Innovation and Pricing Pressures Drive 5G Base
Innovation continues for 5G and the next generation of wireless networks, but price pressure from the MNOs is becoming more
Globally, 5G is being deployed at two different paces, with China supporting half of the base transceiver station (BTS) market while the rest of Asia, Europe, the U.S. and late 5G entrant India dominate the balance of the market. Figure 1 shows our latest base station forecast by region. Figure 1 Macro/Micro regional BTS forecast.
5G is bringing massive network capacity improvements by using new spectrum in the sub-6 GHz frequency band while reusing legacy 4G bands. 5G architectures leverage traditional remote radio heads (RRHs) and active antenna systems (AAS). The use of massive MIMO (mMIMO) is a crucial technology to improve AAS spectral efficiency and throughput.
India is a new and important market for 5G and the country has chosen to turn toward the Western supply chain, with Nokia and Ericsson as the main suppliers. The growth in the RAN market is mainly supported by the five big established players: Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE and Samsung.
MARKET DRIVERS COME OUT OF MNO REQUIREMENTS 5G is bringing massive network capacity improvements by using new spectrum in the sub-6 GHz frequency band while reusing legacy 4G bands. 5G architectures leverage traditional remote radio heads (RRHs) and active antenna systems (AAS).
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