Shipments of outdoor metrocells and...
Shipments of outdoor metrocells and indoor capacity nodes should surpass shipments of residential femtocells by 2016, Mobile Experts said Wednesday in a new forecast. Residential femtocell shipments were weak in 2012, and Mobile Experts now predicts shipments will only grow…
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by about 12 percent per year over the next five years. Mobile operators are pushing for high-capacity small cells, helping drive stronger growth through capacity upgrades, Mobile Experts said. The Asia-Pacific market has led in small cell adoption, and is “stretching the femtocell into areas where the small cells are handling capacity effectively for operators like KT, SKT, and NTT DoCoMo,” said Joe Madden, principal analyst for Mobile Experts, in a news release. “Many other operators around the world will follow this example, as the LTE macro roll-out is completed and capacity tightens up in North America, China, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. The bottom line is that small cells are 65 [percent] less expensive than macro base stations, for adding mobile capacity."