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Jonathan

Jonathan Budd

Industry Analyst

Research Focus

Jonathan is an Industry Analyst on the Enabling Platforms team at ABI Research. He is responsible for analysis covering the hardware, devices, and critical components that collect and deliver data to Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Jonathan’s current research focuses on the semiconductor market for the IoT, looking at emerging chipsets for 5G, and those supporting on-device intelligence to enable the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) across different Machine Learning (ML) workloads. 

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Topics Covered

IoT Hardware
5G RedCap for the IoT

Insights

Ambient IoT Alliance: Intel, Qualcomm, Infineon, PepsiCo, VusionGroup, and Wiliot Join to Drive Battery-Free IoT

Ambient IoT Alliance: Intel, Qualcomm, Infineon, PepsiCo, VusionGroup, and Wiliot Join to Drive Battery-Free IoT

Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7744

The 5G RedCap State of Play: An Update on the IoT Opportunity

The 5G RedCap State of Play: An Update on the IoT Opportunity

Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7707

The Coming of Age of Ambient IoT: Unlocking the Energy Harvesting Opportunity

The Coming of Age of Ambient IoT: Unlocking the Energy Harvesting Opportunity

Insight | 1Q 2025 | IN-7673

Qualcomm and STMicroelectronics Agree on Strategic Partnership to Drive Wireless IoT and Edge AI

Qualcomm and STMicroelectronics Agree on Strategic Partnership to Drive Wireless IoT and Edge AI

Insight | 4Q 2024 | IN-7574

LPWA on the Launchpad: NTN Boosts LTE-M and NB-IoT Opportunity

LPWA on the Launchpad: NTN Boosts LTE-M and NB-IoT Opportunity

Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7513

Cat-1bis Needs Differentiating Features to Avoid a Race to the Bottom

Cat-1bis Needs Differentiating Features to Avoid a Race to the Bottom

Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7479

5G RedCap Investments Ramp up with Sights Set on the IoT: How Can Chipset Vendors Drive Migration from LTE?

5G RedCap Investments Ramp up with Sights Set on the IoT: How Can Chipset Vendors Drive Migration from LTE?

Insight | 3Q 2024 | IN-7366

IoT Chipset and Module Vendors Seed the 5G RedCap Market: Will Device OEMs Choose to Upgrade?

IoT Chipset and Module Vendors Seed the 5G RedCap Market: Will Device OEMs Choose to Upgrade?

Insight | 2Q 2024 | IN-7296

Arm Looks to Accelerate On-Device Intelligence for IoT Devices with Successive Announcements

Arm Looks to Accelerate On-Device Intelligence for IoT Devices with Successive Announcements

Insight | 1Q 2024 | IN-7213

Research

Energy Harvesting for the IoT: Connectivity Technologies and Critical Growth Factors
Energy Harvesting for the IoT: Connectivity Technologies and Critical Growth Factors

Report | 1Q 2025 | AN-6447

Energy Harvesting for the IoT: Vendor Landscape and Technology Development
Energy Harvesting for the IoT: Vendor Landscape and Technology Development

Report | 1Q 2025 | AN-6273

Energy Harvesting for the IoT: Addressable Markets and Forecast Expectations
Energy Harvesting for the IoT: Addressable Markets and Forecast Expectations

Report | 1Q 2025 | AN-6274

Energy Harvesting Power Management ICs (PMICs) for the IoT
Energy Harvesting Power Management ICs (PMICs) for the IoT

Presentation | 1Q 2025 | PT-3381

Energy Harvesters for the IoT
Energy Harvesters for the IoT

Presentation | 1Q 2025 | PT-3380

RedCap for the IoT: Milestones and Obstacles
RedCap for the IoT: Milestones and Obstacles

Report | 3Q 2024 | AN-6271

5G RedCap Standards and Chipsets for IoT
5G RedCap Standards and Chipsets for IoT

Report | 3Q 2024 | AN-6146

5G RedCap for IoT
5G RedCap for IoT

Report | 3Q 2024 | AN-6235

Internet of Everything Market Data Overview: 3Q 2024
Internet of Everything Market Data Overview: 3Q 2024

Presentation | 3Q 2024 | PT-3056

IoT Cellular Modules Model Tracker Update: 1H 2024
IoT Cellular Modules Model Tracker Update: 1H 2024

Presentation | 2Q 2024 | PT-3067

IoT Cellular Modules Model Tracker
IoT Cellular Modules Model Tracker

Market Data | 2Q 2024 | MD-ICM-105

IoT Module Vendor Contract Awards
IoT Module Vendor Contract Awards

Market Data | 1Q 2024 | MD-MVC-102

IoT Module Vendor Contract Awards Market Data Overview: Q1 2024
IoT Module Vendor Contract Awards Market Data Overview: Q1 2024

Presentation | 1Q 2024 | PT-3117

Jonathan Budd In The News

Qualcomm and Intel agree: Ambient IoT is where it's at Logo
Qualcomm and Intel agree: Ambient IoT is where it's at
Fierce Wireless (2025-02-20)
ABI Research expects more than 1 billion ambient IoT devices to be shipped in 2030, with more than 90% connected through short range wireless technologies.Bluetooth is the big winner here, according to ABI Research analyst Jonathan Budd, who said the ambient IoT market will be dominated by Bluetooth...
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5G RedCap, eRedCap module market set to explode Logo
5G RedCap, eRedCap module market set to explode
SDX Central (2024-09-10)
“5G RedCap is a series of network and device optimizations that strips back device complexity, acting as a natural successor to LTE Cat-4 and LTE Cat-6,” ABI Research analyst Jonathan Budd wrote. “It is a means of providing an affordable pathway to 5G for IoT device OEMs that do not require the full...
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RedCap is a reduced set of 5G capabilities intended for devices like wearables and low-cost hotspots Logo
RedCap is a reduced set of 5G capabilities intended for devices like wearables and low-cost hotspots
RCR Wireless News (2024-08-29)
The telecom industry is already well aware of the benefits of RedCap technology for a number of use cases such as IoT and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), Jonathan Budd, industry analyst at ABI Research, told RCR Wireless News. “The majority of cellular hardware in the IoT is supplied by module vendors....
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RedCap puts a spring into IoT’s 5G step Logo
RedCap puts a spring into IoT’s 5G step
TelecomTV (2024-08-29)
Such developments offer opportunities for mobile operators and IoT device manufacturers looking for the next wave of growth. The team at ABI Research expects devices in remote monitoring and control, video surveillance and security, and fixed wireless terminals to be the first to migrate to 5G...
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Video cameras and FWA devices to drive most RedCap IoT growth Logo
Video cameras and FWA devices to drive most RedCap IoT growth
RCR Wireless News (2024-08-20)
Jonathan Budd, industry analyst at ABI Research, said: “5G RedCap is drawing interest across the IoT value chain, with video surveillance and FWA terminals dominating the first device launches in 2024. Devices with lifecycles upwards of eight years are more likely to migrate to 5G RedCap in the near...
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