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World Satellite-based Cellular Backhauling MarketProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: Frost & Sullivan Published: October 2006 Product Code: R1-5217 Description Research OverviewThis Frost & Sullivan research service entitled World Satellite-based Cellular Backhauling Market provides a comprehensive overview of this market through analysis of its key drivers and restraints. It also includes detailed market growth forecasts and strategic recommendations, as well as provides a thorough competitive analysis of space-based and terrestrial backhauling solutions. In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following technologies: satellite-based backhaul architectures, microwave backhaul solutions, IP-based optimization, next generation distributed-switch architectures, and nano-cells. Market Sectors Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
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Satellite Backhauling on the Threshold of Immense Growth in Asia Globally, the mobile phone subscriber base has reached an enormous 2.2 billion, with developing countries accounting for a huge majority of new users, more than 84 percent in 2005. Constantly rising demand for cellular services combined with under-developed terrestrial infrastructure presents a substantial opportunity for the satellite industry. The potential is particularly high in Africa, Asia and South America, with mobile operators in these regions increasingly turning to satellite to deploy their cellular networks outside major cities. "While sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia are the key markets for satellite backhaul today, the focus is now moving to south and central Asia," notes the analyst of this research service. "These regions are expected to experience strong growth driven by network expansion into rural areas of India and China, and are poised to become the biggest market for satellite backhaul by 2010." In fact, high levels of cellular technology penetration in all major cities and most big towns are driving mobile operators to proactively target rural and far-flung areas in an attempt to create new growth avenues. A major challenge in this respect is the need to lower operating expense (OPEX) since the communities served in these areas would typically be low-income ones. Internet protocol (IP) solutions have played a key role in making this possible by enabling a new wave of bandwidth reduction methods. Bandwidth Reduction Combined with Innovative Technologies will Reduce Costs and Fuel Further Growth Recent developments in bandwidth reduction have helped bring down satellite backhaul expenses considerably, by almost 80 percent. This has significantly increased the appeal of satellite connectivity for many cellular operators, since it is proving to be more cost-effective than terrestrial fiber or microwave technologies. In fact, satellite connectivity combined with innovative technologies such as distributed local switching and pico-cells now represent one of the most cost-efficient ways of taking the cellular revolution to remote rural locations. However, with competition from terrestrial solutions fast increasing, the challenge for satellite backhaul solution providers will be to rapidly deploy these next-generation technologies, as only this can give them the competitive edge they need to succeed in the long term. "Next-generation distributed switch architectures hold enormous potential in winning the battle against terrestrial backhaul solutions," says the analyst. "In order to get ahead of microwave backbones and into the remote villages of less than 500 inhabitants, distributed switch technology is the only viable long-term option." Table of Contents
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