3G Signal Reception To Trigger 3G Femtocell Growth
3G Signal Reception To Trigger Femtocell Growth
11th September , 2009
Europe : It is predicted that there will be strong growth of 3G femtocells with subscribers rising to over 15 million around the world during 2012. The growth will mainly come from home users using femtocells for improved 3G mobile voice and broadband.
The prediction comes from Juniper Research who used three road maps for different routes to market and came to the conclusion that there is substantial scope for femtocell subscriber growth.
Juniper also predicted that although femtocells are currently stand alone units they will likely be integrated within the wireless router and OEMs are already working on this.
Other findings included :
- Revenues from new, advanced femtocell services will gain traction as soon as 2011.
- Shipments of standalone femtocells will take off over the 2011/12 period, but integrated units will be larger in value by 2014.
- The top three regions for femtocell subscribers in 2014 will be Western Europe, North America and the Far East & China.
"Surprisingly for some people, surveys such as that by Orange[1] in March show that most mobile usage actually takes place from our homes. Poor indoor signal strength and slow web access are quite common problems faced by users. Femtocells offer an attractive solution – both for users and network operators who themselves can achieve economies through data traffic offload.” Said Femtocells report author Howard Wilcox.
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