LTE sales overtake WiMax, says analyst
The overall 2G, 3G, 4G infrastructure market showed equipment spending up 25.2 percent year-over year (2Q10 to 2Q11) and up 4.5 percent sequentially in 2Q11, the firm said.
The cumulative total of nearly $250 billion is going to be spent on mobile infrastructure during the five years 2011 to 2015
In the 4G segment the global LTE (Long Term Evolution) equipment market was about $600 million in 2Q11 while the equivalent WiMax market was about $500 million, the firm reckons. The two markets together are set to show a compound annual growth rate of 46 percent over the five years from 2010 to 2015.
"Although LTE and 4G continue to make the headlines, GSM was definitely the 2Q11 reality, with massive capacity upgrades in China and India. In addition, 2G and 3G network modernization with multi-standard base transceiver stations (BTS) continues to be strong and will remain the main theme throughout the second half of 2011," said Stephane Teral, principal analyst for mobile infrastructure at Infonetics Research (Campbell, CA).
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