PTP Microwave Revenues to Grow as 3.5G and 4G Becomes Reality, New Visant Strategies...

PTP Microwave Revenues to Grow as 3.5G and 4G Becomes Reality, New Visant Strategies Study Finds

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
The escalating build-outs of 3.5G and 4G mobile networks will
continue to propel the point-to-point microwave industry as radio
shipments with higher capacities will become the norm, a new report
from Visant Strategies finds.

"Growth in PTP shipments is being driven by deployment and
preparation for advanced 3.5G technologies, mainly in Western Europe
now, and by continued expansion of GSM networks throughout the world
in emerging economies," said report author Andy Fuertes of Visant
Strategies. "Software defined radios that are upgradeable, offer high
capacity and which support TDM and IP natively have become the norm
for the 3.5G and 4G segment of the PTP microwave market, which is
experiencing over 40% annual growth."

"This is like the last set of network upgrades. Now carriers are
now preparing backhaul networks for planned upgrades to HSPA+, EV-DO
Rev B, LTE, and WiMAX over the next two to five years," added Larry
Swasey of Visant Strategies.

The study finds links with greater than 155 Mbps are expected to
account for 35% of shipments in 2013 and 40% in 2014. Current and
projected future capacity requirements per site are resulting in the
employment of higher frequency bands, and in some cases replacement of
wired backhaul with wireless solutions, according to the study.

PTP microwave revenues reached over $5 billion in value in 2007
and are expected to top $6 billion in 2008, according to "PTP
Microwave Growth Markets 2008."

Shipments of PTP microwave radios for public safety and enterprise
applications both experienced double digital growth year-to-year, the
report finds, and Trunking applications accounted for 17% of all PTP
microwave radio shipments this past year.

The report includes world PTP microwave shipments, revenues and
ASPs from 2007 to 2014. Shipments and revenues are also given by
region, link capacity, IP vs. TDM/converged platforms, application and
operating frequency. Vendor market share is also provided. Mobile
subscribers and base station deployments by technology generation are
also given as are deployments of MSC/core switching centers and
BSC/RNC sites.

Contact Larry Swasey of Visant Strategies at (631) 893-3028 or go
to www.visantstrategies.com for more information.

Visant Strategies
Larry Swasey, 631-893-3028
www.visantstrategies.com

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