Market Trends of Distributed Antenna Systems Industry
Sport and Entertainment Segment to Hold a Significant Market Share
- Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) provide wireless service via an antenna system, mainly to large infrastructural establishments such as sports complexes, stadiums, etc., to provide even connectivity and to ensure that emergency responders maintain wireless communications within a building structure and on-the-job in emergencies, considering large gatherings at these places.
- Currently, sports and entertainment fans expect uninterrupted wireless service that can enable them to quickly and easily stay connected with their friends and family while enjoying any live event. Moreover, updating social media, sharing photos and videos, sending texts, and placing calls are integral and expected parts of experiencing a live event. However, stadiums and arenas have presented unique challenges for mobile communications due to their size, shape, and variation in data use.
- The in-building wireless solutions have solved these unique challenges of stadiums and arenas to ensure that spectators always have reliable connectivity. Using DAS systems, stadiums can also equip their security personnel and public safety first responders with mission-critical communication resources supporting both cellular and public safety bands.
- Moreover, 5G technology impacts almost every aspect of people's lives, including fans' experience at any sports and entertainment venue. New stadiums are being built with 5G-ready technologies taken into consideration from the beginning, while multiple existing platforms are also incorporating them to keep up with fans' expectations and streamline connectivity through innovative solutions.
- Furthermore, the increasing number of sporting and entertainment events being organized globally, driving investment in the construction of new stadiums and sports and entertainment complexes, are expected to create a favorable market scenario for the studied market growth.
Understand The Key Trends Shaping This Market
Download PDF
Asia-Pacific to Witness Highest Growth
- Owing to the rapidly increasing construction of high-rise residential buildings and commercial spaces, such as malls and business parks, coupled with the multiple government initiatives, such as Smart Nation Singapore and Smart Cities Mission India, among others, with a growing volume of 4G enabled smartphones, the rising popularity of Bring Your Own Device trends have been some of the other factors that are driving the region’s DAS market.
- The recent advancements in cellular technology are one of the major factors for the region’s excellent growth over the forecast period. This can be attributed to the growing number of planned deployments of LTE networks in emerging economies. Also, the virtualization of mobile networks and the rapid adoption of open APIs are other factors contributing to the market’s growth.
- Asia-Pacific has been a region of contrasts. Advanced markets such as South Korea and Japan have had network densification projects for 5G for the past few years. The highly urbanized Chinese administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau and the city-state of Singapore are comparable in their extensive usage of small cells and DAS. On the other hand, the development curve in emerging markets such as India and Indonesia which are still relying on the traditional macro-towers in order to cover their large rural populations. The Maldives and the Pacific island nations are also an example of this group, eschewing towers altogether in favor of even less expensive satellite-based mobile networks.
- Hence, Mainland China, South Korea, and Japan are currently the largest tower markets in the region. However, tower coverage in these markets has already reached the majority of the population, which implies that future tower growth would significantly rely on network densification in urban areas through the usage of small cells and DAS.
- The region is also witnessing several partnerships and collaborations, paving the way for further technological evolution. For instance, Nokia and China Mobile have jointly developed this 5G low-cost hybrid distributed indoor system in order to meet these challenges. The smart indoor coverage system leverages the Nokia 5G Pico Remote Radio Head system together with the passive DAS antennas and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology. This new solution also reduces deployment costs as compared to the traditional passive-only DAS systems while delivering greater capacity than DAS.
Get Analysis on Important Geographic Markets
Download PDF
