ALISO VIEJO, USA: QLogic Corp. leads the 10GbE converged network adapter market according to new data published by the Dell'Oro Group in its Q2 2010 market report -- the first credible, independent source to track converged network adapter market share.
With 58.25 percent 10GbE converged network adapter market share in revenue for calendar Q2 2010, QLogic led its nearest competitor by 18.5 percentage points. In addition, the report shows that QLogic continues to maintain its strong number one position in Fibre Channel adapters.
Amit Vashi, vice president of marketing, Host Solutions Group, QLogic, said, "Based on the first credible data on 10GbE converged network adapter market share, Dell'Oro analysts have confirmed that QLogic is the leader in this critical new segment, which is an important stepping stone to a broader 10Gb Ethernet market."
"By providing first-to-market technology that is unsurpassed in flexibility, performance and power efficiency, QLogic has become the premier supplier of single-chip 10GbE converged network adapters for every major OEM worldwide.
"Our strength in 10GbE converged network architecture positions us well to take incremental market share in the 10Gb Ethernet adapter market, which Dell'Oro Group projects will grow up to 50 percent per year for the next five years and represent approximately $800 million in total revenue by 2014."
Monday, August 16, 2010
Cell phone gaming soars as consoles and handhelds sputter
EL SEGUNDO, USA: With sales of console and handheld systems having stalled, the attention of the video game industry has turned to the fast-growing cell phone video game market , according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp.
With their ubiquity and ownership by a large segment of an electronics-enamored public, mobile phones equipped to play games and other forms of electronic entertainment vastly outnumber their rival dedicated gaming platforms. In 2010, factory unit shipments of game-capable mobile phones are forecasted to reach 1.27 billion, up a solid 11.4 percent from 1.14 billion last year.
In comparison, figures during the same period for consoles and handhelds are expected to be flat or down. Factory units for video game consoles will total 52.3 million in 2010, up a marginal 0.2 percent from 52.1 million in 2009. Handheld devices will fare worse, with factory units declining 2.5 percent to 38.9 million this year, down from 39.9 million in 2009.
“The formidable lead enjoyed by cell phones capable of gaming will continue in the years to come with no hint of decline, and their near-universal presence gives them the potential to become a viable competitive threat to dedicated gaming platforms, primarily handheld devices,” said Pamela Tufegdzic, consumer electronics analyst at iSuppli.
“And although gamers who prefer a superior gaming experience will always opt for either a console or handheld, sales of both platforms tend to rise and fall based on the vagaries of product development, consumer buying patterns and economic trends.”
The attached figure shows iSuppli’s global forecast for all three types of gaming platforms, measured according to factory unit shipments.
Gaming slowdown
The great disparity in numbers between consoles and handheld devices on the one hand, and cell phones on the other, will enable mobile handsets to spur growth in the overall gaming market.
In the case of consoles and handhelds, growth has slowed in recent years. The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable platforms from Sony Corp., the Xbox 360 from Microsoft Corp., and the DS and Wii platforms from Nintendo Corp. have reached a mature phase in their individual life cycles and have attained market saturation.
Furthermore, consumers have been reluctant to buy or upgrade to newer devices due to a number of factors, including the high price points for current offerings, the imminence of next-generation products and the prevailing economic uncertainty of the times.
In comparison, mobile handsets—especially smart phones like Apple Inc.’s iPhone—continue to thrive and flourish. Handsets also enjoy the advantage of broad penetration: not everyone owns a gaming console or handset, but cell phones can claim widespread use.
Consoles strike back
Despite the cell phone onslaught, consoles are putting up a good fight. The forthcoming release of motion-sensing play from Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect is expected to breathe new life into the console space, helping to cushion the anticipated decline of overall current-generation consoles in 2011.
Furthermore, as soon as late 2012, the big three gaming OEMs are expected to launch next-generation consoles, raising revenues and unit shipments into 2014, when the console market will hit 59.9 million units.
Beyond pure gaming, consoles also are extending their sphere of influence to the digital living room. As more multimedia services become available online, consoles will evolve into true entertainment centers, allowing media streaming and other video or picture content to be delivered directly to supported devices like televisions and computers.
