1. Executive Summary
1.1 The Progression of Networks
1.2 Situating LTE in Network Evolution
1.3 Mapping of Tangential Technologies
1.4 Structure of the Report
1.5 Market Definition
2. Introduction to LTE Infrastructure and Networks
2.1 Global Market Overview
2.2 Drivers and Restraints Affecting Leading Companies in the LTE infrastructure Market
2.2.1 Market Drivers
2.2.2.1 Mass Market Adoption
2.2.2.2 Lower Costs for Operators
2.2.2.3 Industry Support
2.2.2.4 Low Standards Competition
2.3 Market Restraints
2.3.1 Fragmentation of the Radio Spectrum
2.3.2 Low Technology Maturity
2.3.3 Back End Integration
2.3.4 High Costs for End Users
2.4 The 20 Leading Companies in LTE infrastructure in 2013
2.5 Methodology
3. Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Markets 2013
3.1 Regional LTE infrastructure Revenue and Market Share
3.2 20 Leading LTE Infrastructure Vendor Global and Regional Market Share
3.2.1 LTE Infrastructure in the North American Market
3.2.2 LTE Infrastructure in Asia-Pacific
3.2.3 LTE Infrastructure in the European Market
3.2.4 LTE Infrastructure in the Latin American Market
3.2.5 LTE Infrastructure in the Rest of the World
4. Leading 20 LTE Infrastructure Companies Product, Service, and Strategy Overview
4.1 Huawei
4.1.1 Successful Expansion Beyond China
4.1.2 Huawei's LTE Solutions
4.1.3 Huawei's VoLTE Solution
4.1.4 Huawei's LTE Cellular Base Stations: Integral Design Philosophy
4.1.4.1 Bringing Flexible Deployment with the BTS3900 and BTS3900A
4.1.4.2 BTS 3900L
4.1.4.3 DBS3900
4.1.5 Huawei's Recent Setbacks and Opportunities
4.2 Ericsson
4.2.1 Ericsson Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.2.2 Ericsson Spanning the Majority of LTE Subscribers
4.2.3 Ericsson's RBS 6000 Series eNodeB
4.2.4 Ericsson's Core Infrastructure
4.2.4.1 Core Features and Products
4.3 Nokia-Siemens Networks
4.3.1 NSN Company, Strategy, and Regional Market Share Overview
4.3.2 NSN's Base Station Strategy
4.3.2.1 NSN's Flexi Multiradio Base Station
4.3.2.2 Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station
4.3.2.3 Flexi Lite Base Station
4.4 Alcatel-Lucent
4.4.1 Alcatel-Lucent Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.4.2 Alcatel-Lucent's Dual-Mode Strategy
4.4.3 Alcatel-Lucent 9926 Distributed Base Station
4.4.4 Alcatel-Lucent 9412 eNodeB Compact
4.5 ZTE
4.5.1 ZTE Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.5.2 The ZTE Approach to LTE and NGN
4.5.2.1 ZTE's Smart Pipe and the Development of Mobile Internet
4.5.3 ZTE Striving to Increase Market Share in Cellular Base Stations
4.5.3.1 Multimode BBU ZXSDR B8300
4.5.3.2 ZTE's TD-LTE Micro Coverage Solutions
4.5.3.3 How ZTE is Aiming for Broad Commercial Appeal
4.6 NEC
4.6.1 NEC Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.6.2 NEC Placing Emphasis on Small Cells
4.6.3 Base Station Strategy and Products
4.6.3.1 NEC's MB4300 Compact eNodeB Base Station
4.6.3.2 Targeting a Variety of Markets through Small Cells
4.7 Samsung
4.7.1 Samsung Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.7.2 What is SmartCloud?
4.7.3 Samsung in the LTE Infrastructure Space: Strengths and Product Focus
4.8 Hitachi
4.8.1 Hitachi Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.8.2 Expansion into Research and Development of LTE Technologies
