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Mindspeed Powers the World’s First LTE + Wi-Fi Femtocell for SK Telesys

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:20:07 -0400

Transcede System-on-Chip (SoCs) Baseband Processor Selected for Next-Generation Femtocells to Be Deployed in Korea

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), the industry leader in technology for small cell base stations, today announced that the company’s Transcede® wireless baseband processors are in the first long-term evolution (LTE) femtocell from SK Telesys.

The Wi-Fi integrated LTE femtocells will be first deployed in densely populated regions in South Korea, focusing primarily on the commercial centers of major cities. The rollout will then be expanded to areas with high data demand – i.e. indoor areas like shopping centers, offices, houses and schools – based on an analysis of LTE service usage patterns.

“We selected Mindspeed®’s LTE solution as the most robust and most complete LTE small cell solution on the market,” said Dr. Il-Hyun Sohn, director, at SK Telesys, “Small cells are critical to the deployment of true mobile broadband. We evaluated many LTE small cell solutions, but selected Mindspeed due to the proven ‘carrier-class’ quality of their technology.”

“Korea has one of the most sophisticated wireless markets in the world and its early use of metro cells and public femtocells paves the way for operators around the world,” said Dr. Naser Adas, vice president and general manager, wireless and customer premises equipment (CPE), at Mindspeed. “We are delighted that our Transcede SoCs have been chosen by SK Telesys for the company’s next-generation femtocells and other small cell products. Mindspeed’s technology is being deployed in Korea for HSPA+ urban femtocells and SK Telesys knew they could rely on our field-proven LTE technology.”

Mindspeed's Transcede family of processors are complete NodeB and eNodeB SoC solutions that support concurrent 3G and LTE processing in a single device, including time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), W-CDMA/HSPA+ and both frequency division duplexing LTE (FDD-LTE) and time division duplexing LTE (TDD-LTE).

Mindspeed has the most complete portfolio of SoCs in the industry, supported by a complete, carrier-class software reference design to accelerate time-to-market schedules. The reference design includes RF module integration, a real-time Linux board support package, and standard-compliant physical-layer (PHY) implementation for LTE, W-CDMA and TD-SCDMA, with associated utilities and test scripts.

About Mindspeed Technologies

Mindspeed Technologies (NASDAQ: MSPD) is a leading provider of network infrastructure semiconductor solutions to the communications industry. The company's low-power system-on-chip (SoC) products are helping to drive video, voice and data applications in worldwide fiber-optic networks and enable advanced processing for 3G and long-term evolution (LTE) mobile networks. The company's high-performance analog products are used in a variety of optical, enterprise, industrial and video transport systems. Mindspeed's products are sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) around the globe.

To learn more, please visit www.mindspeed.com. Company news and updates are also posted at www.twitter.com/mindspeed.

About SK Telesys

As the Wireless system manufacturer in SK Group Korea, SK Telesys specializes in wireless communications product research and development and marketing, and produces transmission equipment, 3G & 4G wireless system and devices (such as EVDO, WiMAX, and outstanding LTE total indoor solutions that include 4G HetNET compatible), VoIP phones and end-user devices. SK Telesys was founded in 1997 as a manufacturer of repeaters, transmission devices, and other communications infrastructure components, and provides optimized solutions to communications companies.

SK Telesys was one of the very first companies in the world to build a commercial WiMAX Systems and has over the years focused on in-building its capacity as a communications specialist. Armed with unmatched insight into its customers’ needs and extensive R&D resources, SK Telesys became the first South Korean company to export commercial WiBro (Mobile WiMAX) devices and has successfully completed numerous network integration projects for overseas companies and organizations.

For more information, visit www.sktelesys.com.

