Infonetics Research: Femtocell Market Set to Double in 2012, Airvana Expands Lead

LONDON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Technology market research firm today released excerpts from its third quarter (3Q11) 2G/3G/4G Femtocell Equipment market share, market size, and forecast report, which tracks femtocells by market segment and technology.

ANALYST NOTE

“This year the femtocell market will scale up significantly and break out into clearer market segments: consumer, enterprise, and rural and metro public space femtocells. As price points continue to come down, we expect to see global femtocell revenue nearly double this year while unit shipments grow at nearly 140% compared to 2011,” predicts Richard Webb, directing analyst for microwave, mobile offload and mobile broadband devices at Infonetics Research.

FEMTOCELL MARKET STATS

• Worldwide revenue from 2G and 3G femtocells used in consumer, enterprise and public spaces grew 9% sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, with 2G femtocell revenue declining and 3G femtocell revenue ramping
• Year over year (3Q10 to 3Q11), global femtocell revenue is up 37%
• W-CDMA/HSPA femtocells accounted for 72% of all femtocells shipped in 3Q11
• 4G LTE femtocells are expected to start shipping in late 2012
• Femtocell market leader Airvana is the first to break through the US$25 million quarterly revenue threshold, expanding its revenue market share lead significantly
• The Cisco/ip.access partnership maintains its lead in terms of femtocell unit share, and increased its quarterly femtocell revenue to its second-highest level to date, but did not gain revenue market share as other players also posted notable gains, including Huawei and NEC/Ubiquisys
• A growing number of operators are offering free femtocells to their consumer subscribers, including SFR France, Softbank in Japan, and Cosmote in Greece

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ quarterly 2G/3G/4G Femtocell Equipment report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and analysis for revenue, units, and ARPU of 2G femtocells (CDMA and GSM/GPRS), 3G femtocells (W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO), forecasts for 4G femtocells (LTE femtocells), split by consumer, enterprise, and public space applications. Companies tracked: Airvana, Airwalk, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco/ip.access (3G femtocells), Ericsson, Hay Systems, Huawei, ip.access (2G femtocells), Juni, Motorola, NEC, NETGEAR, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung, SerComm, Thomson, Ubiquisys, ZTE, and others.

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UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SMALL CELLS AND WIFI OFFLOAD for 2011 and 2012 services).

• Download Infonetics’ 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://www.infonetics.com/login
• Femtocell Equipment Vendor Market Share and Forecasts
• Residential Femtocell Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
• Small Cell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
• Small Cell Equipment Forecast
• WiFi Offload Equipment Forecast
• WiFi Offload Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey

SALES

• Larry Howard, VP, Western NA, Asia, CALA: larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335
• Scott Coyne, Eastern NA, Texas, Midwest: scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395
• George Stojsavljevic, EMEA: george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623
• Japan, Taiwan, Korea: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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