Such online functionality will serve to expand revenue for the old gaming stalwarts—offsetting the advantage in sheer numbers enjoyed by their rivals in the mobile handset space, iSuppli believes. In addition, new revenue streams from paid downloadable content will continue to grow well into the future, helping consoles and handhelds maintain presence in a changing landscape.
Source: iSuppli, USA.
With their ubiquity and ownership by a large segment of an electronics-enamored public, mobile phones equipped to play games and other forms of electronic entertainment vastly outnumber their rival dedicated gaming platforms. In 2010, factory unit shipments of game-capable mobile phones are forecasted to reach 1.27 billion, up a solid 11.4 percent from 1.14 billion last year.
In comparison, figures during the same period for consoles and handhelds are expected to be flat or down. Factory units for video game consoles will total 52.3 million in 2010, up a marginal 0.2 percent from 52.1 million in 2009. Handheld devices will fare worse, with factory units declining 2.5 percent to 38.9 million this year, down from 39.9 million in 2009.
“The formidable lead enjoyed by cell phones capable of gaming will continue in the years to come with no hint of decline, and their near-universal presence gives them the potential to become a viable competitive threat to dedicated gaming platforms, primarily handheld devices,” said Pamela Tufegdzic, consumer electronics analyst at iSuppli.
“And although gamers who prefer a superior gaming experience will always opt for either a console or handheld, sales of both platforms tend to rise and fall based on the vagaries of product development, consumer buying patterns and economic trends.”
The attached figure shows iSuppli’s global forecast for all three types of gaming platforms, measured according to factory unit shipments.
Gaming slowdown
The great disparity in numbers between consoles and handheld devices on the one hand, and cell phones on the other, will enable mobile handsets to spur growth in the overall gaming market.
In the case of consoles and handhelds, growth has slowed in recent years. The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable platforms from Sony Corp., the Xbox 360 from Microsoft Corp., and the DS and Wii platforms from Nintendo Corp. have reached a mature phase in their individual life cycles and have attained market saturation.
Furthermore, consumers have been reluctant to buy or upgrade to newer devices due to a number of factors, including the high price points for current offerings, the imminence of next-generation products and the prevailing economic uncertainty of the times.
In comparison, mobile handsets—especially smart phones like Apple Inc.’s iPhone—continue to thrive and flourish. Handsets also enjoy the advantage of broad penetration: not everyone owns a gaming console or handset, but cell phones can claim widespread use.
Consoles strike back
Despite the cell phone onslaught, consoles are putting up a good fight. The forthcoming release of motion-sensing play from Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect is expected to breathe new life into the console space, helping to cushion the anticipated decline of overall current-generation consoles in 2011.
Furthermore, as soon as late 2012, the big three gaming OEMs are expected to launch next-generation consoles, raising revenues and unit shipments into 2014, when the console market will hit 59.9 million units.
Beyond pure gaming, consoles also are extending their sphere of influence to the digital living room. As more multimedia services become available online, consoles will evolve into true entertainment centers, allowing media streaming and other video or picture content to be delivered directly to supported devices like televisions and computers.
Such online functionality will serve to expand revenue for the old gaming stalwarts—offsetting the advantage in sheer numbers enjoyed by their rivals in the mobile handset space, iSuppli believes. In addition, new revenue streams from paid downloadable content will continue to grow well into the future, helping consoles and handhelds maintain presence in a changing landscape.
Source: iSuppli, USA.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Google's Android to outstrip Apple's iOS by 2012
EL SEGUNDO, USA: Google Inc. is likely to prevail in a key battleground for its wireless war with Apple Inc., as the smart phone market share of the Android Operating System (OS) rises to surpass that of the iPhone’s iOS in 2012, iSuppli Corp. predicts.
Android will be used in 75 million smart phones by 2012, up from 5 million in 2009. Meanwhile, iOS usage will amount to 62 million in 2012, up from 25 million in 2009.
This will give Android a 19.4 percent of the global market for smart phone OSes in 2012, up from 2.7 percent in 2009.