CONTACT:

Mindspeed Contacts:
Press Relations
U.S.:
Lisa Briggs
Magnet PR Group
+1 949-305-5131
lisab@magnetprgroup.com
or
EMEA and Asia:
EML Wildfire
Darren Willsher
+44 20 8408 8000
mindspeed@emlwildfire.com
or
Investor Relations
Financial Profiles, Inc.
Tricia Ross
+1 916-939-7285
tross@finprofiles.com
or
Corporate Contact
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
Rupert Baines
VP Corporate Strategy and Marketing Communication
+44 1225 469 744
rupert.baines@mindspeed.com
or
SK Telesys contacts:
Karen Kim: karenkim@sk.com
Sales: skts.sales@sk.com

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Infonetics Research: Small Cell Market to Hit 3 Million Units in 2016, Driven by Urban Area Capacity Upgrades

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 05:10:17 -0400

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Market research firm Infonetics Research today released excerpts from its new Small Cell Equipment market size and forecast report. The first-of-its-kind report tracks small cells in the context of low power mobile network nodes known as microcells, picocells, and femtocells (public space, not residential) made by the “Big 5” RAN vendors -- Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, and ZTE – as well as small cell specialists like ip.access, Contela, Juni, Minieum Networks, Ubiquisys, and others.

ANALYST NOTES

“While small cells, including microcells and picocells, have been used for the past two decades to improve voice coverage, now mobile broadband is shifting the game to capacity upgrades,” notes Stéphane Téral, principal analyst for mobile infrastructure and carrier economics at Infonetics Research. “Therefore, the chief objective is to complement and enhance the macrocell layer from a capacity standpoint with a new breed of low-power nodes like public space femtocells and WiFi. But dividing the macro layers into smaller cells remains challenging due to inter-cell interference and backhaul issues. The question is: how small can the cell be? Because the smaller the cell, the higher the number of units required to cover an area, and that will determine the true size of the small cell market.”

Principal analyst and Infonetics co-founder Michael Howard adds: “Our small cell forecast is not a pie-in-the-sky, new-technology-honeymoon forecast based on futuristic 2020 technology visions of small cells on every city block. We developed our forecasts after a solid year of work by several Infonetics analysts and our research team with mobile operators, manufacturers, and chip suppliers. We examined, discussed, challenged, and listened—often on multiple occasions—to the major footprint operators to learn about their thinking, planning, testing, and trialing across their realities of today's operations, budgets, target small cell pricing, sizing and form-factor requirements, emerging technology issues, location-sensitive pico-to-macrocell ratios, and small cell layer automation and coordination with the macro layer. And in all of this, we explored with them what they think is realistic over the next few years.”

SMALL CELL MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

Infonetics forecasts the global small cell market to grow rapidly, with about 3 million small cells shipping and the market worth about $2.1 billion in 2016
Small cell market growth is being driven by operators seeking to enhance saturated macrocellular networks that are currently struggling to maintain a decent mobile broadband experience for subscribers
For the next 3 years or so, most operators are planning small cells only in the urban core
Infonetics expects public space femtocells to make up more than 50% of all small cells shipped in 2012
In 2013, Infonetics expects 3G small cells to make up 63% of global small cell shipments, with 4G small cells kicking off and ramping up rapidly to make up 37%
4G small cells will overtake 3G small cells by 2015
From a geographic perspective, early femtocell adopters such as AT&T, Softbank, and Vodafone and macro network density dictate which regions represent the largest small cell opportunities, with Asia Pacific expected to lead with 44% of all units shipped in 2012, followed by EMEA with 32%

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ new biannual Small Cell Equipment report provides worldwide and regional market size, forecasts, and market analysis for 3G microcells, picocells, and public space femtocells (W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO) and 4G (LTE) FDD and TDD mini eNodeBs and public space femtocells. The 22-page analysis report that accompanies the customizable Excel report includes in-depth analysis and data charts, a Mobile Operator Small Cell Strategies Tracker, Customer Wins and Service Provider and Vendor Announcements, and a Small Cell Specifications Comparison. Vendors whose small cell solutions are tracked in the report include Airvana, Airwalk, Alcatel-Lucent, BelAir, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, ip.access Motorola, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung, Thomson, Ubiquisys, UTStarcom, ZTE, ZyXEL, and others.

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UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SMALL CELLS AND WIFI OFFLOAD).

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Infonetics continues to expand and is looking to hire more analysts. See http://bit.ly/jmXOYO for current job openings, including a senior Video analyst and enterprise VoIP market analyst.

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Larry Howard, VP, Western NA, Asia, CALA: larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335
Scott Coyne, Eastern NA, Texas, Midwest: scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395
George Stojsavljevic, EMEA: george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623
Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

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.

