Indoor Location Installations Could Break Records This Year

ABI Research’s latest quarterly market data report on location technologies indicates that 2014 is shaping up to be a breakout year for indoor location technologies in retail environments.The reason? Early adopters are entering the final year of the three-year technology adoption cycle, shifting from trials to full-scale deployments. Another critical driver, however, is the boom in BLE/iBeacons, which are creating a wave of second generation start-ups in this space that will help to drive new growth and use cases across all major verticals. All told, this is expected to result in over 30,000 indoor location installations in 2014.