The global BTS antenna market grew by 11.9 percent in 2008, According to a recent report from EJL Wireless Research, “Global BTS Antenna Market Analysis and Forecast, 2008-2013 1st Edition.”

 

According to Earl Lum, founder and President of EJL Wireless Research, the market remains dominated by sectorized panel antennas with single band high band (1700-2600MHz) being the largest category. EJL Wireless Research has forecasted that the BTS antenna market will experience a decline through 2011 before finally recovering in 2012.

 

It is expected that multi-band BTS antennas will witness growth through 2013 as demands for reducing site costs are driving the migration from single band products. Lum continued that the introduction of the IAA solution will take the base station architecture to its final remote radio head (RRH) form factor as the radio transceiver and power amplifier merges with the antenna. The report predicts that the emergence of WCDMA900 technology in 2010 will drive initial demand for this type of product.

 

In 2008, India and China were the largest BTS antenna markets. However, EJL Wireless Research forecasts that the largest growth through 2013 will be in the Western European region due to WCDMA900 and LTE (News - Alert) deployments in various frequency bands including 2600MHz.

 

The report provides a unique perspective on the global shipments and demand for BTS antenna equipment covering all frequency bands from 450MHz to 2600MHz and the standards GSM/EDGE, W-CDMA/HSPA, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and FDD/TDD LTE. The analysis is focused on units shipped by vendor in order to provide a unique perspective on market share gains and losses within a particular product segment.

 

EJL Wireless Research’s five-year forecast reports offer detailed quantitative and qualitative information with a specific focus on unit shipment volumes by OEMs. The firm provides analysis across horizontal technology suppliers including RF semiconductor materials, RF semiconductor/components, subsystems and OEMs. In addition, the firm provides value-added consulting services that range from technology or market assessment consultations to complex situations involving financial due diligence and valuation analysis as well as providing merger and acquisition advisory services.

 

EJL Wireless Research provides proprietary, accurate and cutting-edge market analysis and consulting services on the wireless technology ecosystem.