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Lead Analysts:
Stéphane Téral, +1-408-583-3371
Principal Analyst
Mobile Infrastructure and Carrier Economics
stephane@infonetics.com
or
Michael Howard, +1-408-583-3351
Co-founder and Principal Analyst
michael@infonetics.com
http://twitter.com/MichaelVHoward

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Mindspeed to Highlight New Customers, New 3G + LTE Dual-Mode SoCs and Leadership in Small Cell Market at Mobile World Cong

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:10:14 -0500

Small Cell Market Leader to Feature Demonstrations Which Showcase Breadth of Customers, Partners and Technologies

Latest developments following acquisition of Picochip in January 2012
Plans to highlight over 30 customer product offerings
On-stand demonstrations showing latest in LTE, residential femtocells and public access small cells

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), the industry leader in technology for small cell base stations, will be showing over 30 different small cell products from 25 customers and demonstrating the latest in small cell technology at Mobile World Congress 2012 in booth 1E.57 at the Fira Montjuïc in Barcelona, Spain from February 27 to March 1, 2012. Mindspeed will be featuring the latest T22xx and T33xx dual-mode small cell system-on-chip (SoC) products, alongside other members of its award-winning Transcede family, as well as Picochip’s 3G portfolio, following the recent acquisition.

Mindspeed is the leader in technology for small cell basestations, with 70% market share of high speed packet access (HSPA) shipments and more announced design engagements for long-term evolution (LTE) small cells than any other vendor. Products scheduled for display at the Mindspeed booth range from cost-effective residential, through enterprise and indoor base stations, to high-performance, high-power public access small cells and outdoor picocells. Some of the latter support local area base station (LABS) performance with up to 2 x 5W radios, and include HSPA+, LTE, as well as dual-mode systems.

Demonstrations at the booth will include a range of Mindspeed technologies:

Residential HSPA Femtocell: Mindspeed will show a commercially-available femtocell integrated with a set top box featuring IPTV functionality. This solution enables femto services, such as the ability to recognize mobile handsets and devices connected to the femtocell while selecting video accordingly, including targeted ad insertion or custom content. The demonstration will also include a home-automation system enabling the user to control aspects of the home environment such as the central heating or security features from their phone.
Enterprise HSPA Femtocell: A high-performance enterprise femtocell, integrating Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) for “one wire” simplicity will be showcased as part of an enterprise network demonstration. This demo will incorporate Mindspeed's HSPA technology and highlight a one step connection to a live core network.
Frequency division duplexing LTE (FDD-LTE) and time division duplexing LTE (TDD-LTE) small cell base stations: Mindspeed will be showing commercial solutions for both varieties of LTE. These include carrier-grade solutions from a number of customers and partners. Mindspeed will also be showing the new T22xx and T33xx dual-mode SoCs.

Mindspeed is the only small cell SoC supplier with demonstrated support for all 3GPP air-interfaces: HSPA, TD-SCDMA, LTE FDD and TD-LTE.

“Previously, both Mindspeed and Picochip have showcased real-world customer products and this year is no different,” said Rupert Baines, vice president of marketing at Mindspeed. “Small cells will be a big theme at the show and there is nowhere better to see the range of products and technologies available and shipping. From our recently released dual-mode product to new public access small cells, the combined portfolio and customer base of Mindspeed and Picochip clearly demonstrates the reality of this market, as well as our leadership position.”

Products planned for public display include:

Two dozen unique HSPA femtocells and small cells, including those in commercial service with service providers from around the world.
Real-world ecosystem participation from Mindspeed collaborators
Six different TD-SCDMA femtocells from innovative small cell manufacturers
Picocell-class products for enterprise, metro and rural markets

Throughout the show, Mindspeed will host a series of short presentations in Hall 1-Stand E57:

Monday, February 27
2:00 p.m.						The CTO’s espresso guide to SON
4:00 p.m.						Small cells: enterprise, metro and rural femtocells for 3G
6:00 p.m.						70,000 base stations

Tuesday, February 28
10:00 a.m.						Multi-processor signal processing for LTE base stations
12:00 p.m.						The CTO’s espresso guide to SON
2:00 p.m.						Enable Multi-Mode Technology for TD-SCDMA and TDD-LTE to meet future challenge
4:00 p.m.						Residential femtocells: cost-optimized and high-volume
5:00 p.m.						70,000 base stations