Apple’s iOS for the iPhone will see its share rise to 15.9 percent in 2012, up from 13.8 percent in 2009. In 2014, Android’s share of global smart phone OS usage will rise to 22.8 percent, while iOS will decline to 15.3 percent.
“Android is taking the smart phone market by storm,” said Tina Teng, senior analyst, wireless communications, for iSuppli. “The OS started with entry level models in 2008, but the flexibility Android offers for hardware designs and its appealing business model in terms of revenue sharing have attracted vigorous support from all nodes in the value chain, including makers of high-end smart phone models.
“Cell phone OEMs representing all tiers of the industry have committed to support Android, including Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Huawei, AsusTek and ZTE. This broad industry support will allow the Android OS’s usage and market share to exceed that of its chief rival—iOS—in 2012, just five years after its introduction.”
While Apple’s family of iPhone products continues to be the standard by which all other smart phones are measured, the proprietary nature of the iOS and Apple’s closed system business model will limit the number of smart phones with the operating system.
The figure presents iSuppli’s forecast of global usage for the Android and iOS operating systems in smart phones.
Source: iSuppli, USA.
War over wireless hegemony
Google and Apple are engaged in a fierce battle for control of the wireless market, which represents the most lucrative growth opportunity in the technology world today. Both companies have their eyes on the huge revenue growth expected in wireless data.
iSuppli predicts that global carrier revenue for wireless data services, excluding messaging but including data access fees, will grow to approximately $250 billion by 2014, up from $108.6 billion in 2009.
However, the size of the over-the-top mobile broadband revenue from premium content, services, applications and advertising, a market that is in its infancy today, could exceed $100 billion in 2014. This is the area that players like Apple and Google are attempting to target.
But both these companies are adopting very different business models to unlock value in the mobile broadband value chain, according to Jagdish Rebello PhD, senior director and principal analyst at iSuppli.
“While Google is trying hard to capture market share in the smart phone market, Apple’s strategy is aimed at making its products highly desirable but not necessarily affordable for the mass market,” Rebello said.
“Apple has been successful in doing this with its friendly User Interface (UI), its slick OS and its well developed ecosystem of apps and content providers.”
The Google/Apple wireless battle extends from the smart phone sales race between the iPhone and Droid lines, to the applications front with Apple’s App Store and Google’s Apps Marketplace, to the advertising battle between Apple’s iAd and Google’s AdMob and to a range of location based services that both are trying hard to develop and monetize. The market share competition between Android and iOS represents a central front in this fight.
Battle for the planet of the apps
In the smart phone industry, mobile applications, multimedia content and sleek user interfaces are the key attributes driving device sales. Apple’s mastery of these items allowed its share of global smart phones to rapidly rise to double-digit percentages.
In the applications area, Apple’s booming iPhone sales have been fueled by the more than 200,000 items in the company’s App Store. The Android Marketplace is the closest competitor to Apple’s App Store, but it is only has one quarter of the number of applications as the Apple App Store. However, that total is rising rapidly, allowing Android to close the gap with its more established rival.
Source: iSuppli, USA.
Android will be used in 75 million smart phones by 2012, up from 5 million in 2009. Meanwhile, iOS usage will amount to 62 million in 2012, up from 25 million in 2009.
This will give Android a 19.4 percent of the global market for smart phone OSes in 2012, up from 2.7 percent in 2009.
Apple’s iOS for the iPhone will see its share rise to 15.9 percent in 2012, up from 13.8 percent in 2009. In 2014, Android’s share of global smart phone OS usage will rise to 22.8 percent, while iOS will decline to 15.3 percent.
“Android is taking the smart phone market by storm,” said Tina Teng, senior analyst, wireless communications, for iSuppli. “The OS started with entry level models in 2008, but the flexibility Android offers for hardware designs and its appealing business model in terms of revenue sharing have attracted vigorous support from all nodes in the value chain, including makers of high-end smart phone models.
“Cell phone OEMs representing all tiers of the industry have committed to support Android, including Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Huawei, AsusTek and ZTE. This broad industry support will allow the Android OS’s usage and market share to exceed that of its chief rival—iOS—in 2012, just five years after its introduction.”
