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Articles tagged with: Infonetics Research and Ericsson
Microwave equipment market hits $4.9 billion in 2008, led by Ericsson and NEC
Market research firm Infonetics Research is reporting that worldwide microwave equipment sales hit $4.9 billion in 2008, up 23% from the previous year. Despite a tough macroeconomic climate, mobile operators continue to invest in mobile backhaul to accommodate rapidly rising mobile broadband traffic -- the primary driver behind strong microwave equipment market growth. more
Related Tags: nec, microwave, ethernet, backhaul, wimax,, 4g, bandwidth
Telecom carriers spent $62 billion on outsourced services in 2008
Market research firm Infonetics Research is reporting that telecom carriers spent US$62 billion on outsourced services in 2008, and have plans to increase that spending. The report noted that the top revenue-generating tasks outsourced by service providers in 2008 include network maintenance, application service delivery, network build, and network planning and design. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, cisco, fujitsu, hp, huawei, -ibm, microsoft, motorola, nec, nokia-siemens-networks, nortel, bharti, siemens, opex, nokia-siemens
Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, wimax, motorola, eu, w-cdma, ict, smartphones, tim, cdma, hspa, lg, symbian, open-source, wimax,, gsm, operating-system
Recession isn't holding back mobile broadband subscribers
Market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarter (4Q08) edition of its Mobile Broadband Cards, Routers, Services, and Subscribers report last week. The report found that worldwide, the number of mobile broadband subscribers (including W- CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO) jumped 125% in 2008 over 2007, hitting 210.5 million, and are expected to top 1 billion by 2013. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, wimax, huawei, cdma, hspa, mobile-broadband, sony, wimax,, ev-do
Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, NEC lead fast growing microwave equipment market
Market research firm Infonetics Research released an update of its Microwave Equipment Market Outlook report last week after receiving new guidance from a number of vendors in this space, which significantly altered the market share landscape and overall market size. Highlights from the market share and forecast report follow. more
Related Tags: ethernet, nokia, wimax, eu, driving, lte, nokia-siemens-networks, nec, microwave, backhaul, siemens, nokia-siemens, bandwidth
Record year for GSM rollouts, more to come with 3G buildouts in China, India
Market research firm Infonetics Research released the fourth quarteredition of its Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers report and noted that the worldwide mobile network infrastructure equipment market grew 6% to US$50.8 billion in 2008 over 2007, and will continue to grow in 2009 and 2010. more
Related Tags: 3g, nokia, huawei, alcatel-lucent, nortel, ran, fmc, gsm, siemens, nokia-siemens, China
IMS equipment market up 94% in 2008, subscribers to triple in 2009
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research says in a report that worldwide sales of IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) equipment, including HSS (home subscriber servers) and CSCF servers, nearly doubled in 2008 over 2007, up 94%. Fixed-line VoIP is remaining the primary application deployed over IMS. more
Related Tags: nokia, eu, voip, huawei, alcatel-lucent, ims, rcs
FMC phones hit $7.6B in 2Q08; FMC network elements on target to grow 82% in 2008
Market research firm Infonetics Research reports that sales of dual mode cellular/WiFi phones, including dual service and UMA and IMS seamless FMC client phones, hit US $7.6 billion in 2Q08 and are expected to be up 16% for the year, indicating healthy growth for converged cellular/WiFi services in both enterprise and consumer market segments. more
Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, samsung, motorola, t-mobile-usa, alcatel-lucent, ims, fmc, rogers
Ericsson, Nokia Siemens widen RAN market lead
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports that worldwide sales of radio access network (RAN) equipment inched up a percent to $10.2 billion in 2Q08, after market leaders Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks each increased their worldwide revenue by 5%, reinforcing their strong #1 and #2 leadership positions (respectively). more
Related Tags: intel, w-cdma, huawei, china-mobile, alcatel-lucent, nortel, cdma, ran
Carriers name Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and Nokia Siemens top IMS vendors
A new study by Infonetics Research that provides an in-depth view of service provider thinking and plans for IMS equipment and services, including service provider perceptions of leading IMS vendors, names Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Nokia Siemens as the "top IMS equipment manufacturers." According to the study, roughly 3/4 plan to offer fixed VoIP over IMS by April 2009. more
Related Tags: voip, huawei, alcatel-lucent, nortel, nec, ims, fmc, siemens