Dell’Oro Group had just released its 5-Year Forecast, which predicts the mobile backhaul market will hit $9 billion by 2016, with routers and switches accounting for almost a third of the market value.
According to Dell'Oro's Mobile Backhaul Market Research division, the demand for mobile backhaul continues to grow at a fast pace. Backhaul operators are deploying new cellular sites and transitioning to an all-IP network. Dell'Oro expects that the operators will keep evolving their backhaul networks by further improving routers and switches at cell sites and the edge of the network to achieve better throughput and efficiency.
The report goes on to predict that backhaul transport will grow at a 2 percent compounded annual growth rate to $6 billion by 2016, with microwave backhauling accounting for over half of the sites. Meanwhile, the router and switch equipment sector should grow at a 9 percent compounded annual growth rate to nearly $3 billion, which is 30 percent of the market.
Continuing, mobile backhaul operators will be rolling out macro cell sites to improve coverage. At the same time, they will deploy micro and pico cells or small cells in metro locations to increase backhaul capacity. Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) solutions are expected to become the choice to provide backhaul for small cells.
Dell’Oro Group's Mobile Backhaul 5-year Forecast is a thorough overview of trends and forecasts for the mobile backhaul market. Among the information it presents are tables on manufacturers’ revenue, backhaul links, average selling price forecasts for the Mobile Backhaul Transport and Routers & Switches, worldwide and regional cellular subscribers, and cell sites.
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