Dell'Oro Group Report Finds Revenues in 2G Mobile Infrastructure Market Falling

The 3G market all over the world might have been registering impressive growth. But the same is not true about the 2G market, which has witnessed a drop in sales compared to the next year, says a new report from Dell'Oro Group.

A large part of the 3G market existed in countries such as India and China, which is eroding due to various reasons, claims Dell' (News - Alert)Oro Group. In India for example, operators are focusing on developing their existing infrastructures instead of trying to explore new opportunities. So, compared to the second quarter of 2009, nearly, 10 percent fewer GSM base stations were shipped this quarter.

Dell'Oro states that for the first time since the company began tracking the GSM market, its share of the total market fell below 50 percent in this quarter. The report by the company includes in-depth market level and detailed vendor market share information on various markets. The report also includes tables showing manufacturers' revenue, unit/transceiver/RF carriers shipped, and average selling prices.

“India and China continued to be the engine of the GSM market, but that engine is beginning to lose steam,” stated Scott Siegler, senior analyst of mobile infrastructure research at Dell’Oro Group, in a release. “Despite high 2G subscriber growth, spending in both regions significantly declined in the first half of the year. In the second quarter, Chinese operators continued to focus on their 3G rollouts.”

The new report by Dell'Oro Group also shows vendor market share by region and by technology segment by region – North America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and rest of world along with subscribers by technology, by region, and by major service provider.

In another report published recently, the company stated that worldwide revenue for DSL, cable and PON Access equipment marked its first sequential increase in a year, in the second quarter of 2009 thanks to strong EPON shipments to China and Japan. The combined Access revenue also increased 2 percent over the previous quarter. However, it was 19 percent lower over the same period last year.