Femtocells and Fixed-Mobile Convergence is a comprehensive report from Berg
Insight analysing the emerging worldwide market for femtocells.
This strategic research report in the NGT Research Series from Berg Insight
provides you with 90 pages of unique business intelligence, including 5-year
industry forecasts and expert commentary on which to base your business
decisions.
This report will allow you to:
Understand the opportunities and challenges for fixed-mobile
convergence services.
Comprehend how femtocell technologies affect mobile networks.
Identify key players on the global femtocell market.
Predict future business models for femtocell services.
Anticipate the timing of mass-market introduction of femtocell
devices and services.
Profit from valuable insights from the most successful offerings on
the market.
This report answers the following questions:
What is the current status of the femtocell market?
How will femtocell and fixed-mobile convergence services evolve in the
future?
What are the femtocell strategies of the leading mobile operators?
Which companies are active in this market?
How will femtocell technologies evolve in the future?
Which operators have introduced femtocell services?
How will North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific compare in terms of
femtocell deployments?
Who should buy this report?
Femtocells and Fixed-Mobile Convergence is the foremost source of information
about this market. Whether you are a telecom vendor, mobile operator,
investor, consultant or government agency, you will gain valuable insights
from our in-depth research.
About the Author
André Malm is a Senior Analyst with a Masters degree from
Chalmers University of Technology. He joined Berg Insight in 2006 and his
areas of expertise include locationbased services, personal navigation
services and mobile VAS.
Marcus Persson is a Telecom Analyst with a Masters degree in Electrical
Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology. He joined Berg Insight in
2008 and his areas of expertise include Mobile Value Added Services and the
market for mobile broadband in particular.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Executive summary
1. Fixed-mobile convergence
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Communication services worldwide
1.1.2 FMC and FMS market trends
1.2 Communication network technology evolution
1.2.1 Wireless technologies
1.2.2 Fixed-line broadband technologies
1.3 Fixed-mobile convergence service approaches
1.3.1 Home zone services
1.3.2 UMA services
1.3.3 Femtocells
1.4 Femtocell challenges
1.4.1 Core network integration
1.4.2 Femtocell interference issues
1.4.3 Femtocell business models
2. Femtocell technology
2.1 Mobile network architecture
2.1.1 Microcells
2.1.2 Picocells
2.1.3 Femtocells
2.2 Femtocell system architectures
2.2.1 UMTS based architecture
2.2.2 IMS based architecture
2.2.3 UMA/GAN fixed mobile convergence
2.3 Standardisation
2.3.1 3GPP
2.3.2 Other standardisation bodies and organisations
2.4 Regulations
3. Femtocell deployments
3.1 Femtocells from an operator perspective
3.1.1 The femtocell business case for mobile operators
3.1.2 Operator strategies
3.2 Femtocells from a consumer perspective
3.2.1 Benefits for the consumer
3.2.2 Femtocell health aspects
3.3 Early trials and commercial offerings
3.3.1 AT&T
3.3.2 BT
3.3.3 NTT DoCoMo
3.3.4 Orange
3.3.5 Softbank
3.3.6 Sprint
3.3.7 StarHub
3.3.8 T-Mobile
3.3.9 Telecom Italia
3.3.10 Telefonica O2
3.3.11 Telekom Austria
3.3.12 TeliaSonera
3.3.13 Verizon Wireless
3.3.14 Vodafone
4. Vendor profiles
4.1 The femtocell value chain
4.2 Femtocell chipset vendors
4.2.1 Percello
4.2.2 picoChip
4.2.3 Qualcomm
4.2.4 Texas Instruments
4.3 Femtocell access point vendors
4.3.1 Airvana
4.3.2 AirWalk Communications
4.3.3 Hay Systems
4.3.4 ip.access
4.3.5 Ubiquisys
4.4 FMC residential gateway vendors
4.4.1 2Wire
4.4.2 Netgear
4.4.3 Pirelli Broadband Solutions
4.4.4 Sagem Communications
4.4.5 Thomson
4.5 Network gateway vendors and system integrators
4.5.1 Alcatel-Lucent
4.5.2 Ericsson
4.5.3 Huawei
4.5.4 Kineto Wireless
4.5.5 Motorola
4.5.6 NEC
4.5.7 Nokia Siemens Networks
4.5.8 Samsung
4.5.9 Tatara Systems
4.5.10 ZTE
5. Market forecasts and trends
5.1 Femtocell market trends
5.1.1 Moving from trials to commercial deployments
5.1.2 The role of femtocells
5.1.3 The femtocell value chain
5.2 Femtocell market forecasts
5.2.1 Femtocells and FMC in APAC
5.2.2 Femtocells and FMC in Europe
5.2.3 Femtocells and FMC in North America
5.2.4 Femtocell shipments worldwide
5.3 Concluding remarks
Glossary
List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Mobile subscribers by region (Worldwide Q4-2008)
Figure 1.2: Fixed line broadband connections by region (Worldwide Q4-2008)
Figure 1.3: Voice traffic (Worldwide 2000 - 2008)
Figure 1.4: Wireless subscribers by standard (Worldwide Q4-2008)
Figure 1.5: Theoretical peak data rates by wireless technology
Figure 1.6: Theoretical peak data rates by fixed-line technology
Figure 1.7: UMA and SIP over Wi-Fi FMC operators
Figure 2.1: Examples of picocell and femtocell access points
Figure 2.2: UMTS network architecture
Figure 2.3: Iu-over-IP based architecture
Figure 2.4: IMS based architecture
Figure 2.5: 3GPP releases (2000-2009)
Figure 3.1: Mobile data traffic in Swedish cellular networks (Sweden 2004
- 2008)
Figure 4.1: Main femtocell solutions by vendor (August 2009)
Figure 4.2: Overview of femtocell access point vendors (August 2009)
