Top 10 cellular network infrastructure vendors in Q4 2011

By Telecom Lead Team: Ericsson is leading the global cellular network infrastructure market in Q4 2011 with 35.5
percent market share.

The revenue of the global cellular network infrastructure market was $46.5 billion in
the fourth quarter of 2011.

According to Signals and Systems Telecom, Ericsson
clocked $16.51 billion revenue from cellular network infrastructure
business in Q4 2011. Nokia Siemens Networks has the second position with 19.2
percent market share.

(please see the chart at the end of the article)

With 6.1 billion global cellular network subscriptions,
the year 2011 has seen mobile penetration levels reach over 87 percent. From an
operator perspective, China Mobile is leading the market with over 650 million
subscriptions. Indian operators primarily Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance
Communications, Idea Cellular, BSNL etc. also constitute a considerable market
share with over 928 million subscriptions.

Mobile broadband has also seen considerable growth with
3.5 G HSPA subscriptions reaching 566 million, EV-DO subscriptions reaching 272
million, and 4G LTE subscriptions reaching 6.4 million. LTE subscriptions that
currently comprise only 0.1 percent of the market will significantly grow over
the next 5 years, eventually representing more than 8 percent of the market in
2016. Presently, U.S operator Verizon Wireless and Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo
are leading the LTE market with market shares of 63 percent and 22 percent
respectively, driven by their early adoption of LTE technology.