LTE small cells are the fastest growing small cell type

Dataset captured this year shows that, LTE small cells are the fastest growing small cell type in the market driven by venue and dense urban deployments. ABI Research forecasts the number of LTE small cells shipped to double in 2016 and by a similar factor each year after as MNOs put in place the framework for 5G deployments. 

In 2021, the value of LTE small cells equipment will represent almost 70% of the small cell equipment market. The Asia-Pacific region; given its large size with 4G deployments in South Korea and Japan, as well as the large LTE and growing networks in China and India, will represent almost 50% of the worldwide small cell equipment market by 2021, predicts ABI Research.