The mobile network optimization market, including 2G/3G optimization and 4G Self-Organizing Network (SON) software, is likely to grow to $3 billion by 2015.
The growth is happening because telecom operators are seeking efficiencies in their networks as mobile subscribers continue migrating from 2G to 3G technology, and eventually to 4G.
78 percent of mobile subscribers are on 2G networks, the rest are on 3G, with 4G networks just getting started.
2G/3G optimization software makes up the majority of the overall MNO market, while SON software is growing the fastest, driven by growing LTE network rollouts.
Smaller specialist vendors in the mobile network optimization market are being increasingly squeezed by larger equipment suppliers happy to throw in software as a value-add to the infrastructure they sell to telecom operators, according to a report in MarketWatch.
Since the restructuring of China’s telecommunications industry in 2008, Asia Pacific has become the largest market for mobile network optimization and SON.
“While 2G and 3G mobile network optimization has been around for two decades, SON — considered an unrealistic dream just 10 years ago — is new to the party as of 2009 as the first iteration of the ‘zero-touch’ network, diminishing human involvement in network operational tasks,” said Stephane Teral, author of the report and principal analyst for mobile infrastructure at Infonetics Research.
“Both segments of the market are growing as telecom operators race to reduce their opex and capex, but SON is about to skyrocket: we forecast global SON software revenue to grow at an 84 percent CAGR from 2010 to 2015, and 2G/3G optimization software revenue to grow at 4 percent,” Teral added.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
The growth is happening because telecom operators are seeking efficiencies in their networks as mobile subscribers continue migrating from 2G to 3G technology, and eventually to 4G.
78 percent of mobile subscribers are on 2G networks, the rest are on 3G, with 4G networks just getting started.
2G/3G optimization software makes up the majority of the overall MNO market, while SON software is growing the fastest, driven by growing LTE network rollouts.
Smaller specialist vendors in the mobile network optimization market are being increasingly squeezed by larger equipment suppliers happy to throw in software as a value-add to the infrastructure they sell to telecom operators, according to a report in MarketWatch.
Since the restructuring of China’s telecommunications industry in 2008, Asia Pacific has become the largest market for mobile network optimization and SON.
“While 2G and 3G mobile network optimization has been around for two decades, SON — considered an unrealistic dream just 10 years ago — is new to the party as of 2009 as the first iteration of the ‘zero-touch’ network, diminishing human involvement in network operational tasks,” said Stephane Teral, author of the report and principal analyst for mobile infrastructure at Infonetics Research.
“Both segments of the market are growing as telecom operators race to reduce their opex and capex, but SON is about to skyrocket: we forecast global SON software revenue to grow at an 84 percent CAGR from 2010 to 2015, and 2G/3G optimization software revenue to grow at 4 percent,” Teral added.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