While Apple’s family of iPhone products continues to be the standard by which all other smart phones are measured, the proprietary nature of the iOS and Apple’s closed system business model will limit the number of smart phones with the operating system.
The figure presents iSuppli’s forecast of global usage for the Android and iOS operating systems in smart phones.
Source: iSuppli, USA.War over wireless hegemony
Google and Apple are engaged in a fierce battle for control of the wireless market, which represents the most lucrative growth opportunity in the technology world today. Both companies have their eyes on the huge revenue growth expected in wireless data.
iSuppli predicts that global carrier revenue for wireless data services, excluding messaging but including data access fees, will grow to approximately $250 billion by 2014, up from $108.6 billion in 2009.
However, the size of the over-the-top mobile broadband revenue from premium content, services, applications and advertising, a market that is in its infancy today, could exceed $100 billion in 2014. This is the area that players like Apple and Google are attempting to target.
But both these companies are adopting very different business models to unlock value in the mobile broadband value chain, according to Jagdish Rebello PhD, senior director and principal analyst at iSuppli.
“While Google is trying hard to capture market share in the smart phone market, Apple’s strategy is aimed at making its products highly desirable but not necessarily affordable for the mass market,” Rebello said.
“Apple has been successful in doing this with its friendly User Interface (UI), its slick OS and its well developed ecosystem of apps and content providers.”
The Google/Apple wireless battle extends from the smart phone sales race between the iPhone and Droid lines, to the applications front with Apple’s App Store and Google’s Apps Marketplace, to the advertising battle between Apple’s iAd and Google’s AdMob and to a range of location based services that both are trying hard to develop and monetize. The market share competition between Android and iOS represents a central front in this fight.
Battle for the planet of the apps
In the smart phone industry, mobile applications, multimedia content and sleek user interfaces are the key attributes driving device sales. Apple’s mastery of these items allowed its share of global smart phones to rapidly rise to double-digit percentages.
In the applications area, Apple’s booming iPhone sales have been fueled by the more than 200,000 items in the company’s App Store. The Android Marketplace is the closest competitor to Apple’s App Store, but it is only has one quarter of the number of applications as the Apple App Store. However, that total is rising rapidly, allowing Android to close the gap with its more established rival.
Source: iSuppli, USA.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Three major telecom operators select EcoVadis sustainable supply management solution
FRANCE: EcoVadis, a leading provider of sustainable supply management solutions, has been selected by three major telecom operators as part of a project led by the French Telecom Federation (Fédération Française des Télécoms).
The EcoVadis solution will now be used by Bouygues Telecom, France Telecom-Orange and SFR to assess CSR performance (Corporate Social Responsibility) among their suppliers worldwide. EcoVadis SP is a new solution offering businesses a platform for assessing and monitoring ethical, environmental and social performance among their key suppliers in over 120 countries.
Thanks to the EcoVadis solution, operators can access their suppliers’ evaluations for 21 environmental, social and ethical criteria, taking into account specific issues in 150 business sectors.
Companies in the French Telecom Federation have committed to contribute to French commitments in reducing environmental impact, which was expressed, in particular, through a charter signed on July 22th with Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology.
Operators are thereby committed to having an exemplary approach towards their partners and suppliers through the implementation of responsible buying policies. To that end, operators have decided to establish a common standard in terms of their suppliers’ CSR performance assessment, which will help provide reliable information and facilitate the work of their suppliers. The solution selected was EcoVadis.
“The development of sustainable buying policies shows there exists a genuine, substantial momentum. We have included a “CSR Suppliers” charter and clauses relating to sustainable development within our calls for tenders or contracts. But we want to go further still by supporting our suppliers and sub-contractors in an approach towards ongoing improvement in their Sustainable Development performance,” declared Richard Lalande, French Telecom Federation Sustainable Development Commission Chairman.
“The EcoVadis platform seemed to us to be an excellent solution in reinforcing this approach.”
