Mobile Network Vendor SWOT Analysis

The Leaders in Mobile Network Infrastructure



This study provides an overview of mobile infrastructure vendors’ products and services. It presents an analysis of the companies’ financial results, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The report covers the companies’ investments in research and development, product line diversity, geographic sales distribution, and long term strategies. It concludes with a summary of the analysis, vendor recommendations and an overall rank for each vendor based on a number of criteria in the research.


What Questions Does This Report Answer?
  • Who are the leading vendors in wireless infrastructure?
  • What are their current financial positions?
  • Which vendors are strongest in a particular region?
  • In which regions do the vendors plan to increase their business?
  • In which product lines do the vendors plan to increase investment?
  • Which products provide the best return?
  • Which product lines will receive less focus?
  • How do the vendors compare in terms of investment in research and development, product line diversity, geographic distribution of revenue sources, and quarterly earnings?
  • What are the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats for each vendor?
  • What is the long term strategy for each vendor?
  • Who are their key partners?
Who Needs This Report?
  • Wireless operators
  • Infrastructure vendors
  • Financial analysts
  • Venture capitalists
  • Subcontractors – Network deployments
  • Telecommunication agencies for governments
  • Device vendors


Section 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Methodology Overview
1.2 Summary of Vendor Analysis
1.2.1 Wireless Infrastructure Overview 2008
1.2.2 Infrastructure Vendor Trends
1.3 Financial Overview of the Wireless Infrastructure Market

Section 2.
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
2.1 General Trends in Mobile Wireless Networks
2.1.1 Environmental Concerns and Energy Consumption
2.2 Increased Data Utilization
2.3 Migration to 4G Technologies
2.3.1 LTE Migration
2.3.2 WiMAX
2.3.3 2G and 3G Technologies
2.4 Mobile Network Innovations

Section 3.
ALCATEL-LUCENT
3.1 Alcatel-Lucent Overview
3.2 Alcatel-Lucent’s Wireless Product Line
3.2.1 CDMA Product Line
3.2.1.1 CDMA Operators with Plans to Migrate to Non-CDMA Technologies
3.2.2 WCDMA Product Line
3.2.3 GSM Product Line
3.2.4 WiMAX Product Line
3.2.5 TD-SCDMA Product Line
3.2.6 Product Line Summary
3.3 Partnership and Joint Ventures
3.4 Services
3.5 Alcatel-Lucent’s Market Share
3.6 Alcatel-Lucent’s Activities and Contracts
3.6.1 Asia-Pacific
3.6.2 Africa and the Middle East
3.6.3 Europe
3.6.4 North America
3.6.5 South America and the Caribbean
3.7 Alcatel-Lucent R&D
3.7.1 Some of the Company’s Recent Developments
3.8 Alcatel-Lucent’s SWOT
3.8.1 Alcatel-Lucent’s Strengths
3.8.2 Alcatel-Lucent’s Weaknesses
3.8.3 Alcatel-Lucent’s Opportunities
3.8.4 Alcatel-Lucent’s Threats
3.9 Alcatel-Lucent’s Summary

Section 4.
ERICSSON
4.1 Ericsson’s Overview
4.2 Ericsson’s Product Line
4.2.1 GSM
4.2.2 WCDMA/HSPA
4.2.3 Ericsson’s Service Delivery Platforms and IMS
4.3 Ericsson’s Partnerships and Joint Ventures
4.4 Professional Services
4.5 Multimedia
4.6 Ericsson’s Financial Analysis
4.7 Ericsson’s Market Share
4.8 Ericsson’s Activities and Contracts
4.9 Ericsson’s R&D
4.10 Ericsson’s SWOT
4.10.1 Ericsson’s Strengths
4.10.2 Ericsson’s Weaknesses
4.10.3 Ericsson’s Opportunities
4.10.4 Ericsson’s Threats
4.11 Ericsson’s Summary

Section 5.
FUJITSU
5.1 Fujitsu’s Overview
5.2 Fujitsu’s Product Line
5.2.1 Fujitsu’s WiMAX Solution
5.2.2 Fujitsu’s 3GPP (GSM/UMTS) Products
5.3 Fujitsu’s Partnerships and Joint Ventures
5.4 Fujitsu’s Financial Analysis
5.5 Fujitsu’s Market Share
5.6 Fujitsu’s Activities and Contracts
5.7 Fujitsu’s R&D
5.8 Fujitsu’s SWOT
5.8.1 Fujitsu’s Strengths
5.8.2 Fujitsu’s Weaknesses
5.8.3 Fujitsu’s Opportunities
5.8.4 Fujitsu’s Threats
5.9 Fujitsu’s Summary