4.8.3 Foray into Small Cells
4.8.4 Hitachi's ER5000 LTE/EPC
4.9 Qualcomm
4.9.1 Qualcomm Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.9.2 Qualcomm Leading the 3G/LTE Transition
4.9.3 Looking Ahead to LTE-A
4.10 Agilent Technologies
4.10.1 Agilent Technologies Company and Strategy Overview
4.10.2 Agilent Branches and Spinoffs
4.11 BridgeWave Communications
4.11.1 BridgeWave Company, Strategy, and Market Share Overview
4.11.2 Modest Beginnings but Strong Outlook
4.12 Motorola
4.12.1 Motorola Company and Strategy Overview
4.12.2 Motorola's Wireless Broadband Core 700
4.12.3 Motorola Base Stations
4.12.3.1 The RBS 6101 and 6202 Base Stations: Using the Ericsson Model
4.13 Cisco Systems
4.13.1 Cisco Systems Company and Strategy Overview
4.13.1 Cisco's ASR 5000 Series
4.14 Juniper Networks
4.14.1 Juniper Networks Company and Strategy Overview
4.14.2 Juniper's Flagship MobileNext Platform: Positive Test Results but Uncertain Future
4.14.2 A Pioneer Open Mobile Core
4.15 Fujitsu
4.15.1 Fujitsu Company and Strategy Overview
4.15.2 BroadOne Wireless Solutions
4.15.2.1 What Distinguishes the BroadOne Femtocell?
4.15.2.2 LTE/WLAN Interweaving
4.15.2.3 Fujitsu's Remote Radio Head Developments
4.16 LG Electronics
4.16.1 LG Profile and Core Strengths
4.16.2 Success in Voice-to-Video
4.17 InterDigital
4.17.1 InterDigital Company and Strategy Overview
4.17.2 InterDigital's Patent Portfolio
4.17.3 Joint Ventures and Partnerships
4.17.4 Gearing up for Patent Wars
4.18 Aricent Group
4.18.1 Aricent Group Company and Strategy Overview
4.19 Airspan
4.19.1 Airspan Company and Strategy Overview
4.19.2 Airspan's Core Network Products
4.20 Broadcom
4.20.1 Broadcom Company and Strategy Overview
4.20.2 LTE Portfolio
5. SWOT Analysis of the LTE Infrastructure Market
6. Conclusions
6.1 Regional Market Share of LTE Infrastructure
6.2 Vendor Outlooks
6.3 Technology Standards
7. Glossary
List of Charts
Chart 3.1: Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 3.2: Global 20 Leading LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 3.3: North American LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 3.4: Asia-Pacific LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 3.5: European LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 3.6: Latin American LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.1: Global Top 4 LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.2: Huawei Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.3: Huawei Gross Revenue 2010-2012 ($ billion)
Chart 4.4: Huawei Gross Domestic and Overseas Revenue 2010-2012 ($ billion)
Chart 4.5: Huawei Domestic and Overseas Revenue Share Forecast 2012 (%)
Chart 4.6: Presence of Huawei Equipment in 50 Largest Operator Networks (%)
Chart 4.7: Ericsson Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.8: Nokia-Siemens Networks Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.9: Alcatel-Lucent Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.10: ZTE Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.11: NEC Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.12: Samsung Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.13: Hitachi Global and Regional LTE Infrastructure Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.14: Qualcomm Global Baseband Processor Market Share 4Q12 (%)
Chart 4.15: BridgeWave Global 4G Millimetre Wave Backhaul Market Share 2012 (%)
Chart 4.16: Leading 8 Vendor Shares of Essential LTE Patents 2012 (%)
List of Tables
Table 2.1: LTE Infrastructure Market Drivers and Restraints
Table 2.2: The 20 Leading Companies in LTE infrastructure
Table 3.1: Regional LTE Infrastructure Revenue and Market Share 2012 ($ billion; %)
Table 3.2: Global 20 Leading LTE Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 2012 (%)
Table 4.1: Huawei Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.2: Huawei LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.3: Key Features of Huawei's LTE SingleRAN Solution
Table 4.4: Principles Guiding Huawei's Base Station Conception and Design
Table 4.5: Ericsson Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.6: Ericsson LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.7: Ericsson's LTE Contracts by Region
Table 4.8: Ericsson Core Network Features
Table 4.9: Nokia-Siemens Networks Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.10: Nokia-Siemens Networks LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.11: Alcatel-Lucent Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.12: Alcatel-Lucent LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.13: ZTE Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.14: ZTE LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.15: Primary Features of ZTE's Evolve Packet Core
Table 4.16: Primary Features of ZTE's Smart Pipe
Table 4.17: NEC Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.18: NEC LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.19: Samsung Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.20: Samsung LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.21: Hitachi Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.22: Hitachi LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.23: Qualcomm Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.24: Qualcomm LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.25: Agilent Technologies Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.26: Agilent Technologies LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.27: BridgeWave Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.28: BridgeWave LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.29: Motorola Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.30: Motorola LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.31: Primary Features of Motorola's WBC 700
Table 4.32: Primary Features of Motorola's RBS 6000 Series Base Stations
Table 4.32: Cisco Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.33: Cisco LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.34: Features of Cisco's ASR 5000 Series
Table 4.35: Juniper Networks Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.36: Juniper Networks LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.37: Primary Features of Juniper's MobileNext Platform
Table 4.38: Fujitsu Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.39: Fujitsu LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.40: Fujitsu BroadOne Femtocell Denominations and Applications
Table 4.41: Primary Features of Fujitsu's Remote Radio Head
Table 4.42: Fujitsu's Remote Radio Head Product Descriptions
Table 4.43: LG Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.44: LG LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.45: InterDigital Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.46: InterDigital LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.47: Aricent Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.48: Aricent LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.49: Airspan Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.50: Airspan LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 4.51: Airspan Core Network Product Breakdown
Table 4.52: Broadcom Company Profile (Founded, HQ, 2012 Revenue, Specialisation, Significant Projects / Contracts)
Table 4.53: Broadcom LTE Infrastructure Drivers and Restraints
Table 5.1: SWOT Analysis of the LTE Infrastructure Market
Table 6.1: Top 4 LTE Infrastructure Vendors - Global and Regional Market Share 2012 (%)
List of Figures
Figure 4.1: Global Map of Ericsson's LTE Contracts
Figure 4.2: Component Parts of ZTE Smart Pipe