Mobile infrastructure market revenues are projected to reach $43bn in 2014, with an accelerated growth beginning in 2011, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group.
Dell’Oro Group said that the mobile infrastructure market has experienced a double-digit revenue decline in 2009, and forecats a flat for revenues in 2010.
According to the report, the growth of mobile data traffic will continue to drive operators to increase the capacity of their 3G and next generation networks to meet demand.
The company projects worldwide mobile data traffic to double each year, with increasing percentage of smartphones penetrating the mobile subscriber base.
Scott Siegler, senior analyst, Mobile Infrastructure research at Dell’Oro, said: "As the ecosystem of 3G devices continues to rapidly grow, such as the iPhone and Android-based smartphones, operators are experiencing a surge in data traffic on their mobile networks.
"While initial LTE deployments are beginning in the second half of 2010 and revenue is expected to see strong growth, we believe WCDMA will be the most significant driver of the market, and will represent over three-quarters of total market revenues in 2014."
The report showed that the LTE market will start small in 2010, and forecasts the LTE market revenues to cross $6bn by 2014.