Wednesday, February 29
10:00 a.m.						Residential femtocells: cost-optimized and high-volume
12:00 p.m.						Multi-processor signal processing for LTE base stations
2:00 p.m.						Small cells: enterprise, metro and rural femtocells for 3G
4:00 p.m.						LTE deployment challenges and opportunities
5:00 p.m.						Enable Multi-Mode Technology for TD-SCDMA and TDD-LTE to meet future challenge

Thursday, March 1
10:00 a.m.						Multi-processor signal processing for LTE base stations
12:00 p.m.						LTE deployment challenges and opportunities
2:00 p.m.						Small cells: enterprise, metro and rural femtocells for 3G

About Mindspeed Technologies

To learn more, please visit www.mindspeed.com. Company news and updates are also posted at www.twitter.com/mindspeed.

CONTACT:

Press Relations
U.S.:
Magnet PR Group
Carolyn Fromm
+1 949-651-9539
carolyn@magnetprgroup.com
or
EMEA and Asia:
EML Wildfire
Darren Willsher
+44 20 8408 8000
mindspeed@emlwildfire.com
or
Investor Relations
Financial Profiles, Inc.
Tricia Ross
+1 916-939-7285
tross@finprofiles.com
or
Corporate Contact
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
Rupert Baines
VP Corporate Strategy and Marketing Communication
+44 1225 469 744
rupert.baines@mindspeed.com

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Research and Markets: Global Femtocell Revenues Reached 320 Million USD in 2011 with Airvana and Cisco/IP.Access Leading t

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:13 -0500

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d0bf00/femtocells_shipme) has announced the addition of the "Femtocells: Shipments, Revenue, Market Share and Growth by Vendor, Region, Technology Database: 2011 - 2015" directory to their offering.

Driven by the growing demand for in-building coverage and high speed mobile broadband access, the femtocells industry saw over 2.6 Million unit shipments in 2011, accounting for revenues for over 320 Million USD and live deployments with over 40 operators. Q4'2011 alone saw 92 Million USD in revenue and 0.8 Million unit shipments. Airvana and Cisco/IP.Access are leading the market with a combined market share of 40 %. While initial femtocell deployments targeted to provide in-building voice coverage, operators are now aggressively targeting the lucrative mobile broadband segment over the next five years, driven by an ever-increasing number of HSPA and LTE deployments. By 2016, it is expected that LTE femtocells will represent as many as 10 % of all unit shipments. Overall the industry is expected to be worth 3 Billion USD by then, growing at a CAGR of nearly 100 % over the next five years. Spanning over six detailed datasheets, the Femtocells: Shipments, Revenue, Market Share and Growth by Vendor, Region, Technology Database: 2011 - 2015 tracks historical shipments, revenues, market share, growth and yearly forecasts for the femtocells industry by vendor, industry segment and region.

Companies Mentioned:

Airvana
Airwalk
Alcatel-Lucent
Argela
Cisco
Contela
Huawei
ip.access
NEC/Ubiquisys
Samsung

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d0bf00/femtocells_shipme

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Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager,
press@researchandmarkets.com
U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907
Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716

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Infonetics Research: Adoption of Small Cells, Public Space Femtocells Reflects a Mobile World in Transition

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:10:20 -0500

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new study from market researcher Infonetics Research, Femtocell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, details mobile operator strategies for deploying femtocells and other small cells, including types, technologies, timing, installation locations, indoor and outdoor backhaul technologies, drivers, technical challenges, adoption barriers, and mobile traffic offload technologies and protocols.

ANALYST NOTE

“For our femtocell coverage strategies survey, we interviewed mobile operators from around the world that have deployed small cells (microcells, picocells, and/or public space femtocells) or plan to in 2012. Five (28%) are already running commercial public space femtocells networks, and almost half will do so sometime this year. Clearly, femtocells are growing beyond their original residential target market, moving into public space coverage, and becoming a full member of the ‘small cells’ set. Our survey reflects the fact that we are at the beginning of the mobile world’s transition from macro-centric to the next generation environment of small cells augmenting the macro RAN as mobile operators attempt to deliver ubiquitous coverage and high capacity in areas of dense user population and high broadband usage,” notes Richard Webb, directing analyst for mobile offload and mobile broadband devices at Infonetics Research.

