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1. LTE Base Station Market Forecast
2014-2024
Top Companies Creating the Next Generation
Infrastructure for 4G Mobile Telecommunications
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2. Contents
1. Executive Summary
1.1 Global Market Overview
1.2 Situating Base Stations in the LTE Market
1.3 From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Networks
1.4 Structure of the Report
1.5 Market Definition
1.6 Methodology
1.7 Points Emerged from this Research
1.8 Global LTE Connections Forecast 2014-2024
1.9 Global LTE Base Station Revenue Forecast 2014-2024
1.10 Global LTE Base Station Shipment Forecast 2014-2024
1.11 Global LTE Base Station Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
1.12 Regional LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024
2. Introduction to LTE Technology and Base Stations
2.1 LTE Development History
2.1.1 LTE Release 8 / 9 and 10 (LTE-Advanced)
2.2 Technologies at Work in LTE Networks
2.2.1 Role of the Radio Access Network
2.2.2 Composition of the Radio Access Network
2.3 Base Stations and LTE Network Architecture
2.4 The Advent and Importance of Self-Organising Networks
2.5 Differentiating between LTE FDD and TD-LTE
2.6 Worldwide LTE Network Deployments 2014
3. The Global LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
3.1 Global LTE Base Station Market Drivers and Restraints
3.2 263 LTE Networks Have Commercially Launched Till Date
3.3 Global LTE Connections to Hit 1.1 Billion in 2017
3.4 Global LTE Base Station Revenue 2014-2024
3.5 Global LTE Base Station Shipment Forecast 2014-2024
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4. Regional LTE Base Station Markets 2014-2024
