Infonetics Research: W-CDMA equipment up 21% in 2Q, driven by 3G rollouts, smartphones, data card upgrades

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Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:01pm EDT 

  CAMPBELL, CA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Market research firm Infonetics Research released its second quarter
(2Q09) Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers market share and forecast
report, which tracks mobile subscribers and RAN, mobile switching
subsystem, mobile packet core network, and HLR equipment.

    "Solid W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, and CDMA2000 rollouts in China, combined with a
resurrection in North America, drove worldwide macro RAN equipment revenue
to $9.9 billion in 2Q09, up 13% sequentially. Meanwhile, the GSM plunge
was more pronounced and spread out across regions. As a result, stellar
gains in W-CDMA and CDMA2000 deployments were not enough to pull the
overall RAN market into positive growth territory," explains Stephane
Teral, Infonetics Research's principal analyst for mobile and FMC
infrastructure.

    MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET HIGHLIGHTS


-- Ericsson increased its macrocell RAN equipment revenue in 2Q09 with a
   boost from China Unicom's W-CDMA deployments, retaining its top market
   share spot
      -- Huawei and ZTE also increased their RAN equipment revenue
-- Mobile packet core equipment continues to be the brightest spot of the
   mobile infrastructure market, driven by an unstoppable migration to IP
   triggered by the rise of smartphone and data card usage
-- W-CDMA equipment revenue grew 21% between 1Q09 and 2Q09, and is up 90%
   year-over-year, mainly due to China's 3G rollouts and smartphone- and
   data card-driven upgrades in North America and Europe
-- CDMA2000 equipment revenue is up 46% in 2Q09 from 1Q09
-- Worldwide home location register (HLR) revenue is up 6% in 2Q09
   from 1Q09
-- China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom together deployed 142,000
   3G base transceiver stations, accounting for more than half the world's
   3G deployments in 1H09, helping China meet it ambitious 3G rollout
   deployment plans
-- Mobile subscriber growth continues unabated, mainly driven by the basic
   need of having a voice service in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India,
   China), with worldwide mobile subscriber numbers expected to hit
   6 billion by 2013

    
REPORT SYNOPSIS

    Infonetics' mobile infrastructure report provides worldwide and regional
market size, market share, analysis, and forecasts for RAN equipment
(BTS, BSC), mobile switching subsystem equipment (mobile switching
center, soft MSCs, wireless media gateways), mobile packet core network
equipment (GPRS gateway support nodes, serving GPRS support nodes, packet
data serving nodes), HLR equipment, and mobile subscribers. Technologies
tracked: GSM, W-CDMA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, macrocell, microcell, picocell.

    Companies tracked: Alcatel-Lucent, Apertio, Cisco, Ericsson, GENBAND, HP,
Huawei, Motorola, Nokia-Siemens, Nortel, Starent Networks, UTStarcom, ZTE,
and others.

    CLIENT CONFERENCE CALL

    -- Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers (Sept. 10)

    MORE INFORMATION

    Log on or join: http://www.infonetics.com/login

    From the portal, go to RESEARCH, then MOBILE.

    SALES

    -- Larry Howard, Vice President: larry@infonetics.com, +1 (408) 583-3335

    -- Scott Coyne, Senior Account Director, Eastern North America, Europe,
Middle East: scott@infonetics.com, +1 408.583.3395

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    UPCOMING RESEARCH

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    -- Mobile/WiFi Phones and Subscribers (Sept. 24)

    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.

    Follow Infonetics on Twitter: http://twitter.com/infonetics.

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Lead Analyst:
Stephane Teral
Principal Analyst, Mobile and FMC Infrastructure
Infonetics Research
(408) 583-3371
Email Contact

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