Cisco leads femtocell revenue share market in second quarter

Networking equipment major Cisco, which recently acquired Ubiquisys, is leading the femtocell revenue share market in the second quarter of 2013.

Cisco works with American telecom major AT&T, which has the largest scale femtocell deployment in the world.

Infonetics Research says Airvana dropped to the #2 spot overall, but moved into the lead in the 3G femtocell segment.

The other important player in femtocell market is Samsung.

Femtocell market share chart

Global 2G/3G/4G residential and enterprise femtocell equipment market rose 4 percent sequentially to $115 million in the second quarter of 2013.

4G LTE was the growth driver, said Infonetics Research on Thursday.

Sales of 3G femtocells still dominate the market, despite the focus of vendors on 4G.

Integrated femtocells are expected to account for nearly half of all femtocell units shipped in 2017, almost entirely within the residential segment.

Richard Webb, directing analyst for microwave and carrier WiFi at Infonetics Research, said that residential femtocells still account for the bulk of the market, though from this point forward. The teleocom industry will see increasing adoption of femtocells from the enterprise segment, which is a key focus for a growing number of operators.

FDD-LTE femtocells are expected to grow at a 76 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2012 to 2017.

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