Power consumption. Increasing need for new services and multi-system interoperability of mobile communication will put an even growing pressure on the power consumption. Future mobile communication markets demand highly flexible multi-system solutions and increasing functionality with minimum impact on the battery life.

PCB area. Multi-system radio solutions with minimum PCB area are required for portable mobile devices to accommodate the increasing need for new functionalities

Bill of Material (BoM). The increasing demand for multiple wireless connectivity in converged devices imposes enormous pressure to the BoM related to the semiconductor IC. Multi-standard radio solutions must optimize the BoM and chip count while preserving the performance and battery life requirements

Increasing demand for new functionalities.  Future radio systems are required to provide new functionalities using an open architecture approach. These new functionalities, which increase the system performance, will help manufacturers to maintain their profit margins in the highly competitive semiconductor market. Multi-system radios with increasing functionality will meet the changing market needs without increasing the cost of ownership.

High flexibility for meeting rapidly changing market requirements. The increasing pace of the changing market demands rapid implementation and deployment cycles. Present generations of radio systems are based on rigid single systems solutions, without clear upgrade path. Multi-system radios are poised to deliver highly flexible and re-configurable solutions without increasing the cost of ownership. In contrast with present radio systems, on demand implementation of multi-system radios will be possible without having to re-design the radio interface.