TechNavio recognizes the following companies as the key players in the Global Small-cell Market: Alcatel-Lucent S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Nokia Siemens Networks Oy., and ZTE Corp.
Commenting on the report, an analyst from TechNavio’s Telecom team said: ”All radio environments undergo a perceptible change following the movement of receiver antenna, the opening of doors and windows in a room, the introduction of new femtocells, or a change in the macro network. Therefore, advanced femtocells are being developed that can identify such changes and adapt accordingly. This adaptability minimizes the creation of dead zones due to femtocell-macrocell interference. These advanced femtocells can adapt to changing environments by changing their configuration and communicating with neighboring femtocells. The advanced femtocells are being used to create SONs of femtocells, which do not require any planning of radio environment and can coexist with the macro network™s capacity and coverage.”
According to the report, one of the main drivers in this market is the increasing need for better last-mile network coverage. Currently, most mobile operators are facing challenges for providing high-quality network coverage in urban areas. This is mainly attributed to the poor last-mile network coverage provided by macrocells. Consequently, customers are experiencing call drops in indoor environments and poor network coverage in densely populated areas. Hence, mobile operators are adopting small cells, which enable better network coverage in indoor environments and densely populated areas.
Further, the report states that one of the major challenges in this market is the interference of small-cell networks with macrocell networks. The available spectrum for telecom signal transmission is limited. Hence, both macrocell and small-cell networks share the same frequency bands for signal transmission. This results in interference and unwanted noise in the telecom network.
The report also includes a discussion of the other vendors operating in this market. The other vendors in the market are Aepona Ltd., Airspan Network Inc., Airvana Corp., American Tower Corp., Argela Technology, Askey Technology (Jiangsu) Ltd., Broadcom Corp., D-Link Corp., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Genband Inc., IP Access Ltd., Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, LG-Ericsson Co. Ltd., NEC Corp., PureWave Networks Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Quortus, Rakon Ltd., Ruckus Wireless Inc., Sercom Solution Ltd., Symmertricom Inc., Tango Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., Ubiquisys Ltd., and Hitachi Ltd.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors. For further information on this report, please visit https://www.technavio.com/content/global-small-cell-market-2012-2016
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TechNavio Announces the Publication of its Research Report – Global Small-cell Market 2012-2016
