Mobile Broadband Access at Home: The Business Case for Femtocells, UMA and IMS/VCC Dual Mode Solutions

Key Coverage

Mobile broadband networks and coverage issues mainly at home

Traffic dimensioning between fixed and mobile networks

Femtocell solutions for enabling value added services

CAPEX and OPEX analysis

Femtocell solutions, technology issues and challenges

Forecasts

Femtocell device shipments ( stand alone vs integrated)
Femtocell subscribers (users)
Femtocell price evolution
Traffic across Macrocell vs. traffic across femtocell
RAN CAPEX and OPEX breakdown

Femtocell implementation scenario
Femtocell-free implementation scenario
Cost savings analysis and forecasts

Countries / Sectors / Companies Covered

Infrastructure vendors

NSN, Ericsson, AlcaLu, Motorola, ZTE, Airvana, NEC, SERCOM, Sonus Networks

IP Access, Ubiquisys, Aricent, Continuous Computing, RadioFrame, Motorola, LGC, Pirelli, Genband, Kineto Wireless, Sagem, Nokia, Sagem, Tatara systems, UTStarcom, NEC

T-Mobile, O2, Orange, Sprint-Nextel, NTT DoCoMo, TeliaSonera, Softbank, TIM, Vodafone, Mobilekom Austria, BHARTI, BT, Bouygues Telecom, and others (Orascom, PCCW, Rogers Wireless, Sasktel, Unwired)

Who should read this report

Mobile operators and mobile service providers:
Evaluate the business case for FMC, mobile access at home including savings in traffic costs, increased ARPU through VAS services, OPEX and CAPEX optimisation, etc

Fixed operators and fixed service providers:
understand the opportunities and challenges in the mobile market

Vendors (ODMs, OEMs, etc):
Understand the economics of Femtocell, UMA and VCC deployment, evaluate opportunities including product differentiation and potential service offerings. Assess the technical and strategic challenges facing this market, assess the most successful technology and implementations, and build their strategies accordingly.

New entrants and start-ups:
position yourself in the new value–chain fine-tuning your products and services to the Mobile access at home market.