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Femtocell Market Status
Femtocells have arrived and are shaping up into a key tool for mobile broadband service delivery
Andy GermanoVice Chairman, Femto [email protected]
VendorsCarriers
The Femto Forum Aims
• Promoting & enabling femtocells• Not-for-profit, founded in 2007• Independent, Inclusive, International
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77 providers of femtocell technology covering all aspects of the ecosystem
58 operators covering over 1.5 billion mobile subscribers – 33% of global total
End to endsystem providers
NetworkElements
Componentsand So ware
Otherenablers
Products
Why Femtocells?
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Explosion of internet connected devices
Exponential growth of mobile data traffic
Source: Signals Research Group
Home
Office
Out of home / officeOn the move
Source: Informa
Traffic increasingly indoors
“Wireless data traffic on the AT&T network has grown more than 5,000 percent over the past three years...We see this usage trend continuing in the years to come.”- John Donovan, AT&T CTO, 14 Feb 2010
“ three per cent of the ...smartphone users generate 40 per cent of wireless data traffic”- Ralph de la Vega, AT&T CEO , December 2009
“The O2 network has seen an 18-fold increase in
data carried over the network in the last year
and traffic continues to double every three
months.” Matthew Key, O2, November 2009
Vodafone expects network traffic to double year-on-year. 7% of cell sites hitting congestion – defined as up to 90% utilisation -in the busiest hour.- Vitorio Colao, Vodafone CEO, February 2010
About Femtocells• Simple, low cost, easy-to-install cellular access point for homes
(& offices & metro areas)• Delivering fast, reliable service to standard phones over licensed spectrum• Supported in 3G and next-generation standards by 3GPP, 3GPP2, WiMAX
Forum, Broadband Forum
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The shape of mobile networks has changed...
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Cells in US mobile networks
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Deployments up ~3x in 12 months
Rapid future growth expected• ABI Research estimates > 60
ongoing operator trials• Further deployments expected
shortly• Significant growth reaching
just under 49 million femtocell access points (FAP) in the market by 2014 and 114 million mobile users during that year Source: Informa
• Healthy growth predicted with femtocell unit sales reaching 25 million in 2014.
• Femtocell based 3G service revenue $9bn per annum by 2014 Source: Juniper Research Fig 2. Femtocell access point and user forecasts – Jan 2010
Fig 1. Femtocell worldwide trial activity
Consumer Research – Key findings
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• Femto technology has wide range of applications• Cost-effective deployment in offices, high-traffic or low coverage locations• Enterprise femtocells: overlay currently, integrated in future • Metrozone: capacity offload for rapid-response LTE service• Rural and developing markets via wireless backhaul
Macrocells – wide area coverage and mobility
Femtocells aren’t only for home
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Enterprise femtocells
Domestic femtocells
Outdoor femtocells
Standards – Completing the Picture
•April 2009: Release 8 provided end-to-end UMTS standard, with Broadband Forum management data model•April 2010: Release 9 provides feature enhancements for UMTS and end-to-end LTE femtocell support
• March 2010: First CDMA femtocell standard announced by 3GPP2/CDG/Femto Forum
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• June 2010: WiMAX femtocell standard publication announced by WiMAX Forum and Femto Forum
• Femtocells now supported by all major mobile technologies(c) Femto Forum Ltd. 2010 - All rights reserved
Further Information
12available from www.femtoforum.org
Upcoming Events
CES, Las Vegas, January 2011MWC, Barcelona, Feb 2011CTIA, Orlando, FL, March 2011
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Quarterly Plenary Events in USA, Europe & Asia for Members
Summary
• Femtocells address immediate needs• Femtocells are here now• Femtocells are growing fast• Femtocells provide a unique platform for mobile services
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“Delivering a great mobile experience to one billion users via
femto technology”
