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3G Femtocells and Beyond Opportunities & Service Scenarios in the Home 2009-2014

This report presents three different scenarios of how the femtocells market will develop over the next six years up until 2014; best case, baseline and worst case scenario.

Key femtocells forecasts include; the number of femtocells access points shipped both for stand-alone access points and integrated access points, 3G home femtocell subscribers and femtocell service revenues split by; free calling plan, basic monthly value, new and enhanced services and incremental revenue from existing femtocells services.

Each of the femtocells projections use a twin track approach, forecasting both residential broadband subscribers and forecast of 3G subscribers. This report also includes a number of key interviews with femtocells players as well as a list of trials and profiles on femtocell vendors.

Key Questions Addressed by this Report:
  • How many 3G femtocells will be installed in homes by region over the next five years?
  • What are the consumer 3G femtocell take-up scenarios over the next five years?
  • How many consumers will use 3G femtocells by region over the next five years?
  • How much service revenue will3Gfemtocells in the home generate?
  • What are the shipment breakdowns between standalone and integrated femtocells between 2009 and 2014?
  • How will North America,Western Europe and the Far East & China compare for femtocell deployments?
Key Benefits:
  • A unique source of combined research and analysis for the 3G femtocells market including technologies, market characteristics and forecasts.
  • Practical analysis of the emerging opportunities for vendors and operators.
  • Unique insights: includes interviews of leading players with significant experience of the3Gfemtocells market.
  • Benefit from fresh thinking and intelligent market assessment.

Published By: Juniper Research Limited
Date Published: Jun 2009

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Taiwan Consumer Electronics Report Q3 2009

Taiwan’s domestic consumer electronics devices market, defined as including computing devices, mobilehandsets, and video, audio and gaming products, was estimated to be worth around US$8.6bn in 2008.Market revenues are expected to increase to nearly US$10.0bn by 2013, at a CAGR of 3%, slower than inthe preceding five years. Some product groups are approaching saturation, but there will be a number ofgrowth areas including 3G phones, smartphones, netbooks, Blu-Ray DVD players and high-endnotebooks.

Computers

Computers accounted for around 51% ofTaiwanese consumer electronics spending in2008. BMI forecasts Taiwanese computerhardware sales of US$4.5bn in 2009, upslightly from the previous year. With PCpenetration above 70%, CAGR for the2008-2013 period will be around 2%, butthere will be growth areas in multimedia andentertainment notebooks and netbooks.

AV

AV devices accounted for around 34% ofTaiwanese consumer electronics spending in2008. Taiwan’s domestic video, audio andgaming device market was estimated atUS$2.9 bn. The market is expected to growat a CAGR of 5% between 2008-2013, to avalue of US$3.8bn in that year. Portableaudio devices such as MP3/MP4 playersaccount will continue to sell well, whilefast-growing video applications includeLCD TV sets and Blu-Ray DVD players.

Mobile Handsets

Taiwan mobile handset sales accounted foraround 15% of Taiwanese consumerelectronics spending in 2008. Total handsetsales are expected to grow at a CAGR ofabout 1% to 7.3mn units in 2013, with themarket driven mainly by replacements aspenetration is already above 100%. Thefastest sales growth will be of 3G handsetunits.

Published By: Business Monitor International
Date Published: Jun 2009

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Recommended Reading

UMTS Signaling

The successful trial, deployment, operation and troubleshooting of 3G or UMTS infrastructures and applications is the biggest challenge facing today's mobile communications. Network element instability, network element and multi-vendor interoperability, configuration and network planning faults are just a few of the challenges affecting performance and profitability that need to be addressed. This book is an invaluable guide to resolving such problems. A cutting-edge, comprehensive approach to the standards, network architecture, objectives and functions of the various UMTS interfaces and protocols, backed up by real-world examples gleaned from the latest worldwide research.

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (March 14, 2005)




 
 

 

 
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