4.1 LTE Base Station Regional Market Share Forecast 2014-2024
4.2 The North American LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
4.3 The Asia Pacific LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
4.4 The European LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
4.5 The Latin American LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
4.6 The Middle East and Africa LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
5. LTE Base Station Submarkets 2014-2024
5.1 LTE Base Station Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
5.1.1 LTE Macrocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
5.1.2 LTE Microcell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
5.1.3 LTE Picocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
5.1.4 LTE Femtocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
5.1.5 LTE Metrocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024
5.2 LTE Base Station Submarkets Shipment Forecast 2014-2024
5.3 Macrocells – Is Their Importance Waning with Migration to LTE?
5.3.1 Could Macrocells be a Constraint on Competitive LTE Expansion?
5.3.2 Addressing the Capacity Crunch
5.4 Small Cells – Increasingly Dense Usage in Urban LTE
5.4.1 Femtocell Deployments in Public Spaces
5.4.1.1 4G Public Space Femtocell Complementing Macro Coverage
5.4.1.2 The Role of Femtocells in HetNets
5.4.2 The Role of Picocells in Indoor Coverage
5.4.3 Microcells Filling the Macro Gaps
5.4.4 The Novel Concept and Applications of Metrocells
5.4.4.1 How Are Metrocells Lowering LTE Network Costs?
5.5 Other Crucial Structures in LTE Networks
5.5.1 How Evolved Node Bs Are Reducing Network Latency
5.5.2 4G Mini eNode B
5.6 Trends in LTE Base Station Deployments
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6. SWOT Analysis of the LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
7. Expert Opinion
7.1 Visiongain Interview with NEC
7.1.1 Competitive Differentiation Driving the LTE Base Station Market
7.1.2 Key Trends & Developments in the LTE Base Station Market
7.1.3 Technological Developments in the LTE Base Station Market
7.1.4 Global LTE Base Station Market Outlook
7.2 Visiongain Interview with
Alcatel-Lucent
7.2.1 Key Trends & Developments in the LTE Base Station Market
7.2.2 Alcatel-Lucent LTE Base Station Offerings
7.2.3 Small Cells Gaining Traction
7.2.4 Technological Developments in the LTE Base Station Market
8. Leading Vendors in the LTE Base Station Market
8.1 Ericsson
8.1.1 Ericsson’s RBS 6000 Series eNodeB
8.1.2 Recent LTE Contracts
8.1.3 Ericsson LTE Broadcast Solution Awards
8.2 Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN)
8.2.1 NSN’s Flexi Multiradio Base Station
8.2.2 Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station
8.2.3 Flexi Lite Base Station
8.2.4 NSN Debuts Smallest LTE Small Cells
8.2.5 Recent NSN LTE Contracts
8.3 Alcatel-Lucent
8.3.1 Alcatel-Lucent 9100 Multi-Standard Base Station
8.3.2 Alcatel-Lucent 9926 Distributed Base Station
8.3.3 Alcatel-Lucent 9412 eNodeB Compact
8.3.4 Recent Alcatel-Lucent LTE Contracts
8.4 Huawei
8.4.1 Overarching Design Philosophy of Huawei Base Stations
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8.4.2 Bringing Flexible Deployment with the BTS3900 and BTS3900A
8.4.3 BTS 3900L
8.4.4 DBS3900
8.4.5 Huawei Won a Total of 241 LTE contracts by 2013
8.5 ZTE
8.5.1 ZTE’s TD-LTE Range
8.5.1.1 Multimode BBU ZXSDR B8300
8.5.1.2 Compact Dual-path RRU ZXSDR R8962
8.5.1.3 Dual-carrier 4-path RRU ZXSDR R8964
8.5.1.4 ZTE’s TD-LTE Micro Coverage Solutions
8.5.1.5 How ZTE is Aiming for Broad Commercial Appeal
8.5.2 ZTE’s LTE FDD Range
8.5.2.1 2T4R Multimode RRU ZXSDR R8882
8.5.2.2 Compact Micro eNodeB ZXSDR BS8912
8.5.2.3 Large Capacity Multimode BBU ZXSDR B8200
8.5.2.4 LTE Small Cell Products
8.5.3 Recent ZTE’s Contracts
8.6 NEC
8.6.1 NEC’s MB4300 Compact eNodeB Base Station
8.6.2 Targeting a Variety of Markets through Small Cells
8.6.3 NEC Corporation Selected by NTT DOCOMO
8.7 Samsung
8.7.1 Samsung eNodeB
8.7.2 Samsung Macro Base Stations
8.7.3 Small Cell Range
8.7.4 Samsung Electronics and KT Join Forces
8.7.5 Recent LTE Contracts
8.8 Airspan
8.8.1 Airspan 4G LTE Solutions
8.8.2 AirSynergy: Outdoor Pico Base Station
8.8.3 Air4Gp Freestyler
8.8.4 Air4G - Macro 4G LTE-Advanced Base Station
8.9 Airvana
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8.9.1 Airvana Femtocells
8.9.2 Airvana Sells EV-DO Macro-Cellular Business to Ericsson
8.10 Operator Strategies
8.10.1 AT&T
8.10.2 China Mobile
8.10.3 Etisalat
8.10.4 O2 & Telefonica
8.10.5 TeliaSonera
8.10.6 T-Mobile & Deutsche Telekom
8.10.7 Verizon Wireless
8.10.8 Vodafone
8.10.9 Zain
9. Conclusion
9.1 Global LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