FEMTOCELL COVERAGE STRATEGIES SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

83% of mobile operators interviewed by Infonetics have already deployed small cells (predominantly microcells and picocells), and the remaining will deploy them by the end of 2012, a qualification for participating in the survey
In-building coverage and data optimization are the top-rated drivers for operators deploying femtocells/small cells, followed by the non-expandability of the macro network due to the increasing difficulty of adding new cell sites
Although 61% of the operators see potential interferences with the macrocell network as the top technical challenge when deploying small cells, only 50% rate it a strong barrier to adopting small cells
The percentage of mobile operators deploying public space femtocells (also called “metro femtocells”) is growing from 28% in late 2011 to 44% in 2012 to improve mobile coverage and capacity in large areas of high footfall, such as retail malls, airports, and public buildings
The rise of carrier-WiFi (SIM-based WiFi access points that enable seamless handover between WiFi and cellular networks) could inhibit the opportunity for public space femtocells for offloading data from the macro network

SURVEY SYNOPSIS

For its Femtocell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, Infonetics analysts interviewed 18 incumbent, mobile, and competitive operators that have deployed small cells or plan to in 2012. The respondents are from EMEA, Asia Pacific, and North America and together represent 30% of global telecom carrier revenue, 29% of global telecom carrier capex, and 20% of the world’s mobile subscribers. The survey focuses on the deployment of small cells, microcells, picocells, and public femtocells. For a summary of Infonetics’ coverage of consumer femtocells, please see its Residential Femtocell Services: Global Service Provider Survey highlights.

RELATED RESEARCH

UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SMALL CELLS AND WIFI OFFLOAD for 2011 and 2012 services).

Download Infonetics’ 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://www.infonetics.com/login
Femtocell Equipment Vendor Market Share and Forecasts
Residential Femtocell Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
Small Cell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
Small Cell Equipment Forecast
WiFi Offload Equipment Forecast
WiFi Offload Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey

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Larry Howard, VP, Western NA, Asia, CALA: larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335
Scott Coyne, Eastern NA, Texas, Midwest: scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395
George Stojsavljevic, EMEA: george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623
Japan, Taiwan, Korea: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

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Infonetics Research
Richard Webb, +44 (0) 1689-851-618 or +1-408-583-3369
Directing Analyst - Microwave, Mobile Offload, and Mobile Broadband Devices
richard@infonetics.com

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Infonetics Research: Operators Turn to Femtocells to Improve Enterprise Coverage and Capacity

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:10:16 -0500

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Technology market research firm Infonetics Research recently surveyed operators about their plans to provide enterprise customers with femtocell and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services, such as enterprise femtocells, mobile PBX extension, unified communications, and dual-mode WiFi/cellular services.

The results are published in Infonetics’ Enterprise Femtocell and FMC Services: Global Service Provider Survey, which takes a deep dive into operators’ strategic roadmap for femtocell and FMC services, how they plan to evolve femtocell services into more sophisticated offerings in the future, and how they can integrate FMC for enterprise users.

ANALYST NOTE

“Although there was a notable injection of impetus into the market in 2010 and 2011, the enterprise femtocell segment is still very young. At this early stage, most operators are proceeding cautiously, launching enterprise femtocell solutions to improve in-building network coverage (a challenge for mobile operators that can strain relations with high-value enterprise customers), mobile voice call quality, and mobile data capacity. Once the basic needs of capacity and coverage are improved, the opportunity to sell other, more sophisticated FMC services will follow,” expects Richard Webb, directing analyst for microwave, mobile offload and mobile broadband devices at Infonetics Research.

ENTERPRISE FEMTOCELL AND FMC SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

61% of the operators participating in Infonetics’ survey already offer femtocell and FMC services to enterprises, 29% plan to offer the services in 2012, and 10% by 2013 (Infonetics interviewed only operators that currently offer femtocell and FMC services or plan to by 2013)
Femtocells top the list of technologies used to deliver wireless indoor coverage and capacity and show the most growth between now and 2013, followed by microcells/picocells and distributed antenna systems (DAS)
While operators use multiple solutions to provide wireless indoor coverage and capacity, femtocells are arguably the most cost effective, and improve capacity as well as coverage, which not all alternatives (such as DAS) do
The percentage of respondent operators deploying dual-mode 3G/WiFi femtocells jumps from 5% in 2011 to 38% in 2013
Smaller competitive mobile operators are more advanced in the development of their enterprise femtocell service offerings, using the technology to target smaller businesses

