Webbは更に続ける。「弊社は依然としてアウトドア・スモールセル市場が形成されるであろうと信じておりますが、しかし2013年に事態が進展する―あるいは進展しない―スピードを基に判断すると、その市場が滑走路から飛び立つまでにはもう少し時間が必要でしょう。」 アウトドア・スモールセル・バックホール市場のハイライト
- アウトドア・スモールセルの展開は、主として都市部やハイトラフィックエリア(通信量が集中する場所)で飽和したマクロセルラー・ネットワークを拡張し、そしてモバイル・ブロードバンド・エクスペリエンスを改善しようとするモバイル接続業者のニーズによって促進させられるだろう。
- ワイヤレス・マイクロ波技術に関しては、認可済ミリ波がアウトドア・スモールセル・バックホール売上高の最も大きな部分を占めている。
- アウトドア・スモールセル・バックホール接続は2017年に656,000接続に達する見込みである。
- アウトドア・スモールセルの料金請求額は、もともとは北米がリードしていたが、Infoneticsは2017年までに地域的収益シェアはアジア太平洋地域とEMEA(ヨーロッパ、中東及びアフリカ)地域にシフトすると予測している。
- 2013年から2017年までの5年間に渡って、全世界で累計36億ドルがアウトドア・スモールセル・バックホール設備に費やされ、2015年にはマーケットがフル回転に入るであろうとInfoneticsは予想している。
- この数字は同じ5年間にマクロセル・バックホール設備に費やされる430億ドル強に加算されるものである。
- Infonetics' biannual small cell mobile backhaul report tracks equipment used for transporting traffic from outdoor small cell sites, such as those attached to light poles, utility poles, and the sides and tops of buildings. Equipment tracked includes DSL modems and DSLAMs, Ethernet over copper, Ethernet over fiber, 6GHz microwave, point-to-point (P2P) microwave, point-to-multi-point (P2MP) microwave, and licensed and unlicensed millimeter wave.
- The report provides worldwide and regional market size, forecasts through 2017, analysis, and trends for equipment, connections, and cell sites by type. Vendors tracked: Actelis, Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent, AOptix, Aviat, BlinQ Networks, BluWan, BridgeWave, Calix, Cambridge Broadband, Celtro, Ceragon, Ciena, Cisco, Dragonwave, E-Band, ECI, Ericsson, Fastback, Fujitsu, Huawei, Juniper, MRV, NEC, NSN, Overture, Positron-Aktino, RAD Data, Radwin, Samsung, Siklu, Sub10 Systems, Taqua, Tarana, ZTE, and many others.
Outdoor small cell backhaul equipment expected to reach critical mass in 2015 London, UK, December 18, 2013-Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest Small Cell Mobile Backhaul Equipment report, which tracks and forecasts outdoor small cell backhaul equipment revenue, units, connections and small cell sites by medium (copper, fiber, air). ANALYST NOTE Although Infonetics has never been bullish about the rate of adoption of outdoor small cells, from the relatively modest scale of deployments in 2013 we now expect critical mass in outdoor small cells to be achieved a little later than previously forecast, still some two years out from now. This, of course, directly impacts the small cell backhaul market, which will scale in parallel," notes Richard Webb, directing analyst for microwave and carrier WiFi at Infonetics.
Webb continues: "We still believe the outdoor small cell market will happen, but judging by the speed at which things moved-or didn't move-in 2013, it's just going to take a little longer to get off the runway." OUTDOOR SMALL CELL BACKHAUL MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Deployments of outdoor small cells will be driven largely by mobile operators' need to enhance saturated macrocellular networks in urban, high-traffic areas and improve the mobile broadband experience
- Of the wireless microwave technologies, licensed millimeter wave accounts for the largest portion of outdoor small cell backhaul revenue
- Outdoor small cell backhaul connections are expected to reach 656,000 in 2017
- Though North America originally led the outdoor small cell charge, Infonetics expects regional revenue share to shift to Asia Pacific and EMEA by 2017
- Infonetics expects a cumulative $3.6 billion to be spent worldwide on outdoor small cell backhaul equipment over the 5 years from 2013 to 2017, with the market kicking into high gear in 2015
- This figure is in addition to the over $43 billion being spent on macrocell backhaul equipment during the same 5-year period (see Macrocell Mobile Backhaul Equipment and Services report)