EcoVadis Managing Director and co-founder Pierre-François Thaler adds: “This agreement with the FTF allows us to deploy our platform for all operators, and it demonstrates the relevance of our shared model. Such standardisation is key to fostering change in the practices used within supply chains. French operators have highly structured policies in terms of Sustainable Development, and we are proud to be part of this initiative.”
The EcoVadis solution will now be used by Bouygues Telecom, France Telecom-Orange and SFR to assess CSR performance (Corporate Social Responsibility) among their suppliers worldwide. EcoVadis SP is a new solution offering businesses a platform for assessing and monitoring ethical, environmental and social performance among their key suppliers in over 120 countries.
Thanks to the EcoVadis solution, operators can access their suppliers’ evaluations for 21 environmental, social and ethical criteria, taking into account specific issues in 150 business sectors.
Companies in the French Telecom Federation have committed to contribute to French commitments in reducing environmental impact, which was expressed, in particular, through a charter signed on July 22th with Chantal Jouanno, Secretary of State for Ecology.
Operators are thereby committed to having an exemplary approach towards their partners and suppliers through the implementation of responsible buying policies. To that end, operators have decided to establish a common standard in terms of their suppliers’ CSR performance assessment, which will help provide reliable information and facilitate the work of their suppliers. The solution selected was EcoVadis.
“The development of sustainable buying policies shows there exists a genuine, substantial momentum. We have included a “CSR Suppliers” charter and clauses relating to sustainable development within our calls for tenders or contracts. But we want to go further still by supporting our suppliers and sub-contractors in an approach towards ongoing improvement in their Sustainable Development performance,” declared Richard Lalande, French Telecom Federation Sustainable Development Commission Chairman.
“The EcoVadis platform seemed to us to be an excellent solution in reinforcing this approach.”
EcoVadis Managing Director and co-founder Pierre-François Thaler adds: “This agreement with the FTF allows us to deploy our platform for all operators, and it demonstrates the relevance of our shared model. Such standardisation is key to fostering change in the practices used within supply chains. French operators have highly structured policies in terms of Sustainable Development, and we are proud to be part of this initiative.”
Friday, August 13, 2010
Tejas Networks enhances 3G and BWA backhaul solutions with packet optical portfolio to mark its 10th anniversary
BANGALORE, INDIA: Tejas Networks Ltd, a leading telecom product company from India, marked its 10th anniversary by announcing the launch of a leading-edge Packet Optical product portfolio that enhances its existing solutions for 3G and BWA backhaul.
Tejas Networks has been a key enabler of India’s explosive telecom growth with innovative optical networking solutions that have made high quality telecom services available to over half a billion people at the world’s most affordable prices. This innovation has also benefitted telecom markets in over 50 countries around the world. Today, Tejas is a top-10 company globally, top-5 in APAC and a leader in India in the optical transmission (MSPP) market.
Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD said: "I am delighted with the progress we have made as a company and the significant contributions we have made to the telecom revolution in India and across the world.
"Now, we are playing a significant role in providing scalable and future-ready solutions to service providers to address the challenge of scaling up their network for massive growth in data, driven by mobile internet, video and business services, while maintaining a large and growing customer base for voice traffic."
He added: "Our new packet optical product portfolio for 3G and BWA backhaul enables service providers to seamlessly transition the 2G network serving all-voice traffic to a 3G/4G network serving predominantly data traffic saving repeated Capex and expensive Opex on network enhancements. For service providers building a new 3G/BWA backhaul network for an all IP solution, our existing Carrier Ethernet series of products provide the lowest cost per bit solution."
Dr. Gururaj Deshpande, chairman said: "Propelled by its world class talent, I am thrilled, but not surprised to see Tejas Networks achieve this tremendous success. Over the last decade, Tejas has evolved as a thought leader, addressing the most complex needs of the telecom operators today. Tejas has also established that a product company based in India can serve the highly competitive domestic market and at the same time produce high quality, leading-edge products relevant to the rest of the world."
He added: "I am confident that with the right impetus, India can produce several other product companies like Tejas Networks and establish a $100 Billion high-tech product industry over the next decade."
