LONDON — (Marketwire) — 09/19/11 — Technology market research firm today released excerpts from its , for which carriers that have launched femtocell services or plan to by 2012 were interviewed to assess their needs and to analyze trends in the femtocell network equipment market.
“Our 2011 femtocell survey results indicate a roadmap for the evolution of the residential femtocell market toward more sophisticated usage of femtocell technology, but most operators will only be in the early phase of this journey over the next year. The femtocell as the central hub of a fully fledged mobile home network is very much a long-term scenario. In the short term, improving the existing mobile experience (namely voice coverage and consistent data throughput) is the key femto goal in the consumer space,” notes , directing analyst for WiMAX, microwave, and mobile devices at .
The most prominent bolt-on femto-enabled services and applications coming to market by 2012 are virtual home phone numbers and media file sharing
3GPP femtocells dominate the residential market now and in 2012, with W-CDMA/HSPA devices leading the charge
The number of operators offering FD-LTE ( using frequency division duplexing) and based femtocells grows from zero to 25% by 2012, significant expected growth considering neither technology has a commercially available femtocell solution yet
Radio coverage is the most important femtocell feature for operators, of course, followed by pricing, as pricing is a vital criterion in any segment because consumer sales are usually volume driven
Significant growth is expected in integrated femtocell CPE, such as DSL or cable broadband routers and gateways with embedded femto technology
Infonetics- August 2011 21-page report includes analysis and carrier responses to questions about current and future femtocell technologies offered, service features, add-on services, marketing and advertising strategies, sales strategies, CPE features, purchase drivers, form factors, expected femtocell service revenue, ARPU, and femtocell subscribers.
Infonetics- is based on interviews with purchase-decision makers at service providers that have launched femtocell services or plan to by 2012. Together, the carriers represent a significant 23% of worldwide telecom revenue and 22% of telecom capex and are a mix of incumbents, mobile operators, competitive operators, and cable operators from Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. To date, only 31 mobile operators have launched commercial femtocell services, with another 43 committing to do so; in this context Infonetics- survey sample (16) represents close to 25% of the operator market.
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Analysts Richard Webb and Stéphane Téral author surveys and research notes throughout the year as part of Infonetics- FMC and Femtocell , including:
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