Femtocells to Dominate Market for Indoor Cell Coverage, According to In-Stat

While femtocells were virtually nonexistent in 2006, and deployed by one operator in 2007, they will make up 61% of small cellular base station revenue by 2013, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Microcells, picocells, and femtocells provide indoor cell phone coverage in a cost-effective manner.

“As mobile operators migrate from larger base stations to smaller access points, the number of units deployed will explode dramatically,” says Allen Nogee, In-Stat analyst. “In-Stat expects the smaller and cheaper cells to be more immune to the recession, compared with more expensive macro and micro base station shipments.”

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
Femtocells, picocells, and microcells are expected to surpass 15 million units by 2013.
Worldwide annual femtocell semiconductor revenue will approach $400 million by 2013.
Sprint was the first to market with a femtocell-based service in 2007, while others entered the market in 2008.
In mid-2009, Airwalk introduced a new enterprise femtocell. These products have the capacity of a traditional picocell and the ease-of-use of a femtocell.

The research, “A Cell of Your Own: Worldwide Micro, Pico, and Femtocell Market Analysis” (#IN0904374GW), covers the worldwide market for small cellular base stations. It includes:
Forecasts of femtocell, picocell and microcell equipment unit sales and revenue through 2013.
Forecasts of femtocell, picocell and microcell semiconductor revenue through 2013.
Regional 5 year unit forecasts for each segment.
WiMAX micro, pico and femtocells and semiconductor revenue forecasts.
Market and technology overviews.
Vendor profiles.

For more information on this research or to purchase it online, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/wcatalogue.asp?id=29 or contact a sales representative: http://www.instat.com/sales.asp

The price is $3,495 (US).

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