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TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... 7 2013 Review: The Year of LTE... 8 2014-2018 Forecast...11 Demand Drivers for Our Forecast...13 Summary...14 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY... 15 CHAPTER 1: OVERALL MARKET PERFORMANCE... 16 1.1 2013: Record Shipments for LTE: TDD Driving Volumes...16 1.2 OEM Analysis Huawei Becomes Dominant Market Leader...22 1.3 The Chinese Factor...23 1.4 BTS Forecast 2014-2018...25 CHAPTER 2: LTE... 33 2.1 LTE Market Share...35 2.2 Demand Focused on 700/2600MHz Frequency Bands...38 2.3 LTE BTS Forecast 2014-2018...40 2.4 Momentum for LTE TDD in China and beyond...45 CHAPTER 3: W-CDMA/HSPA+ BTS... 47 3.1 W-CDMA Market Share Analysis...47 3.2 Shipments of W-CDMA900 up 58% in 2013...50 3.3 The Chinese Factor...51 3.4 W-CDMA Forecast 2014-2018...53 CHAPTER 5: GSM-BECOMING OBSOLETE... 57 5.1 GSM Market Share Analysis...57 5.2 The Chinese Factor...58 5.3 GSM900/GSM1800 Technology Becomes Obsolete...60 5.4 GSM Forecast 2014-2018...62 CHAPTER 6: CDMA2000 1X/EV-DO... 66 6.1 CDMA Market Share Analysis...66 6.2 The Chinese Factor...68 6.3 CDMA850 Continues to remain the segment leader...70 6.4 CDMA2000 Forecast 2014-2018...71 CHAPTER 7: GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET SHARE... 75 China: LTE Driving Strong Rebound...75 7.1 North & Latin America...78 7.2 Western & Eastern Europe...81 7.3 Africa & Middle East...82 7.4 Asia Pacific...85 7.5 Brazil/Russia/India/China (BRIC) Analysis...89 CHAPTER 8: BTS CONFIGURATION TYPES... 93 8.1 drru BTS...95 8.2 crfm BTS...96 8.3 crfm vs. drru Forecast...97 CHAPTER 9: REMOTE RADIO UNITS (RRU) ANALYSIS... 98 9.1 W-CDMA RRU... 102 9.2 LTE RRU... 103 9.3 LTE-FDD RRU... 104 9.4 LTE-TDD RRU... 105 1
CHAPTER 10: BTS OEM COMPANY PROFILES... 106 10.1 Alcatel-Lucent... 107 10.2 Ericsson... 110 10.3 Huawei Technologies... 113 10.4 Nokia Solutions Networks... 116 10.5 Samsung Electronics... 119 10.6 ZTE... 122 2
TABLES Table 1: Global BTS Market Share by OEM, 2012-2013 (Units)... 11 Table 2: Global BTS Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 18 Table 3: Global BTS Market Share by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 18 Table 4: Global BTS Market Share by OEM, 2012-2013 (Units)... 22 Table 5: Global BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 23 Table 6: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency, 2014-2018 (Units)... 28 Table 7: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 29 Table 8: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 30 Table 9: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (Units)... 31 Table 10: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 31 Table 11: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 31 Table 12: Global LTE BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 35 Table 13: Global LTE-FDD BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 36 Table 14: Global LTE-TDD BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 37 Table 15: Global LTE BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 38 Table 16: Global LTE BTS Forecast, FDD vs. TDD, 2014-2018 (Units)... 42 Table 17: Global LTE BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 43 Table 18: Global LTE BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 43 Table 19: Global LTE BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% Growth YoY)... 44 Table 20: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 49 Table 21: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 50 Table 22: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 51 Table 23: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 55 Table 24: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 55 Table 25: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 55 Table 26: Global GSM BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 58 Table 27: Global GSM BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 58 Table 28: Global GSM BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 60 Table 29: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 64 Table 30: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 64 Table 31: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 64 Table 32: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 67 Table 33: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 68 Table 34: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 70 Table 35: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 74 Table 36: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 74 Table 37: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 74 Table 38: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by Region, 2014-2018 (Units)... 