LTE Base Station Market 2014 2024

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LTE Base Station Market Forecast 2014-2024

Top Companies Creating the Next Generation Infrastructure for 4G Mobile Telecommunications

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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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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


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


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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Contents 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

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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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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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Contents 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

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Contents 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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Contents 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 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 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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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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Figure 5.17: LTE Femtocell Submarket Forecast 2014-2024 ($ bn, AGR %)

Source: Visiongain 2014

Figure 5.18: LTE Femtocell Submarket Share Forecast 2014, 2019, and 2024 (% share)

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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.



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


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.