SURVEY SYNOPSIS

For its Enterprise Femtocell and FMC Services: Global Service Provider Survey, Infonetics analysts interviewed 21 mobile, incumbent, competitive, and cable operators that offer enterprise femtocell and FMC services or will by 2013. The respondents are from Europe, Asia Pacific, North America, and the Middle East -- the key areas of femtocell activity to date -- and together represent 33% of worldwide telecom carrier revenue and 31% of capex. Operators were asked about current and future enterprise femtocell technologies used, types deployed, services supported, strategies, subscribers, and more.

RELATED RESEARCH

UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SMALL CELLS AND WIFI OFFLOAD for 2011 and 2012 services).

Download Infonetics’ 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://www.infonetics.com/login
Femtocell Equipment Vendor Market Share and Forecasts
Residential Femtocell Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
Small Cell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
Small Cell Equipment Forecast
WiFi Offload Equipment Forecast
WiFi Offload Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey

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Larry Howard, VP, Western NA, Asia, CALA: larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335
Scott Coyne, Eastern NA, Texas, Midwest: scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395
George Stojsavljevic, EMEA: george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623
Japan, Taiwan, Korea: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

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Infonetics Research
Richard Webb, +44 (0) 1689-851-618 or +1-408-583-3369
Directing Analyst - Microwave, Mobile Offload, and Mobile Broadband Devices
richard@infonetics.com

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Infonetics Research: Femtocell Market Set to Double in 2012, Airvana Expands Lead

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:10:09 -0500

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Technology market research firm today released excerpts from its third quarter (3Q11) 2G/3G/4G Femtocell Equipment market share, market size, and forecast report, which tracks femtocells by market segment and technology.

ANALYST NOTE

“This year the femtocell market will scale up significantly and break out into clearer market segments: consumer, enterprise, and rural and metro public space femtocells. As price points continue to come down, we expect to see global femtocell revenue nearly double this year while unit shipments grow at nearly 140% compared to 2011,” predicts Richard Webb, directing analyst for microwave, mobile offload and mobile broadband devices at Infonetics Research.

FEMTOCELL MARKET STATS

Worldwide revenue from 2G and 3G femtocells used in consumer, enterprise and public spaces grew 9% sequentially in the third quarter of 2011, with 2G femtocell revenue declining and 3G femtocell revenue ramping
Year over year (3Q10 to 3Q11), global femtocell revenue is up 37%
W-CDMA/HSPA femtocells accounted for 72% of all femtocells shipped in 3Q11
4G LTE femtocells are expected to start shipping in late 2012
Femtocell market leader Airvana is the first to break through the US$25 million quarterly revenue threshold, expanding its revenue market share lead significantly
The Cisco/ip.access partnership maintains its lead in terms of femtocell unit share, and increased its quarterly femtocell revenue to its second-highest level to date, but did not gain revenue market share as other players also posted notable gains, including Huawei and NEC/Ubiquisys
A growing number of operators are offering free femtocells to their consumer subscribers, including SFR France, Softbank in Japan, and Cosmote in Greece

REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ quarterly 2G/3G/4G Femtocell Equipment report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and analysis for revenue, units, and ARPU of 2G femtocells (CDMA and GSM/GPRS), 3G femtocells (W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO), forecasts for 4G femtocells (LTE femtocells), split by consumer, enterprise, and public space applications. Companies tracked: Airvana, Airwalk, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco/ip.access (3G femtocells), Ericsson, Hay Systems, Huawei, ip.access (2G femtocells), Juni, Motorola, NEC, NETGEAR, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung, SerComm, Thomson, Ubiquisys, ZTE, and others.

RELATED RESEARCH

UPCOMING RESEARCH

Download report prospectuses, tables of contents, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see SMALL CELLS AND WIFI OFFLOAD for 2011 and 2012 services).

