US Mobile Backhaul 2013: Broadband Wireless Realized

“US MOBILE BACKHAUL 2013: Broadband Wireless Realized,” assesses and details the market for United States mobile wireless backhaul services and products through 2017.

The report provides data and analysis that capture the current and expected future trends in the mobile backhaul services market. In doing so it provides substantial scrutiny of key drivers such as network technology, subscriber trends, economic conditions and mobile and backhaul carrier dynamics.

Key supporting data points are quantified through 2017 including mobile subscribers, 3.5G/4G subscribers, total and data ARPU, mobile base station deployments, subscribers per base station and base station deployments by generation. Also enumerated are deployments of outdoor distributed antenna systems (DASs), base station sites, average base station deployments per site and mobile wireless network switch deployments.

Metrics specific to backhaul are also emphasized. Tables are provided through 2017 that quantify backhaul lines by capacity, physical technology and transport mode. Backhaul capacity used per cell site and capacity per switch are segmented as well.

US wireless operator total network operating and backhaul operating expenditures are quantified and articulated per subscriber. Current and projected backhaul market share by the type of carrier (RBOC/ILEC, MSO and CLEC) is included. Total tower rental revenues are provided in total and by per deployed base station.

TOPICS

• Backhaul bottlenecks and challenges
• Network evolution
• Distributed antenna systems
• Network and backhaul operating expenditures
• Tower rental revenues

QUANTIFIES

• Total mobile network operating expenses
• Total value of backhaul services
• Average backhaul cost per base station
• Backhaul
• Wireless backhaul links employed
• Backhaul links by capacity
• Backhaul links by access technology (wireless or wireline)
• Backhaul links by technology (copper, coax, microwave, fiber, free space optics, satellite, other)
• Backhaul lines by transport mode (TDM/mixed vs. Ethernet)
• Base station sites
• Average number of base stations per site
• Sites by total capacity employed
• Mobile base stations deployed total and by generation (2.5G, 3G, 3.5G/4G)
• Mobile subscribers and 3.5G/4G subscribers
• Voice, data and total ARPU
• Base stations with access to fiber
• Cumulative deployments of wireless switching gear (MSC, BSC/RNC)
• Deployments of outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS)
• Tower rental revenues
• Total backhaul lines by type of carrier (MSO/cable, ILEC, CLEC)