Study: “Cisco, on the top of the femtocell revenue share leaderboard in 2Q13”
Market research firm InfoneticsResearch released excerpts from its 2nd
quarter 2013 (2Q13) Residentialand Enterprise Femtocell Equipment report,
which focuses on femtocells by market segment, technology, and
form factor.
According to this report captured by Connectikpeople sales of 3G femtocells
still dominate the market, despite the focus of vendors on 4G. Residential
femtocells still account for the bulk of the market.
Therefore 2Q13 Femtocell market highlights include:
- The global 2G/3G/4G residential and enterprise femtocell equipment market grew 4% sequentially in 1Q13, to $115 million, driven by LTE
- Integrated femtocells are expected to account for nearly half of all femtocell units shipped in 2017, almost entirely within the residential segment
- Infonetics forecasts FDD-LTE femtocells to grow at a 76% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2012 to 2017
- Cisco, who recently acquired Ubiquisys, sprang to the top of the femtocell revenue share leaderboard in 2Q13.
- Airvana dropped to the #2 spot overall, but moved into the lead in the 3G femtocell segment.
