Global small cells market revenues to reach $640.8 Million in 2013

Monday 2 September 2013, Amsterdam

Our analysis indicates that the total value of the global small cells market revenues reach $640.8 million by the end of 2013, fuelled by an ever increasing demand for ubiquitous access to mobile broadband.

Traditional networks optimised for homogeneous traffic face unprecedented challenges to meet the demand cost effectively. In parallel, new applications are raising expectations for higher data rates in both the uplink and the downlink. Heterogeneous networks (Hetnets) are an attractive means of expanding mobile network capacity. A Hetnet is typically composed of multiple radio access technologies, architectures, transmission solutions and base stations of varying transmission power.

In order to meet these requirements an increasing number of small cells are being deployed by operators to provide a second layer of coverage in wireless networks resulting in higher throughput and data rates. They are typically low power cells as these use less energy than macro cells and have smaller physical footprint.

More recently, with the widespread rollout of 4G LTE technologies there has been a renewed vigour in the deployment of 4G networks hence boosting revenues for the 4G based small cells equipment market. Operators are required to deploy small cells in order to keep up with the increasing capacity and coverage requirements for ubiquitous access to mobile broadband at 4G speeds.

This report predicts huge growth rates in the small cells market, particularly in the 4G small cell types. The market is poised for vendors and solution providers as there is a huge uptake both from the consumer market, enterprise sector and the mobile operators, driven by limited spectrum and capacity constraints. The overall small cells market is growing and will continue to do so over the forecast period 2013-2018

The author of the Global Small Cells Market 2013-2018 report commented that ‘2G/3G small cells have already been used widely by operators for quite some time now, for the purposes of boosting network capacity in urban areas, provide wider coverage in rural areas, and furthermore to extend services into large public areas such as train stations, airports and shopping malls.’

The 156 page report contains 69 tables, charts and graphs that add visual analysis in order to explain developing trends within the global small cells market. This report provides forecasts for the period 2013-2018 in terms of small cell market size and shipment units for the global small cells market, as well as a breakdown into five submarkets (market value and shipments) for, 2G/3G Microcells, 2G/3GPicocells, 2G/3G Femtocells, 4G Public Space Femtocells, 4G Mini eNode B. In addition, 5 regional small cells markets have been forecasted and analysed over the period 2013-2018 in market value terms and small cell shipments. The report also provides profiles of 69 leading companies operating within the global small cells ecosystem, and includes an exclusive interview with Stoke which is a prominent company in the global small cells value chain, providing their expert insight alongside our analysis.

The report gives a holistic view of the global small cells market and lays a strong emphasis on the dynamics of the market, with a critical analysis of how key industry players can effectively leverage the market in order to get ahead of competition. The report looks at established, emerging and innovative market players, their different offerings and the current and future outlook of the small cells market on a global and regional level.

The Global Small Cells Market 2013-2018 report will be of value to current and future potential investors into the small cells sector, as well as companies and research centres who wish to broaden their knowledge of the small cells market ecosystem.