Market Trends of Femtocells Industry
Commercial Segment Expected to Witness Significant Growth
- The increased mobile traffic and the need for more networks in multitenant buildings, hotels, or office towers are drivers of the growth of femtocell in the commercial segment. Benefits such as it can be cheaper and more flexible are further bolstering the market growth.
- The advent of IoT is transforming industries by reshaping business models, value chains, and industry configurations. Femtocells offers indoor coverage and satisfies the needs of smart devices, ensuring affordable connectivity throughout enterprises. according to Ericsson Mobility Report in June this year, broadband IoT (4G/5G) was the technology that connected the largest share of all cellular IoT devices last year.
- Rising Industry 4.0 adoption as well as business organizations promoting BYOD, various factors have been augmenting the market's growth. Significant market drivers include innovative city initiatives, encouraging vendors to develop products specific to applications such as smart cities.
- For instance, NXP Semiconductor recently introduced a femtocell solution that targets high-bandwidth, low-power baseband applications. The solution is optimized for LTE and WCDMA (HSPA+), offering optimized cost and power for innovative city development.
- Femtocell technology enables carriers to enjoy benefits, such as fixed mobile substitution, driving incremental ARPU. Femtocell technology raises the bar in indoor environments and remote areas, such as the suburbs.
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Europe Expected to Witness Significant Growth
- In Europe, the United Kingdom is a front-runner in technology and services and recorded GDP growth of 1.6%. The economy is expected to be modest, owing to the subdued consumer expenditure and the political and economic uncertainty of the outcomes of Brexit negotiations.
- The UK segment is buoyed by the presence of robust technologies and infrastructure, owing to the presence of market leaders like Verizon. It is characterized by intense competition in the mobile and broadband sectors. This is one of the reasons why mobile penetration in the country is higher than the European average, supported by relatively low consumer prices.
- With the increasing smartphone penetration (which is around 80%), advancements in the capabilities of these mobile devices and the penetration of the 4G technology across the region have led to robust data usage. In the next few yaers, nearly 50% of UK households are expected to be smart homes. This trend indicates that there exists a significant potential for the adoption of femtocells.
- The growth of the UK segment is anticipated to be driven by the robust demand for wireless networks in the residential and commercial sectors, robust data usage on mobile devices, and the increasing adoption of smart homes.
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