Revenues from Cellular Backhaul in Fast-growing Economies Could Reach $1.1 billion by 2023

Paris, France, June 26, 2013-According to Euroconsult's recently published executive brief, "Prospects for Cellular Backhaul in Fast-Growing Economies": The market of cellular backhaul over satellite has been a vibrant vertical segment for the satellite sector in the second half of the last decade, with strong growth observed in all emerging regions. While Sub-Saharan Africa has been the largest historical market for cellular backhaul, accelerated growth has been observed in recent years in a variety of countries such as India, Brazil and Indonesia. The number of sites using satellite backhaul more than tripled between 2007 and 2012 to reach close to 16,000 sites for a satellite capacity use of around 15.6 GHz.

Capacity revenues from cellular backhaul in fast-growing economies could reach $1.1 billion by 2023, up from around $500 million in 2012, which corresponds to a 7% CAGR over the ten- year period.

The regions assessed present significant differences in terms of structure, dynamics and accessibility for each market player. Overall, Sub-Saharan Africa and the region defined as "Rest of Asia" should be the largest markets by 2023, followed by Latin America.

Highlights Prospects for Cellular Backhaul in Fast-Growing Economies

  • New report format, including over 90 tables/graphs
  • Global mobile penetration & population coverage, economic model for mobile operators
  • Value chain, overview of competing technologies for cellular backhaul Market forecasts on services (2G-4G), capacity, platform types & new solutions
  • Trends in capacity pricing (C-/Ku-/HTS), mobile usage, access & support funds
  • 10-year regional forecasts, growth in mobile markets, development of 3G/4G networks, satellite market structure & dynamics, with a focus on the most important markets per region

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