Date: 5th Aug 2010
Dell'Oro forecast: Mobile infrastructure
market to reach $43 Billion in 2014 due to 3G
Market Researcher Dell'Oro Group has forecasted mobile
infrastructure market annual revenues to reach $43 billion
over the next 5 years. After a double-digit revenue decline
in 2009, and a flat forecast for revenues in 2010, market
revenue growth is expected to accelerate yearly beginning
in 2011. Mobile Infrastructure growth is mainly driven now
by installation of 3G and 4G capable base stations and other
such wireless tower equipments. India's 3G bid winners are
rushing to make 3G available by the end of 2010.
"The growth of mobile data traffic is driving, and
will continue to drive operators to increase the capacity
of their 3G and next generation networks to meet demand,"
stated Scott Siegler, Senior Analyst of Mobile Infrastructure
research at Dell'Oro Group. "As the ecosystem of 3G
devices continues to rapidly grow, such as the iPhone and
Android-based smartphones, operators are experiencing a
surge in data traffic on their mobile networks. As smartphones
penetrate deeper in the mobile subscriber base and each
subscriber consumes more data, we forecast worldwide mobile
data traffic will double each year. While initial LTE deployments
are beginning in the second half of 2010 and revenue is
expected to see strong growth, we believe WCDMA will be
the most significant driver of the market, and will represent
over three-quarters of total market revenues in 2014,"
continued Siegler.
The report shows that although the LTE market is expected
to start small in 2010, revenues are forecast to exceed
$6 billion by 2014.
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