CAMPBELL, USA: A new forecast predicts strong growth in new types of small cells, including femtocells deployed by mobile operators and picocells used for high-capacity urban networks. LTE small cells are a major part of the forecasted growth over the next five years, with more than 2/3 of small cells deployed in 2017 devoted to LTE-FDD or TD-LTE.
"Mobile operators now have experience with residential femtocells," explained Joe Madden, Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts. "They are getting ready to extend this experience into enterprise and high-capacity scenarios. We have talked with more than 30 mobile operators, as well as chipset and backhaul vendors to determine how quickly this market can grow. In short, explosive growth is coming."
"Rising demand for mobile data has already driven some networks to their capacity limits during the peak hours of the day. Adding more spectrum and 4G spectral efficiency will help. Adding Wi-Fi will help. But mobile operators anticipate that these steps won't be enough ... and small cells are the answer. Femtocells, picocells, and some kinds of DAS systems will be useful tools to address increasing data density."
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