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.

GSM/GPRS/EDGE Transceiver (TRX) Shipments Total Market 2Q02 Quarterly Growth Transceiver Shipments (000's) 359 - 7%   Vendor Rank Growth Ericsson 1 - 7% Nokia 2 - 15% Siemens 3 + 1% Motorola 4 - 10%

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Posted to the site on 16th August 2002