN Technologies, Voice Biometrics Group, Voice Trust, Telisma, LumenVox and Voxeo.

Global Public Safety Mobile Broadband Sales Market Report 2016

Global Public Safety Mobile Broadband Sales Market Report presents a basic overview of the market including its definition, classifications, application and research methodology. It provides a holistic perspective of the market’s share and growth rate on the basis of types and applications during the forecast period of 2011 to 2021.

 
These segments are analyzed at a global level including key regions such as United States, China, Europe and Japan. On the basis of mobile broadband applications for public safety it includes segments like video surveillance, natural calamity and disaster management, vehicle surveillance, GIS and medical telemetry.

Mobile broadband offers significant potential to improve how police, fire, ambulance and other public safety agencies deliver their services, saving lives and property. It has been observed that, due to the bandwidth limitations of the traditional voice-centric LMR (Land Mobile Radio) networks, public safety agencies are now interested in influencing commercial cellular network technology to support the growing requirement of mobile broadband applications and boost mobile broadband service industry.

The research states that, LTE has emerged as the leading entrant for public safety mobile broadband networks. With the growing acceptance of LTE technology, the public safety networks can respond to the rising requirements for fast, reliable voice & data connectivity with a guaranteed security. These factors are boosting its sales in the global market. Public safety organizations and agencies of governments are not only installing security systems and integrating networks, but also helping service providers to deploy LTE networks and develop network & infrastructure for wireless technology broadband.

According to the report findings, the Americas are the biggest regions in the sector which occupied around 60% of the total market share in 2015. Another major factor contributing to growth of the market in Americas is the awareness and presence of public safety technologies in North America. High penetration of LTE networks help consumers to use fast mobile broadband services. Further, the report profiles key vendors in the global public safety mobile broadband market. Some of them are

as follows:

• General Dynamics
• Iridium Communications
• Mesh Dynamics
• Harris
• Motorola Solutions
• Inmarsat
• Tata Advanced Systems
• IBM
• Intelsat
• Alcatel-Lucent
• Alvarion
• Firetide
• Lockheed Martin
• NetMotion Wireless
• Northrop Grumman

All of these players are mentioned along with their company’s information, product type, application, specification, manufacturing base and competitors.