Highly Broadband Links Are Not Necessarily Fiber, Often They Use mmWave Radio.
mmWave radio links can be installed comparatively rapidly and in a less costly manner than (for example) fiber optics. Available bandwidths (GHz) are much smaller than those applying to fiber but these bandwidths are eminently suitable for 5G xhaul purposes where information rates up to and above 10 Gbps are increasingly encountered. Frequencies range from around 24 GHz to over 90 GHz and designated bands within this wide range are: K/Ka, V, E and W. To date most of the interest and activity has been centered on the K/Ka bands – notably with Verizon in the USA, but activities are also increasing for all the higher bands. V-band (unlicensed and centered on 60 GHz) and the ‘lightly-licensed’ E-band are particularly important. The report provides market data covering all of these bands.
This 104-page report provides data and analysis on the total addressable markets (TAMs) for all classes of mmWave radios and transceivers into APAC, China, Europe and North America. These data are provided for each year ranging from 2020 through 2028. Global totals range from a few $B in 2020 growing annually to well exceed $9B in 2028. The overall CAGR is 12.6%.
Regional contributions vary considerably but the APAC region leads in most instances. The publisher identified as many supplying OEMs and network providers the company could find (total 35) and almost all are profiled in this report. These companies include for example Aviat Networks, BridgeWave, Ceragon, Maja Systems and Siklu. A total of 40 CSPs are also identified, ranging from A1Telekom Austria to Vodafone (UK). Profiles are provided for selected CSPs, those either known to be adopting at least some mmWave links and some considered likely to do so in the near future. Markets for mmWave transceivers are always much smaller than those for complete radios.
This report includes updates to reflect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the market.
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Companies Mentioned
- A1 Telekom Austria Group
- Accenture
- América Móvil
- Asia Pacific Telecom
- AT&T
- Aviat Networks
- Bell Canada
- Bouygues Telecom
- BridgeWave Communications
- British Telecom
- BT Group
- Cambium Networks,
- Cambridge Communications Systems Ltd.
- Ceragon Networks
- Charter Communications
- China Mobile
- China Telecom
- China Unicom
- CityMesh
- Cognizant
- Comba Telecom
- Deutsche Telekom
- E-Band Communications
- Edzcom
- Elisa Oyj
- Eravant (previously SAGE Millimeter)
- Ericsson
- Etisalat
- Federated Wireless
- Fiber Tower
- Filtronic
- Fujikura
- Geoverse
- Grupo Clarín
- Huawei Technologies Co.
- Inseego Corp
- KDDI
- KT Corporation
- LG Uplus Corp.
- LightPointe
- Maja Systems
- Millimeter Wave Products
- Milliwave Silicon Solutions Inc.
- Movandi
- MTN Group
- Nokia Corporation
- NTT DoCoMo
- NuRAN Wireless Inc.
- Nxbeam Inc.
- Ooredoo
- PRFI (Plextek RFI until mid-2020)
- Proxim Wireless
- Qualcomm
- Rain Company
- Rakuten Inc.
- Redline Communications
- Reliance Jio
- REMEC Broadband
- SAF Technika
- Samsung
- Siemens
- Siklu
- Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.)
- SK Telecom
- Skyriver Communications
- Softbank
- Sprint Nextel Corporation
- Telefónica
- Telenor Group
- Telia Company
- Telstra Corporation Limited
- Telus
- Three UK (“3”)
- TIM SpA
- Turkcell
- U.S. Cellular
- Ubiquiti
- VEON Ltd
- Verizon Communications
- Vodafone Group plc
- Vubiq Networks
- Wireless Excellence (“CableFree”)