9.2 Global LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.3 Regional LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.3.1 The North American LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.3.2 Asia Pacific LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.3.3 European LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.3.4 The Latin American LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.3.5 The Middle East & African LTE Base Station Shipments 2014-2024
9.4 The LTE Base Station Submarkets 2014-2024
9.4.1 The LTE Macrocell Submarket 2014-2024
9.4.2 The LTE Microcell Submarket 2014-2024
9.4.3 The LTE Picocell Submarkets 2014-2024
9.4.4 The LTE Femtocell Submarket 2014-2024
9.4.5 The Metrocell Submarket 2014-2024
9.5 Prospects for the LTE Base Station Market
10. Glossary
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List of Figures in this Report
Figure 2.1 Global LTE Base Station Market Overview
Figure 3.3 Global LTE Network Growth & Forecast 2014-2024(Networks, AGR %)
Figure 3.5 Global LTE Connections Forecast 2014-2024(mn, AGR %)
Figure 3.7 Global LTE Base Station Revenue Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
Figure 3.9 Global LTE Base Station Shipments Forecast 2014-2024 (Units mn, AGR %)
Figure 4.2 Regional LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024 ($ billion)
Figure 4.4: Regional LTE Base Station Market Share Forecast 2014 (%)
Figure 4.5: Regional Base Station Market Share Forecast 2019 (%)
Figure 4.6: Regional LTE Base Station Market Share Forecast 2024 (%)
Figure 4.7: North American LTE Base Station Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue ($
bn, AGR %)
Figure 4.8 North American LTE Base Station Revenue Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.10: North American LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (%
share)
Figure 4.11: Asia Pacific LTE Base Station Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue ($ bn,
AGR %)
Figure 4.12 Asia Pacific LTE Base Station Revenue Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.14: Asia Pacific LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.15: European LTE Base Station Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue ($ bn,
AGR %)
Figure 4.16 European LTE Base Station Revenue Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.18: European LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.19: Latin American LTE Base Station Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue ($
bn, AGR %)
Figure 4.20 Latin American LTE Base Station Revenue Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.22: Latin American LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.23: ME & Africa LTE Base Station Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue ($ bn,
AGR %)
Figure 4.24: ME & Africa LTE Base Station Revenue Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 4.26: ME & Africa LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 5.2: LTE Base Station Submarket Revenue Forecast 2014-2024 ($ billion)
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Figure 5.3: LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2014 (%)
Figure 5.4: LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2019 (%)
Figure 5.5: LTE Base Station Submarket Share Forecast 2024 (%)
Figure 5.6: LTE Base Station Submarket AGR Forecast 2014-2024 (%)
Figure 5.8: LTE Macrocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
Figure 5.9: LTE Macrocell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 5.11: LTE Microcell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
Figure 5.12: LTE Microcell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 5.14: LTE Picocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
Figure 5.15: LTE Picocell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 5.17: LTE Femtocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
Figure 5.18: LTE Femtocell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 5.20: LTE Metrocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
Figure 5.21: LTE Metrocell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
Figure 5.23: LTE Base Station Submarket Shipment Forecast 2014-2024 (units)
Figure 5.24: LTE Base Station Submarket Shipment Share Forecast 2014 (%)
Figure 5.25: LTE Base Station Submarket Shipment Share Forecast 2019 (%)
Figure 5.26: LTE Base Station Submarket Shipment Share Forecast 2024(%)
Figure 5.27: LTE Base Station Submarket Shipment AGR Forecast 2014-2024 (%)
Figure 5.29: Femtocell Architecture
Figure 8.1: Leading LTE Base Station Vendor Market Share 2014 (%)
Figure 8.3: Global Map of Ericsson’s LTE Contracts
List of Tables in this Report
Table 1.1 Global LTE Connections Forecast Summary 2014, 2019, 2024 (mn, CAGR %)
Table 1.2 Global LTE Base Station Revenue Forecast Summary 2014, 2019, 2024 ($bn, CAGR %)