75 Table 39: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by Region, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 77 Table 40: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by Region, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 77 Table 41: Brazil/Russia/India/China BTS Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 89 Table 42: Brazil/Russia/India/China BTS Forecast, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 89 Table 43: Global crfm vs. drru BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 93 Table 44: Global drru BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 95 Table 45: Global crfm BTS Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 96 Table 46: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by BTS Type, 2014-2018 (Units)... 97 Table 47: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by BTS Type, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 97 Table 48: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by BTS Type, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 97 Table 49: Global RRU Shipment Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (Units)... 98 Table 50: Global RRU Shipment Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 99 Table 51: Global RRU Shipment Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 99 Table 52: Global RRU Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 100 Table 53: Global W-CDMA RRU Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 102 Table 54: Global LTE RRU Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 103 Table 55: Global LTE-FDD RRU Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 104 Table 56: Global LTE-TDD RRU Market Share, 2012-2013 (Units)... 105 Table 57: Alcatel-Lucent BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 108 Table 58: Alcatel-Lucent BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 108 Table 59: Ericsson BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2012-2013(Units)... 111 Table 60: Ericsson BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 111 Table 61: Nokia Solutions Networks BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 117 Table 62: Nokia Solutions Networks BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 117 3
Table 63: Samsung BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 120 Table 64: Samsung BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 120 Table 65: ZTE BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 123 Table 66: ZTE BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 123 4
EXHIBITS Exhibit 1: Global BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)...9 Exhibit 2: Global BTS Forecast 2014-2018, (% YoY Growth)... 12 Exhibit 3: Comparison of 2013 Global BTS Forecast vs. Actual Shipments... 17 Exhibit 4: Global BTS Shipments, 2012-2013 (Units)... 17 Exhibit 5: Global BTS Market Share by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 19 Exhibit 6: Global BTS Market Share by Technology Generation, 2013 (Units)... 20 Exhibit 7: Global UMTS BTS Market Share by Technology, 2013 (Units)... 20 Exhibit 8: Global BTS Market Share by Air Interface, 2012-2013 (Units)... 21 Exhibit 9: Global BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 22 Exhibit 10: Global BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 23 Exhibit 11: Global BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2013 (Units)... 24 Exhibit 12: Global BTS Forecast 2014-2018, (% YoY Growth)... 25 Exhibit 13: Global BTS Shipment Forecast, Prior vs. Current, 2014-2018 (Units)... 26 Exhibit 14: Global BTS Shipment Historical Trend, 2002-2013, (% YoY Growth)... 26 Exhibit 15: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (% Market Share)... 31 Exhibit 16: Global BTS Forecast by Air Interface, 2018 (% Market Share)... 32 Exhibit 17: Comparison of 2013 Global LTE BTS Forecast vs. Actual Shipments... 34 Exhibit 18: Global LTE BTS Shipments, 2012-2013 (Units)... 34 Exhibit 19: Global LTE BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 35 Exhibit 20: Global LTE-FDD BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 36 Exhibit 21: Global LTE-TDD BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 37 Exhibit 22: LTE BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 38 Exhibit 23: Global LTE BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 39 Exhibit 24: Global LTE BTS Forecast 2014-2018, (% YoY Growth)... 40 Exhibit 25: Global LTE BTS Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 41 Exhibit 26: Global LTE BTS Forecast, Prior vs. Current, 2014-2018 (Units)... 41 Exhibit 27: Global LTE BTS Forecast, FDD vs. TDD, 2014-2018 (Units)... 42 Exhibit 28: Global LTE BTS Shipment Forecast by Frequency Band, 2014-2018 (Units)... 44 Exhibit 29: TDD Frequency Bands, 1800-2700MHz... 46 Exhibit 30: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipments, 2012-2013 (Units)... 48 Exhibit 31: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 49 Exhibit 32: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 50 Exhibit 33: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 51 Exhibit 34: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 52 Exhibit 35: Global W-CDMA BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2013 (Units)... 52 Exhibit 36: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018, (% YoY Growth)... 