Tejas Networks has been a key enabler of India’s explosive telecom growth with innovative optical networking solutions that have made high quality telecom services available to over half a billion people at the world’s most affordable prices. This innovation has also benefitted telecom markets in over 50 countries around the world. Today, Tejas is a top-10 company globally, top-5 in APAC and a leader in India in the optical transmission (MSPP) market.
Sanjay Nayak, CEO & MD said: "I am delighted with the progress we have made as a company and the significant contributions we have made to the telecom revolution in India and across the world.
"Now, we are playing a significant role in providing scalable and future-ready solutions to service providers to address the challenge of scaling up their network for massive growth in data, driven by mobile internet, video and business services, while maintaining a large and growing customer base for voice traffic."
He added: "Our new packet optical product portfolio for 3G and BWA backhaul enables service providers to seamlessly transition the 2G network serving all-voice traffic to a 3G/4G network serving predominantly data traffic saving repeated Capex and expensive Opex on network enhancements. For service providers building a new 3G/BWA backhaul network for an all IP solution, our existing Carrier Ethernet series of products provide the lowest cost per bit solution."
Dr. Gururaj Deshpande, chairman said: "Propelled by its world class talent, I am thrilled, but not surprised to see Tejas Networks achieve this tremendous success. Over the last decade, Tejas has evolved as a thought leader, addressing the most complex needs of the telecom operators today. Tejas has also established that a product company based in India can serve the highly competitive domestic market and at the same time produce high quality, leading-edge products relevant to the rest of the world."
He added: "I am confident that with the right impetus, India can produce several other product companies like Tejas Networks and establish a $100 Billion high-tech product industry over the next decade."
ZTE, ChinaTel sign MoU for global strategic partnership
SAN DIEGO, USA & SHENZHEN, CHINA: ChinaTel Group Inc. (ChinaTel), a US-based provider of high speed wireless broadband and telecom infrastructure engineering and construction services, and ZTE Corp. announced the signing of a binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic partnership to advance both parties’ interests in delivering innovative telecommunications solutions to individual, enterprise and government consumers worldwide.
Under the terms of the MOU, ZTE will be the preferred and primary provider of customized equipment, software, consumer products, operational services and financing for high speed wireless broadband telecommunications networks ChinaTel is deploying in the PRC, Peru, and other markets ChinaTel enters in the future.
ChinaTel and ZTE will also work together to analyze consumer demand for new products and solutions, develop business plans to determine financial viability, execute design concepts, and roll out completed products and solutions, including manufacturing, marketing and sales, all with the goal to expand the reach of wireless broadband access.
ZTE shall treat ChinaTel as its preferred customer in the supply of equipment, consumer products, operational services, solutions and financing. ZTE shall offer ChinaTel a favorable vendor financing proposal for each project identified and use its best efforts to facilitate ChinaTel’s applications for debt financing by banks with which ZTE has relationships.
The parties will share equal ownership of intellectual property involved in equipment, software, consumer products, services or solutions developed through their joint efforts.
Lirong Shi, CEO of ZTE, said: “ZTE is pleased to add ChinaTel as its strategic partner for development of wireless broadband networks. The markets in which ChinaTel is currently deploying or investigating opportunities include Peru and other Latin American countries where ZTE also wishes to expand its influence, as well as the People’s Republic of China, where ZTE’s local presence offers competitive advantages.”
“In addition to a vendor and financing relationship, we are excited to work with ChinaTel to develop innovative new products and solutions to meet the expectations of commercial, government and residential subscribers to realize the full potential of wireless multi-media technologies.”
Under the terms of the MOU, ZTE will be the preferred and primary provider of customized equipment, software, consumer products, operational services and financing for high speed wireless broadband telecommunications networks ChinaTel is deploying in the PRC, Peru, and other markets ChinaTel enters in the future.
ChinaTel and ZTE will also work together to analyze consumer demand for new products and solutions, develop business plans to determine financial viability, execute design concepts, and roll out completed products and solutions, including manufacturing, marketing and sales, all with the goal to expand the reach of wireless broadband access.
