Femtocells And Enterprise Femtocells Provide Real Solutions To Wireless Carrier Problems
Femtocells and enterprise femtocells are going to help mobile operators provide indoor coverage to their subscribers, while at the same time, relieve backhaul and infrastructure costs, says In-Stat (www.in-stat.com). Although all segments of the emerging compact base station market, which includes indoor and metropolitan picocells as well as microcells, are expected to show growth, femtocells and enterprise femtocells will have the most significant increase in unit shipments. In-Stat projects annual femtocell shipments will reach 31.8 million by 2014.
"Enterprise femtocells may even save businesses money. If PBX features are incorporated into enterprise femtocells, they could displace many wireless PBX and IP PBX installs, as well as the purchase of wireline phones," says Allen Nogee, Principal Analyst. "Additionally we expect consumer demand for femtocells to be strong because they allow better in-home cell coverage, which has been especially lacking in the US."
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
- Worldwide annual enterprise femtocell revenue CAGR will be 125.7% from 2009-2014.
- Worldwide metropolitan picocell (carrier installed) unit forecast CAGR is projected at 378% from 2009 to 2014
- Microcell base stations will also increase but at a slower CAGR of 14.2% over the same five-year period.
- By 2014, several million metropolitan picocells will be shipped to operators worldwide.
- Examination of femtocell, enterprise femtocell, indoor picocell, outdoor metropolitan picocell and microcell markets including drivers and barriers.
- Forecasts of worldwide annual femtocell, picocell, and microcell unit shipments and revenue from 2009–2014.
- Vendor profiles: 2Wire, ADC, Airvana, AirWalk Communications, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, ip.access, Mindspeed, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens Networks, OnAir, picoChip, Samsung, Sprint, Wilson Electronics, and Ubiquisys.
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This research is part of In-Stat's Cellular Infrastructure service, which provides analysis and forecasts of the market for wireless broadband and communication infrastructure equipment and components, including backhaul; macro, micro, pico, and femtocell base stations; and associated semiconductors.
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SOURCE: In-Stat