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Mobile Backhaul Hits $8.2B
OCTOBER 31, 2007
CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Mobile operators and backhaul transport providers are expected to spend $8.2 billion on mobile first mile backhaul equipment in 2010, with Ethernet copper and fiber equipment growing the fastest, says Infonetics Research in its latest "Mobile Backhaul Equipment, Installed Base, and Services" report.
According to the report, the top 3 drivers behind the rapidly increasing numbers of mobile backhaul base stations, cell sites, base stations per cell site, and required bandwidth include:
A fast-growing number of worldwide mobile subscribers, which is jumping from 2.6 billion in 2006 to 4.2 billion in 2010
Heavy competition, which is forcing operators to upgrade their equipment and network capacity to improve and add new subscriber services
An explosion in mobile data and video use, which requires providers to significantly increase the bandwidth they offer, from Kbps to a few Mbps to tens of Mbps
"2008 will be the year of adoption for IP/Ethernet backhaul, and 2009 will kick off the Ethernet mobile backhaul revolution," said Michael Howard, principal analyst of Infonetics Research and lead analyst on the report. "Ethernet made up just 1% of total mobile backhaul equipment revenue in 2006, but will grow to 21% of the market by 2010. The Swisscom Mobile contract that Tellabs won recently for IP, Ethernet, and pseudowire cell site backhaul is the first of many we'll see over the next 18 months." |