ZTE shall treat ChinaTel as its preferred customer in the supply of equipment, consumer products, operational services, solutions and financing. ZTE shall offer ChinaTel a favorable vendor financing proposal for each project identified and use its best efforts to facilitate ChinaTel’s applications for debt financing by banks with which ZTE has relationships.
The parties will share equal ownership of intellectual property involved in equipment, software, consumer products, services or solutions developed through their joint efforts.
Lirong Shi, CEO of ZTE, said: “ZTE is pleased to add ChinaTel as its strategic partner for development of wireless broadband networks. The markets in which ChinaTel is currently deploying or investigating opportunities include Peru and other Latin American countries where ZTE also wishes to expand its influence, as well as the People’s Republic of China, where ZTE’s local presence offers competitive advantages.”
“In addition to a vendor and financing relationship, we are excited to work with ChinaTel to develop innovative new products and solutions to meet the expectations of commercial, government and residential subscribers to realize the full potential of wireless multi-media technologies.”
Thursday, August 12, 2010
India broadband wireless subscriber base to exceed 75 million by 2015
MONTREAL, CANADA & BANGALORE, INDIA: Deployments of 3G and WiMAX networks will generate a profitable user base over the next five-year period, before noticeable LTE deployments begin to make an impact in India, according to the latest research by Maravedis and Tonse Telecom.
The recent auctioning of 3G and 4G spectrum will unleash a broadband economic driver thus far evasive to India," said Sridhar Pai, co-author of the report and founder of Tonse Telecom. "The unmet demand for broadband resulting from poor wire-line infrastructure will be met by a combination of 3G and 4G technologies, including WCDMA/ HSPA, 802.16e and TD-LTE, over the next five years."
"The India telecom market will transform from a voice-centric industry to a data-economy" said Adlane Fellah, Research Director at Maravedis. "This transformation will be accompanied by structural changes in the carrier space including a consolidation wave which could strike as early as 2011. Infrastructure opportunity has moved to a new level and will quickly morph into an application-driven era" he added.
"A vibrant device eco-system, a rich native content value-chain, an extensive service distribution network, and high-tenancy passive infrastructure-sharing combined with rock-bottom voice ARPUs and high-spectrum investments have created a heady mix pushing operators to move into the 3G/4G opportunity as their next growth engine" said Pai.
Key findings:
* Accumulated 3G enabled data subscriber base (notebooks, modems and dongles) will reach 40 million by 2015.
* 4G subscriber base including 802.1e and TD-LTE adopters will reach 33 million subscribers in 2015.
* In the next five years, the 4G infrastructure market will reach an accumulated US$ 1.5 billion.
* Innovative device and data -bundling packages will become the norm to meet consumer and business user requirements.
The recent auctioning of 3G and 4G spectrum will unleash a broadband economic driver thus far evasive to India," said Sridhar Pai, co-author of the report and founder of Tonse Telecom. "The unmet demand for broadband resulting from poor wire-line infrastructure will be met by a combination of 3G and 4G technologies, including WCDMA/ HSPA, 802.16e and TD-LTE, over the next five years."
"The India telecom market will transform from a voice-centric industry to a data-economy" said Adlane Fellah, Research Director at Maravedis. "This transformation will be accompanied by structural changes in the carrier space including a consolidation wave which could strike as early as 2011. Infrastructure opportunity has moved to a new level and will quickly morph into an application-driven era" he added.
"A vibrant device eco-system, a rich native content value-chain, an extensive service distribution network, and high-tenancy passive infrastructure-sharing combined with rock-bottom voice ARPUs and high-spectrum investments have created a heady mix pushing operators to move into the 3G/4G opportunity as their next growth engine" said Pai.
Key findings:
* Accumulated 3G enabled data subscriber base (notebooks, modems and dongles) will reach 40 million by 2015.
* 4G subscriber base including 802.1e and TD-LTE adopters will reach 33 million subscribers in 2015.
* In the next five years, the 4G infrastructure market will reach an accumulated US$ 1.5 billion.
* Innovative device and data -bundling packages will become the norm to meet consumer and business user requirements.
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