Download Infonetics’ 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://www.infonetics.com/login
Femtocell Equipment Vendor Market Share and Forecasts
Residential Femtocell Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
Small Cell Coverage Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
Small Cell Equipment Forecast
WiFi Offload Equipment Forecast
WiFi Offload Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey

SALES

Larry Howard, VP, Western NA, Asia, CALA: larry@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3335
Scott Coyne, Eastern NA, Texas, Midwest: scott@infonetics.com, +1-408-583-3395
George Stojsavljevic, EMEA: george@infonetics.com, +44-755-488-1623
Japan, Taiwan, Korea: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

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Richard Webb, +44 (0) 1689-851-618 or +1 (408) 583-3369
Directing Analyst - Microwave, Mobile Offload, and Mobile Broadband Devices
richard@infonetics.com

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Heavy Spurt in Femtocell Contracts Not Translating to Volumes, Says ABI Research

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:10:08 -0500

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The number of operator contracts is sharply rising, but the number of femtocell shipments is hardly keeping pace. Only 2.5 million femtocells shipped in 2011, a disappointment from the three to four million that were expected.

Fueling the higher expectations was the increase in femtocell commercial operator contracts, which totaled 88 in 2011. Included are individual operator contracts awarded to femtocell vendors, as well as multi-vendor contracts offered by some operators.

Out of the 88 contracts, 37 operators have launched services, with many more expected to launch during 2012.

Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, and Ubiquisys are closely tied in terms of the top share of contracts. Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent have 27 operator contracts each, while Ubiquisys has 28 contracts through NSN and NEC collectively.

However, the market share of unit shipments looks very different compared to the contract market share. Cisco/ip.access and Airvana/Ericsson are closely tied for top share and collectively represent 55% of the market’s shipment volume. Cisco/ip.access supplies to AT&T and Airvana/Ericsson supplies to Sprint.

“With two of the 37 femtocell operators making up 55% of the shipments, the risk is that the market will lose its momentum if the status quo doesn’t change,” says Aditya Kaul, practice director, mobile networks. “Femtocells are still largely used as Band-Aid solutions by most operators to cover up coverage holes. While operators like SFR in France are attempting to move beyond the Band-Aid proposition and use it as a competitive acquisition tool, the market needs many more SFRs to carry the momentum forward and achieve true mass-market status.”

ABI Research’s new study, “Femtocells,” (http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003187) covers the two mainstay markets for femtocells – consumer and enterprise. The femtocell ecosystem including chipset vendors, software stack vendors, system integrators, end-to-end suppliers, and operators, profiled along with the key drivers and challenges facing the market.

It is part of ABI Research’s Femtocell and Small Cell Research Service (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Femtocells_Research_Service).

ABI Research provides in-depth analysis and quantitative forecasting of trends in global connectivity and other emerging technologies. From offices in North America, Europe and Asia, ABI Research’s worldwide team of experts advises thousands of decision makers through 40+ research and advisory services. Est. 1990. For more information visit www.abiresearch.com, or call +1.516.624.2500.

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ABI Research
Christine Gallen, +44.203.326.0142
pr@abiresearch.com

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Sprint Adds AirWalk’s Enterprise Femtocell to their In-Building Solutions Portfolio

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:10:14 -0500

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced it is working with AirWalk Communications^TM Inc., a leader in small cell solutions, to add AirWalk’s enterprise femtocell to Sprint’s in-building solutions product portfolio. The product branded Sprint AIRAVE Pro Connect is available now for Sprint’s Custom Network Solutions customers to accommodate the rapid growth of indoor mobile traffic. AIRAVE Pro Connect is the world’s first enterprise-grade CDMA femtocell.

The AIRAVE Pro Connect allows Sprint to expand voice and data service to new venues and grow their customer base with a cost-effective, in-building solution. The enterprise femtocell is being deployed to increase coverage and capacity at enterprises, campuses, government buildings and other public venues as part of Sprint’s established standards-based IMS, 3GPP2 femtocell platform. Compared to traditional in-building solutions, the AIRAVE Pro Connect helps promote reduced costs, faster deployments, and off loads voice and data usage from the macro network.

Building on Sprint’s ongoing relationship with Ericsson for Sprint Network Advantage and Sprint Network Vision, Ericsson serves as the primary integrator for Sprint’s femtocell platform which supports multiple device manufacturers and venue-specific femtocell devices.

“Our AIRAVE Pro Connect trial customers have experienced exceptional in-building service for both voice and data,” said Mike McRoberts, director of product management - Sprint. “Smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are becoming essential everyday communication tools for business customers. The enterprise femtocell will help Sprint expand its in-building opportunities and proactively accommodate the anticipated traffic growth for in-building mobile devices.”

