A new study from ABI Research forecasts worldwide deployment revenues
from in-building wireless systems to grow from $3.8 billion in 2007 to
more than $15 billion in 2013. Drivers for this tremendous growth
include consumers’ growing dependence on
wireless voice and messaging communications, as well as an increasingly
competitive mobile operator environment. But underlying all demand
drivers is a fundamental connectivity issue.
According to principal analyst Dan Shey, “The
higher frequencies used by 3G technologies impose limits on wireless
coverage inside buildings based on current cell site distributions. The
business case is made for deployment of in-building wireless systems
because mobile data services are capturing a greater share of subscribers’
mobile services spend.”
But every region and operator has a different set of network
technologies, competitive conditions and mobile usage. Fortunately for
the owners of in-building systems, which include businesses, operators
and building owners, a range of solutions make in-building wireless
systems economically viable. System configurations can include passive
and active distributed antenna systems, multi-band repeaters and
antennas, picocells, femtocells, coax, fiber and CAT-5 cabling.
The range of systems and solutions, however, creates a very complex and
competitive supplier environment where product development, pricing and
even consolidation will be the important levers for suppliers to
maintain growth rates in line with system deployment growth.
In-building wireless systems will also create the network conditions for
additional service capabilities including public safety band coverage,
alternative broadband and voice network access, and managed services.
Says Shey, “In-building wireless networks will
become more than simply an extension of the cellular macro network. They
will become the basis for delivery of a range of business services that
will ultimately change how wireless telecommunications are provided
indoors.”
The new report, entitled “In-Building
Wireless: Connecting Networks and Services,”
(http://www.abiresearch.com/products/market_research/IBW),
examines the critical demand drivers for in-building wireless systems.
Included in the demand driver review are forecasts and estimates of the
impact they will have on different systems by region. The discussion
outlines the advantages and limitations of each system, and profiles the
companies that are providing market-leading equipment and services.
System forecasts are provided by region and by building size for
revenues, deployments, installation costs and penetration. Equipment
shipment and revenue forecasts by region are also provided for five
primary system components.
This study forms part of two ABI Research Services, Business
Mobility (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/SE-BMO)
and Mobile
Networks (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/SE-MNET).
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