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Will SMEs prove a boon to private 5G? 

Mobile Experts sees private 5G becoming commoditized in the 2030-2034 timeframe Right now spending on private 5G systems is concentrated at the very top-end of the market; Fortune 500 companies with massive internal engineering support and deep pockets for digital transformation are footing the bill....

The macro market will drop by 28% by 2027, but don’t worry (Analyst Angle)

Yes, the market for Macro and Massive MIMO infrastructure will drop dramatically through 2027.  But that drop will be offset by small cells, software, millimeter wave, and private cellular investments. In fact, with a rebound expected from new spectrum bands in 2028, our new...

MFA ramps-up support for any-spectrum private 5G – with tools, guides, trackers

MFA, the private networking alliance that emerged from the old MulteFire project, is ramping up activities with a bunch of new resources, including tools and guides, for industrial enterprises looking to deploy private LTE and 5G, plus a headline sponsorship of Hannover Messe USA,...

Will Open RAN be foundational to 6G?

While 6G is still many years off, industry experts see more resilient, critical, unified, distributed, and automated networks What exactly will 6G be? Given that current research is taking place among academics and technology partners in the private sector well ahead of formalized discussions within...

Private LTE / 5G market jumps seven percent during industry’s annus horribilis

The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has sharpened industrial appetites for private LTE and 5G based networking solutions, with the market growing in the face of global economic crisis in 2020 by more than seven percent. So says US-based analyst group Mobile Experts, which claims first-hand...

Industry to drive URLLC-era 5G market to $23bn by 2030 – with boom for operators

It is a little early, some way ahead of the standardisation schedule, but the first (?) market-sizing forecast is in for Release-17 era ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), pegged as the blue-riband version of 5G, geared towards more rarefied industrial change.  The crystal ball gazers over...

Cloud players to take two-thirds of $7bn edge computing market in 2025

The global market for connected edge computing services will grow to about $7 billion in 2025, representing a seven-fold jump over 2019. The lion’s share – as much as two thirds, or $4.6bn – will go to the likes of Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s...

Private LTE and 5G market to triple by 2025: Report

Mobile Experts: "The private LTE/5G market will continue its overall upward trend" Mobile Experts released a detailed analysis of future private LTE and 5G use by the oil and gas, mining, utilities, transportation, government (including public safety) and manufacturing industries, concluding that all of these...

Open RAN highlights line between carrier and enterprise in-building wireless

Report: Carriers will follow traditional DAS approach to large venues; open RAN a big opportunity for enterprise connectivity This is by no means new information but worth repeating: Carriers almost exclusively invest in in-building wireless systems for large venues like stadiums and transit hubs. For...

CBRS PAL spectrum–Will it be cheap enough (Analyst Angle)

I attended the Connectivity Expo event earlier this month for the first time.  It was an informative gathering of infrastructure players that make up the “OPEX” side of the mobile service equation comprised of the tower, fiber, and “edge” players versus “CAPEX” side of...

Analyst Angle: The Wild West of automotive IoT

In every new market, tech executives step into unknown territory. We’re watching the automotive IoT market with interest because it’s a wide-open business model. There’s a lot at stake in the automotive market, as safety is a key factor, and dealers, insurance carriers, mobile...

CBRS battle will have more winners than losers

Analysts see growth for equipment providers regardless of FCC decision Companies from inside and outside the wireless industry are excited about the Federal Communications Commission's plan to make more spectrum available in the 3550-3700 MHz band. Citizens broadband radio service, or CBRS, could deliver the...

Analyst Angle: Asset tracking — millions or billions?

We’ve recently completed a two-month project to investigate the market for asset tracking IoT devices …and we discovered two key facts that may surprise you: Surprise #1:   In asset tracking, more NB-IoT devices will ship this year than LoRa or Sigfox devices.   China Telecom already...

NB-IoT vs. U-LPWA

For the past two years, we have been studying the internet of things market, waiting forIoT good NB-IoT products to emerge so that we can make hard-nosed comparisons. It’s time. China Telecom is moving very quickly with NB-IoT, and they are tracking millions of bicycles on...

Construction boom good for in-building wireless industry

LAS VEGAS--Kyung Mun, principal analyst of firm Mobile Experts, told attendees of the 10th annual DAS and Small Cells Congress, that both anecdotal and U.S. Census Bureau-backed data demonstrates that there's an ongoing global construction boom that has been in an upswing since the...

Comcast’s wireless future: buyer, seller or network operator?

IoT could be biggest opportunity, but not in the near term Cable and media giant Comcast clearly intends to be a player in the market for wireless services. With tens of millions of Wi-Fi access points, an enterprise internet of things business, a mobile service...

Enterprise IoT Summit: IoT and upstream oil and gas

Prognostics using IoT in the context of upstream oil and gas: A gusher of real-time, bottom line results. Moderator Joe Madden, principal analyst of Mobile Experts, is joined by Landon Garner, CMO of Ingenu, Wayne Stargardt, SVP of Operations at Numerex, and Dave Milam,...

Antenna space braces for 5G and IoT advances

Representatives from CommScope and Kathrein note 5G is still in early days, though industry is prepping for new technology models. DALLAS – With the first official “5G” standards still not expected until the end of next year, the topic of how the wireless...

Analyst: Wi-Fi carries 80% of mobile data traffic

Mobile Experts predicts 90% of data will be transmitted over unlicensed spectrum by 2020 As carriers and vendors continue to develop technologies to deploy LTE in unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U), research firm Mobile Experts says the industry is approaching a transition from "pure Wi-Fi" to various...

What's next for stadium DAS?

Stadium DAS has been a big business for years, but now the marquee venues in most "NFL cities" already have a distributed antenna system, and many have already gone through at least one upgrade cycle. Smaller stadiums may not be able to secure carrier...

Hetnet evolution: Network providers combine DAS and small cells

Network providers are combining technologies as they add multiple operators to their systems. Carriers are bringing their solutions of choice to the network, and providers are finding ways to accommodate them. In Atlanta, Crown Castle is in the process of building 459 nodes to support...

Analyst Angle (April 1 Edition): 5G concepts are going wild

Mobile Experts digs into the use of 5G technology, small cells and different transmission methods at a Silicon Valley zoo The San Jose Municipal Zoo recently announced plans to equip its large mammals with sensors for better tracking. In some ways this is yet another...

6 predictions for the small cell market

The small cell market has seen its share of ups and downs in the past few years, with initial hype for the technology not panning out as quickly as many had hoped. But 2015 seems to have been a turning point for small cells,...

Small cell semiconductor market grows 500%

MIMO, LAA, carrier aggregation push growth A new study found small cell shipments doubled or even tripled in many categories in 2015, but one market segment grew by up to 500%. The Semiconductor for Small Cells market study found the proliferation of more intricate small...