3G Tranceiver Sales Fall

According to Dell'Oro Group, shipments of GSM/GPRS/EDGE infrastructure transceivers (or radios) declined 7% year on year, to 359 thousand units in the second quarter of this year.

"Although revenues for GSM/GPRS/EDGE infrastructure equipment declined in excess of 20% Y/Y, transceiver unit shipments declined only 7%, reflecting an 18% decline in average selling prices", says Greg Collins, a Director at Dell'Oro Group. Moreover, the number of transceivers per macro Base Transceiver Station (BTS) has been level at just over six for the last few quarters.

Posted to the site on 16th August 2002