FemtoCell Market in APAC: Market Analysis and Forecast 2015-2019

Market overview of femtocell in the APAC region

The femtocell market in APAC is an emerging space that is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 20% over the next four years. The market is largely driven by the immense demand for online videos, emails, location-based services, online gaming, file sharing, and making video calls.

In 2014, mobile data traffic grew by 69% because of increased usage of mobile broadband among consumers. To fulfill these demands, 3G and 4G mobile network operators are deploying femtocell to increase the signal strength for proper flow of data and voice services.  

The femtocell market in APAC by end-user

• Residential and SOHO
• Enterprises
• Other

A significantly large number of consumers in the market are grappling with call drops and internet connectivity issues. They usually migrate from one service provider to another in search of faster network connectivity that will support high-speed data and voice services. Thus, mobile operators are deploying femtocell to provide better network connectivity in households and increasing their ARPU. The household segment dominates the market and its forms a focus area for the leading vendors of the market.

Emergence of internet of things (IoT) and its impact on the femtocell market in APAC

IoT plays an important role in driving the adoption of femtocell among household as enterprise consumers. With the evolution of IoT, devices and sensors perform intelligent and highly efficient operations.

IoT provides interconnectivity between devices and allows the exchange of large volumes of data stored in the cloud. IoT has enabled proper communication between devices, systems, and services. It has facilitated the transmission of a huge amount of data through networks at high speed. Many governments in the APAC are investing heavily in IoT projects. The Chinese government alone is expected to invest more than 600 billion by 2020. Also, in South Korea the government is planning to set up an open IoT ecosystem consisting of various sectors such as the services, platform, network, devices, and IT security. The scenario encourages the rapid adoption of femtocells in the forecast period.

Competitive scenario and key vendor analysis

• Airvana
• Alcatel
• Cisco
• Samsung

The increase in the demand for LTE femtocells presents an attractive opportunity for the leading vendors of the market. The demand of LTE-based femtocells for faster transmission of data and voice services across household and enterprises is one of the emerging trends in the market. Demand of LTE-based femtocells is driven by increasing deployment of LTE networks in the emerging APAC region. Technavio analysts predict that China Mobile’s massive rollout of TD-LTE is expected to significantly propel the market during the forecast period.

Some other prominent vendors of the market include Alpha Networks, Cellcomm, China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom, D-Link, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel, Juni Global, ip.access, SingTel, NEC, Nokia, Docomo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and ZTE.

Key questions answered in the report

• What are the key factors driving the femtocell market in APAC?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the femtocell market in APAC?
• What are the various opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the femtocell market in APAC?
• Growth forecast for the key segments of the femtocell market in APAC?
• Key outcome of the market analysis of the leading countries in the femtocell market in APAC?
• Key outcome of the five forces analysis on the femtocell market in APAC?
• Market analysis of LTE subscriptions based on geography?

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