“Sprint’s leadership in deploying femtocells matched with AirWalk’s expertise in developing cost-effective and reliable small cells has made this a highly successful project,” said Serge Pequeux, president and CEO - AirWalk. “This compact, self-optimizing device simplifies operational costs and provides superior customer service by offloading traffic to where it is being generated.”

The AIRAVE Pro Connect helps to reduce costs and facilitate faster deployments compared to traditional solutions. The device is a 3G CDMA, dual-mode (1xEV-DO and 1xRTT) device that accommodates up to 32 data and 29 voice users simultaneously. The enterprise femtocell has a wall-mount package with self-optimizing, plug-and-play installation and has multi-device clustering capabilities to support larger coverage areas.

The AIRAVE Pro Connect supports Sprint’s overall commitment to environmental sustainability. According to a recent study, femtocells in general require less electrical power per user, improve battery life of subscriber devices, utilize existing backhaul, are more RF-efficient, and can even be easily powered off during down times.

The AirWalk enterprise femtocell is manufactured in the United States and will be the foundation for Sprint’s next-generation 4G products.

For more information about femtocells, please visit www.femtoforum.org.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel served more than 53 million customers at the end of 3Q 2011 and is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; offering industry-leading mobile data services, leading prepaid brands including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Newsweek ranked Sprint No. 3 in its 2011 Green Rankings, listing it as one of the nation’s greenest companies, the highest of any telecommunications company. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.

About AirWalk

AirWalk Communications, Inc. is a leader in innovative small cell solutions. AirWalk’s portfolio, consisting of femtocells, enterprise femtocells, picocells and microcells, complements the existing macro network by enabling operators to extend coverage and capacity in high-density areas. As operators deploy 4G/LTE networks, small cells play a vital role in delivering seamless coverage and capacity, and AirWalk’s unique flat IP architecture is the preferred solution for small cell deployments. Established in 2002, AirWalk is a privately held CDMA and LTE radio access network company with a customer base consisting of wireless operators worldwide. For more information, visit www.airwalkcom.com and www.twitter.com/airwalkcom.

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Sprint
Stephanie Greenwood, 913-315-1612
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Sharon Roberts, 469-484-4732
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Ways to Utilise WiFi in Data Offloading

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:10:05 -0400

LONDON, October 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

With mobile data traffic estimated to increase 26-fold by 2015, data offloading is now an integral part of mobile operators' network optimisation strategy.

With the increase in mobile data, WiFi has begun to play a big part in an operator's offloading strategy. In an exclusive podcast with Telecoms IQ, Adnan Hantalasevic, Expert Associate of Technical Solution Designing at BH Telecom, explains the benefits of using WiFi, how it can be used to reduce network congestion and how you can overcome the main challenges of building Wi-Fi networks.

In addition, BH Telecom will be presenting at Data Offloading Strategies from the 5^th-8^th November in Barcelona. They will be discussing their experiences of building a WiFi network to expand the coverage and capacity of their 3G network. BH Telecom are joining other leading experts including:

Dave Wisely, Chief Mobile Strategist, BT
Andrzej Milkowski, Director of Engineering, P4
Ramin Hekmat, Wireless and Offloading Network Strategist, KPN
Karim El-Khazen, Head of Project Development Business Development and Innovation, Deutsche Telekom
David Haszeldine, International Technology Economics, T-Mobile International

Take this opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of femtocells versus WiFi and discover how your peers are ensuring seamless handovers and optimising QoS and QoE when implementing offloading techniques. Data Offloading Strategies (http://www.dataoffloading.com) will explore the key areas of focus for operators across Europe and the Middle East as they look to different offloading technologies to cost-effectively expand network coverage and capacity.

Data Offloading Strategies will be held on the 5^th - 8^th December 2011 at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona and will bring together senior offloading and network experts to discuss the offloading strategies and techniques that can provide both an optimal customer experience and the best ROI.

Download the conference programme at http://www.dataoffloading.com

Data Offloading Strategies Media Centre features another interview with Jack Hakimian, Director of Corporate Strategy at Zain Group on 'What are the costs and benefits of offloading?'

Bilal Azmat
TelecomsIQ +44-(0)207-368-9737
telecoms@iqpc.co.uk

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