Table 1.3 Global LTE Base Station Shipments Forecast 2014, 2019, 2024 (Units mn, CAGR %)
Table 1.4 Global LTE Base Station Submarket Revenue Forecast Summary 2014, 2019, 2024 ($ billion,
CAGR %)
Table 1.5 Regional LTE Base Station Market Forecast Summary 2014, 2019, 2024 ($ billion, CAGR %)
Table 2.2 LTE Functions of eNodeBs
Table 2.3 Difference between FDD-LTE and TD-LTE
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Table 2.4 Global LTE Deployments
Table 3.1 Global LTE Base Station Market Drivers and Restraints 2014-2024
Table 3.2: Global LTE Network Growth & Forecast 2014-2024(Networks Deployed, AGR %, CAGR %,
Cumulative)
Table 3.4: Global LTE Connections Forecast 2014-2024 (mn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 3.6: Global LTE Base Station Revenue Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 3.8: Global LTE Base Station Shipments Forecast 2014-2024 (Units mn, AGR %, CAGR %,
Cumulative)
Table 4.1 Regional LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024 ($ billion, AGR %)
Table 4.3 Regional LTE Base Station Revenue Market Share Forecast 2014-2024 (%)
Table 4.9: North American LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell
(Revenue $bn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.13: Asia Pacific LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue
(Revenue $bn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.17: European LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell (Revenue
$bn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.21: Latin American LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell
Revenue (Revenue $bn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 4.25: ME & Africa LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024: Macrocell vs. Small Cell Revenue
(Revenue $bn, AGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.1: LTE Base Station Submarket Revenue Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn; AGR %)
Table 5.7: LTE Macrocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.10: LTE Microcell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.13: LTE Picocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.16: LTE Femtocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.19: LTE Metrocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %, CAGR %, Cumulative)
Table 5.22 LTE Base Station Submarket Shipment Forecast 2014-2024 (million units; AGR %)
Table 5.28 Small Cell Basic Definitional Rubric
Table 5.30 Characteristics Differentiating Femtocell from Picocell
Table 6.1 SWOT Analysis of the LTE Base Station Market 2014-2024
Table 8.2 Ericsson Company Overview
Table 8.4: Ericsson’s LTE Contracts by Region
Table 8.5 NSN Company Overview
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Table 8.6 NSN LTE Contracts 2013
Table 8.7 Alcatel-Lucent Company Overview
Table 8.8 Huawei Company Overview
Table 8.9 Huawei Design Principles
Table 8.10 ZTE Company Overview
Table 8.11 NEC Company Overview
Table 8.12 Samsung Company Overview
Companies Mentioned in this Report
3
3 Denmark
3 HK
3 UK
A1 Telekom
Adams NetWorks
Aero2
Airspan
Airvana
Alaska Communications
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)
Alfa Lebanon
Algar Telecom
Altel
Andorra Telecom
Antel
Appalachian Wireless
Apple
Armentel
AT&T Mobility
AT&T
Augere
Azercell
Babilon-Mobile
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Bakrie Telecom
BASE
Batelco
Beeline
Belgacom/Proximus
Belgacome (Proximus)
Bell Labs
Bell Mobility
BendBroadband
Bharti Airtel
Bhutan Telecom
Bluegrass Cellular
Bouygues Telecom
BSNL
BTC
C Spire Wireless
Celcom Axiata
Celcom Malaysia
Cellcom
Chariton Valley
Chungwa Telecom
CMCC China
Chat Mobility
China Mobile
China Telecom
Cisco
Claro
Clearwire
CM HK
Copper Valley Telecom
Cosmote
COTA (Murcia4G)
Cricket
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CSL Limited
Custer Telephone
Deutsche Telekom
Dialog LTE TDD later FDD
DiGi
Digitel
DNA
DoCoMo Pacific
DST
Du
E Plus
eAccess
Eastlink
Econet Wireless
EE
Elisa
Emirates Telecommunications
EMT
Emtel
Energy Australia Ausgrid
Entel Movil
Entel PCS
Ericsson
ETC
Etisalat
Evolve Broadband
Fastlink (Regional Telecom)
Fjarskipti (Vodafone Iceland)
FPT Telecom
Free
Glo Mobile
Globe
GTA
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Hi3G
Huawei
ICE
iConnect
IDC Moldova
Indosat
IT&E
Italia
KDDI
KPN
KPN Base
KT
LG U+
LIME
LMT
M1
Magticom
Magyar Telekom
Maxis
Max Telecom Bulgaria
Megafon
Menatelecom
Meteor
MetroPCS
Mid-Rivers Communications
MiSpot
Mobikom Austria
Mobily KSA
Mobinil
Mobitel
Moldcell
Monaco Telecom
Mosaic Telecom
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Motorola
Movicel
Movistar
MTA
MTC
M-Tel
MTN
MTN Uganda (LTE TDD)
MTNL
Mobile Telesystems(MTS)
MTS Allstream
MTS Russia
Nawras
NBN Co
Ncell
NEC Corporation
NEC India Pvt. Ltd.
