Mobile
Experts, who specialize in radio electronics for both handsets and
infrastructure, plan to deploy over 16 million DAS nodes by the end of 2018.
The company released a 5-year forecast for their Distributed Antenna System
today. There has been speculation that DAS is going to grow very quickly over
the next few years.
"Multiple operators in North America are doubling or tripling their DAS
spending plans", explained Joe Madden, Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts.
"In China, DAS spending is down 20%, but in the USA it's up 30%. There are radical
changes going on, which in the end will be incredibly lucrative for DAS neutral
hosts, installers, and system integrators."
Through their research, Mobile Experts predicts
that the number of DAS nodes will double in the next three years and by the end
of 2018 more than 50% of DAS networks will include small cells and Wi-Fi. Their
five-year forecast illustrated the
trends in Wi-Fi and public safety adoption, along with LTE services.
"The DAS market will more than double in
size over the next five years, with a dramatic increase in the combination of
DAS with Wi-Fi, public safety radio, and LTE networks. People wonder how
small cells will find access to backhaul. In fact, the clear answer is to
use a fiber-based DAS system in many public buildings," Madden explained.
Mobile Experts provides insightful market
analysis for the mobile infrastructure and mobile handset
markets. Research topics center on technology introduction for radio
frequency (RF) and communications innovation.
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