Dell'Oro Predicts Growing Use of Wireless Backhaul for 5G
The mobile backhaul transport market is expected to hit $5.3 billion worldwide by 2025 because of 5G expansion in areas where wireless backhaul works best, Dell'Oro Group said Thursday. “Demand for wireless backhaul is on the rise,” said Jimmy Yu,…
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Dell’Oro vice president. “Early in the 5G deployment cycle, the main backhaul technology used was fiber-based, resulting in five solid years of fiber backhaul revenue growth,” he said: “Going forward, we expect more of the 5G deployments to take place in locations without accessibility to fiber as well as in countries that traditionally favor wireless backhaul systems, driving a lot more growth for Microwave Transmission equipment in the future.” The microwave transmission market ended contraction in 2020 caused by declining 4G deployment, the firm said. The next growth cycle, driven by 5G, started in 2021 and is projected to grow at an annual rate of 4% through 2025. About 75% of the microwave transmission market is tied to mobile backhaul, Dell’Oro said.