Small Cell, Big Growth

According to the DellOro Group, mobile Radio Access Network (RAN) LTE equipment is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more than 50 percent over the next five years. The public access small cell market is expected to generate significant revenues in the outer years of the forecast period and account for nine percent of all RAN revenues in 2016. Overall Wireless LAN market revenues are forecast to reach almost $10 billion in 2016, an increase of 54% over 2011 revenues, according to DellOro Group.

Small cell networks, with seamless roaming and offloading to public WiFi, may be among the fastest growing segment.

Carrier-grade Wi-Fi networking company Ruckus Wireless, estimates that 36 percent of Internet traffic is being delivered over Wi-Fi today. By 2015, Wi-Fi could... [via Dailywireless]