53 Exhibit 37: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 54 Exhibit 38: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, Prior vs. Current, 2014-2018 (Units)... 54 Exhibit 39: Global W-CDMA BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 56 Exhibit 40: Comparison of 2013 GSM BTS Forecast vs. Actual Shipments (Units)... 57 Exhibit 41: Global GSM BTS Shipments, 2012-2013 (Units)... 57 Exhibit 42: Global GSM BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 58 Exhibit 43: Global GSM BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 59 Exhibit 44: Global GSM BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2013 (Units)... 59 Exhibit 45: Global GSM BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 60 Exhibit 46: Global GSM BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 61 Exhibit 47: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018, (% YoY Growth)... 62 Exhibit 48: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 63 Exhibit 49: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, Prior vs. Current, 2014-2018 (Units)... 64 Exhibit 50: Global GSM BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 65 Exhibit 51: Comparison of 2013 CDMA2000 BTS Forecast vs. Actual Shipments (Units)... 66 Exhibit 52: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipments, 2012-2013 (Units)... 67 Exhibit 53: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share by OEM, 2013 (Units)... 68 Exhibit 54: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2012-2013 (Units)... 69 Exhibit 55: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share, Chinese vs. ROW, 2013 (Units)... 69 Exhibit 56: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 70 Exhibit 57: Global CDMA2000 BTS Market Share by Frequency, 2012-2013 (Units)... 71 Exhibit 58: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (% YoY Growth)... 72 Exhibit 59: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 73 Exhibit 60: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, Prior vs. Current, 2014-2018 (Units)... 73 Exhibit 61: Global CDMA2000 BTS Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 74 Exhibit 62: Global BTS Market Share by Region, 2013 (Units)... 76 5
Exhibit 63: Global BTS Forecast by Region, 2018 (Units)... 76 Exhibit 64: North & Latin America BTS Forecast by Region, 2014-2018 (Units)... 80 Exhibit 65: Western & Eastern Europe BTS Forecast by Region, 2014-2018 (Units)... 82 Exhibit 66: Africa & Middle East BTS Forecast by Region, 2014-2018 (Units)... 84 Exhibit 67: Asia Pacific BTS Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 88 Exhibit 68: Brazil/Russia/India/China BTS Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 89 Exhibit 69: Brazil/Russia/India/China BTS Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 90 Exhibit 70: Brazil BTS Shipment Forecast 2014-2018 (Units)... 90 Exhibit 71: Russia BTS Shipment Forecast 2014-2018 (Units)... 91 Exhibit 72: China BTS Shipment Forecast 2014-2018 (Units)... 91 Exhibit 73: India BTS Shipment Forecast 2014-2018 (Units)... 92 Exhibit 74: China & India BTS Shipment Forecast 2014-2018 (Units)... 92 Exhibit 75: Traditional vs. Distributed RRU BTS Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 94 Exhibit 76: Global BTS Market Share, crfm vs. drru, 2012-2013 (Units)... 94 Exhibit 77: Global drru BTS Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 95 Exhibit 78: Global crfm BTS Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 96 Exhibit 79: Global BTS Shipment Forecast by BTS Type, 2014-2018 (Units)... 97 Exhibit 80: Global RRU Shipment Forecast, 2014-2018 (Units)... 98 Exhibit 81: Global RRU Shipment Forecast by Air Interface, 2014-2018 (Units)... 99 Exhibit 82: Global RRU Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 100 Exhibit 83: Global RRU Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 101 Exhibit 84: Global W-CDMA RRU Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 102 Exhibit 85: Global LTE RRU Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 103 Exhibit 86: Global LTE-FDD RRU Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 104 Exhibit 87: Global LTE-FDD RRU Market Share, 2013 (Units)... 105 Exhibit 88: Alcatel-Lucent BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 109 Exhibit 89: Alcatel-Lucent BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 109 Exhibit 90: Ericsson BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 112 Exhibit 91: Ericsson BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 112 Exhibit 92: Huawei BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 115 Exhibit 93: Huawei BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 115 Exhibit 94: Nokia Solutions Networks BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 118 Exhibit 95: Nokia Solutions Networks BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 118 Exhibit 96: Samsung BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 121 Exhibit 97: Samsung BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 121 Exhibit 98: ZTE BTS Shipments by Air Interface/Frequency, 2013 (Units)... 124 Exhibit 99: ZTE BTS Shipments by Air Interface, 2013 (Units)... 124 6