Neo-Sky
Neotel
NetAmerica Alliance
NEC Neva Communications Systems
Nex-Tech Wireless
Nokia Solutions and Networks
Nortex Communications
Northwest Cell
Nova
nTelos Wireless
NTT DoCoMo
O2
Oi Brasil
Oman Tel
Omnitel
On
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Ooredoo Qatar
Open Mobile
Optimus
Optus
Orange
Orange Switzerland
Orange Armenia
Orange Dominicana
Orange Moldova
Orange Slovakia
Panhandle (PTCI)
PCCW
Peoples Telephone Co-op
Pioneer Cellular
Polkomtel
Polkomtel Plus
Portugal Telecom
POST
PT Internux
PVT/Fuego Wireless
Qualcomm India
Real Wireless
Reliance
Rogers Wireless
Rostelecom
Ruckuss
Scartel
S and R Communications
S&T Telephone Cooperative
Saima Telecom
Samsung Electronics Ltd.
Sasktel
Setar NV
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SFR
Shentel
Si.mobil
Siminn
SingTel
SK Telecom
Sky Brazil
Slovak Telekom
Smart Communications
Smartone
Smartone Vodafone
Smile
Softbank Mobile
Spectranet
SpeedConnect
Sprint
Sprint Nextel
Sprocket Wireless
StarHub
STC
Strata Networks
Sunrise Communications
Swift Networks (LTE TDD)
Swisscom
Syringa Wireless
Telstra
T Mobile
T Mobile US
Tango
TDC
TelaSonera
Telcel
Tele2
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Tele2 Netherlands
Tele2 Sweden
Telecom NZ
Tele-Post Greenland
Telefonica
Telefonica Germany
Telefonica Movistar
Telefonica O2
Telefonica Slovakia
Telenet
TeleNor
Telenor Hungary
Telenor Magyarorszag
Telenor Sweden
Tele-Post
TeliaSonera
Telkom Mobile
Telkomsel Indonesia
Telstra
Telus
T-Hrvatski Telekom
Thumb Cellular
Tigo
Tikona Digital
TIM
TIM Brasil
TMN (Portugal Telecom)
T-Mobile
T-Mobile Austria
T-Mobile Croatia
T-Mobile Czech Republic
T-Mobile Deutschland
T-Mobile Hungary
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T-Mobile Macedonia
T-Mobile Netherlands
T-Mobile Slovensko
T-Mobile UK
T-Mobile USA
TN Mobile
Tricom
True Move
TSKL
U Mobile
Ubiquisys
UCell
UK Broadband (LTE TDD)
UME EPM
Une
Une-UPM
United Wireless
Unitel
UPC
US Cellular
Vainakh Telecom
VDC
Verizon
Verizon Wireless
VHA
Videotron
Viettel
Vimpelcom
VIPNet
Virgin Media
Viva Bahrain
Viva Cell-MTS
Vivacell-MTS
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Vivo
Vox
Vodafone
Vodafone Egypt
Wataniya
Yoigo
Zain
Zain Bahrain
Zain Group
Zain Kuwait
ZTE
Organisations Mentioned in this Report
3GPP
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Computer & Communication Industry Association (CCIA)
Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Small Cell Forum
TASR
Mobile World Congress
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Infrastructure for 4G Mobile Telecommunications
Figure 5.17: LTE Femtocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)
2
60
1.8
50
1.6
40
1.2
1
30
AGR %
Revenue $bn
1.4
0.8
20
0.6
0.4
10
0.2
0
0
2014
2015
2016
2017
Year
2018
2019
2020
2021
Femtocells Revenue
2022
2023
2024
AGR %
Source: Visiongain 2014
Figure 5.18: LTE Femtocell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)
2014
3.5
2019
7.3
2024
10.6
Source: Visiongain 2014
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Top Companies Creating the Next Generation
Infrastructure for 4G Mobile Telecommunications
7. Expert Opinion
7.1 Visiongain Interview with NEC
Visiongain conducted an interview with Ravinder Raina, Country Head - Platform Solutions Group
at NEC India Pvt. Limited about his viewpoint of the LTE Base Station market.
