142,000 3G LTE Base Stations To Be Purchased
142,000 3G LTE Base Stations To Be Purchased
9th July , 2009
US : 3G mobile operators will purchase 142,000 base stations world-wide in 2010 and this figure will rise sharply in 2011 and 2012 according to a new report from ABI Research. Left shows senior analyst Nadine Manjaro who is quoted below.
The amount 3G mobile operators will spend on 3G LTE base stations in 2011 is estimated to be over 3.2 Billion US dollars.
Base station equipment makers are the lucky winners benefiting from a number of already announced contracts and the rest to be tendered for.
Noteable wins to date :
Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Starent for Verizon Wireless ( US )
NTT-DOCOMO, Ericsson for NEC and Fujitsu ( both Japan )
Ericsson and Huawei for TeliaSonera ( Europe )
The new report from ABI Research - LTE/GSM Long Term Evolution (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003359)
It provides an overview of :
- operators’ strategies
- vendor solutions
- frequency bands used
- latest development in the IPR analysis
- list of all operators with defined LTE plans
- potential CAPEX spending
“There may be a new opportunity here for Nokia Siemens Networks,” notes Manjaro. “Nortel was early to market with LTE base station equipment, but its bankruptcy preempted that market push. With NSN’s acquisition of Nortel’s LTE assets, it is well placed to benefit from that early market presence.”
“Vendors will be shipping base station equipment in significant quantities in 2010 ahead of limited trials that typically last about a year, followed by full commercial launches,” says senior analyst Nadine Manjaro. “Many operators have been talking about re-use of existing equipment, but ABI Research understands that while there may be sharing of masts and cabinets most of those 142,000 base stations will have completely new baseband and RF components, because operators will generally try to keep the new LTE networks separate from their legacy networks.”
ABI Research vice president Jake Saunders also points out that, “Due to LTE’s propagation characteristics and higher frequencies, operators will eventually have to deploy extra sites to iron out gaps in coverage.”
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