
E-/V-band microwave equipment sales grow rapidly
The market research firm reports that ultra-high capacity microwave revenue grew nearly 30 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2015, marking the tenth consecutive quarter of such high double-digit percentage growth.
"The current market for ultra-high capacity microwave systems is small but the potential is big," said Jimmy Yu, Vice President of Microwave Transmission research at Dell’Oro Group. "Use of mobile broadband will continue to rise and installation of higher capacity LTE radios is a given. But what about backhauling when those capacity requirements exceed standard microwave system capabilities and when fiber isn’t available? This is where we think E-band and V-band microwave shines, especially in countries that have favorable spectrum lease terms," Yu added.
The top three manufacturers in descending order in this space have the following trailing four quarter share of revenue: Huawei, 25%: Siklu, 14% : and NEC, 13%.