7.1.1 Competitive Differentiation Driving the LTE Base Station Market
Visiongain: What are the possible market drivers and restraints in the LTE Base Station
market?
Ravinder Raina: Competitive differentiation and being first to market are the key reasons for
launching LTE. The biggest challenges facing operators deploying LTE are business-oriented:
pricing models and lack of a clear business proposition.
7.1.2 Key Trends & Developments in the LTE Base Station Market
Visiongain: What would you say are the key trends and recent developments in the LTE
Base Station market and why?
Ravinder Raina: The following LTE base station deployment models are becoming popular:
•
Multiradio base stations (MR-BTS): These base stations usually power more than one air
interface, often all GSM, UMTS and LTE. They are also referred to as "single RAN," in
which a single baseband unit & radio remote unit support concurrent technologies in order
to save on cell-site real estate, power and maintenance.
•
LTE overlay: In this case, LTE technology is laid over an existing network, without affecting
the operation of previous air interfaces. This is also common in markets where networks
have been modernized with MS-BTS, or in cases where LTE has to be deployed rapidly for
quick market entry.
Both LTE-deployment models offer relative merits and drawbacks, which are typically influenced by
market status, the existing network, vendor relationships, spectrum holdings, the availability of LTE
in the particular market and a variety of other factors.
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22. LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024:
Top Companies Creating the Next Generation
Infrastructure for 4G Mobile Telecommunications
8.2.5 Recent NSN LTE Contracts
In 2013, the following operators have partnered with Nokia Solutions and Networks for its LTE
solutions and services. Please see Table 8.6 below.
Table 8.6 NSN LTE Contracts 2013
Dec 18th, China Telecom
Dec 16th, Chunghwa Telecom Taiwan
Oct 30th, Sprint U.S.
Oct 29th, CMCC China
Oct 29th, Oi Brasil
Sept 25th, Celcom Malaysia
Sept 5th, LTE-A, Korea
Sept 5th, Tele2 Netherlands
July 12th, TELE Greenland*
July 3rd, MTS Russia
July 1st, Mobily KSA
June 16th, Max Telecom Bulgaria
April 24th, Ooredoo Qatar
April 3rd, TIM Brasil
March 27th, Tango Luxembourg
March 13th, AMX (Claro) Chile*
Feb 28th, Vodafone New Zealand
Feb 26th, Orange Switzerland
Feb 26th, E-Plus group Germany
Feb 21st, NTT DOCOMO Japan
Feb 21st, Movistar Chile
Feb 19th, DOCOMO PACIFIC
Jan 29th, SFR France
Jan 16th, U.S.Cellular
May 15th, Alfa Lebanon
Source: Visiongain 2014
In January 2014, Telkomsel Indonesia recently upgraded its GSM and 3G HSPA+ network
throughout the country using NSN's radio and core network, as well as comprehensive services.
NSN also provided refarming services for the 1800MHz GSM band, which helped the carrier to
provider 4G LTE services for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO summit in Bali,
Oct. 1-8, 2013. It was the first publicly available LTE network in that Asian nation.
Under the contract to upgrade Telekomsel’s GSM and 3G network, NSN supplied its Single RAN
platform; in addition, the company implemented its NetAct network management system that
enables consolidated monitoring, management and operation of Telkomsel’s GSM and 3G
network. The contract covers network planning and optimization, network implementation, system
integration, as well as care services from NSN.
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