Section 6.
HUAWEI
6.1 Huawei’s Overview
6.1.1 Huawei in Africa
6.1.2 Huawei in India
6.1.3 Huawei’s Aggressive Financing and Tactics
6.1.4 Huawei in Europe
6.2 Huawei’s Product Line
6.2.1 Huawei’s GSM/UMTS Product Line
6.2.1.1 GSM Product Line
6.2.1.2 UMTS Product Line
6.2.2 Huawei’s CDMA Product Line
6.2.2.1 CDMA Products
6.2.3 WiMAX
6.3 Huawei Partnerships and Joint Ventures
6.4 Huawei Services
6.5 Huawei’s Financial Analysis
6.6 Hauwei’s Market Share
6.7 Huawei’s Activities and Contracts
6.8 Huawei’s R&D
6.9 Huawei’s SWOT
6.9.1 Huawei’s Strengths
6.9.2 Huawei’s Weaknesses
6.9.3 Huawei’s Opportunities
6.9.4 Huawei’s Threats
6.10 Huawei’s Summary

Section 7.
MOTOROLA
7.1 Motorola’s Overview
7.2 Motorola’s Product Line
7.2.1 CDMA Product Line
7.2.2 Motorola’s GSM/WCDMA Product Line
7.2.3 Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
7.2.4 Motorola’s LTE Product Line
7.2.5 WiMAX Product Line
7.2.6 Motorola’s Product Line Summary
7.3 Motorola’s Joint Venture and Partnerships
7.4 Motorola’s Services
7.5 Motorola’s Financial
7.6 Motorola’s Market Share
7.7 Motorola’s Activities and Contracts
7.7.1 WiMAX Customers
7.7.2 Key Customers
7.8 Motorola’s R&D
7.9 Motorola’s SWOT
7.9.1 Motorola’s Strengths
7.9.2 Motorola’s Weaknesses
7.9.3 Motorola’s Opportunities
7.9.4 Motorola’s Threats
7.10 Motorola’s Summary

Section 8.
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS
8.1 Nokia Siemens Networks Overview
8.2 NSN Product Line
8.2.1 NSN RANs
8.2.2 Converged Products
8.2.3 NSN IP Transportation
8.2.4 Broadband Access
8.3 NSN’s Partnerships and Joint Ventures
8.4 NSN Services
8.5 NSN’s Financials
8.6 NSN’s Market Share
8.7 NSN’s Activities and Contracts
8.8 NSN’s R&D
8.9 NSN’s SWOT
8.9.1 NSN’s Strengths
8.9.2 NSN’s Weaknesses
8.9.3 NSN’s Opportunities
8.9.4 NSN’s Threats
8.10 NSN Summary

Section 9.
NORTEL
9.1 Nortel’s Overview
9.2 Nortel’s Product Line
9.2.1 CDMA Product Line
9.2.2 GSM and WCDMA Access Product Line
9.2.3 WiMAX and LTE Product Line
9.2.4 Nortel’s Product Line Summary
9.3 Nortel’s Partnership and Joint Ventures
9.4 Nortel’s Services
9.4.1 Managed Services
9.4.2 Maintenance
9.4.2.1 Network Implementation Services
9.4.2.2 Network Support Service
9.4.2.3 Network Managed Services
9.4.2.4 Network Application Services
9.5 Nortel’s Financial Analysis
9.6 Nortel’s Market Share
9.7 Nortel’s Activities and Contracts
9.8 Nortel’s R&D
9.9 Nortel’s SWOT
9.9.1 Nortel’s Strengths
9.9.2 Nortel’s Weaknesses
9.9.3 Nortel’s Opportunities
9.9.4 Nortel’s Threats
9.10 Nortel’s Summary

Section 10.
SAMSUNG
10.1 Samsung’s Overview
10.2 Samsung’s Product Line
10.2.1 Samsung’s WiMAX Product Line
10.2.2 Samsung’s CDMA Product Line
10.3 Samsung’s Partnerships and Joint Ventures
10.4 Samsung’s Services
10.5 Samsung’s Financial Analysis
10.6 Samsung’s Market Share
10.7 Samsung’s Activities and Contracts
10.8 Samsung’s R&D
10.9 Samsung’s SWOT
10.9.1 Samsung’s Strengths
10.9.2 Samsung’s Weaknesses
10.9.3 Samsung’s Opportunities
10.9.4 Samsung’s Threats
10.10 Samsung’s Summary

Section 11.
ZTE
11.1 ZTE’s Overview
11.2 ZTE’s Product Line
11.2.1 ZTE’s GSM/WCDMA Products
11.2.2 ZTE’s CDMA Product Line
11.2.3 ZTE’s WiMAX Products
11.3 Partnerships and Joint Ventures
11.4 ZTE’s Services
11.5 ZTE’s Financial Analysis
11.6 ZTE’s Market Share
11.7 ZTE’s Activities and Contracts
11.8 ZTE’s R&D
11.9 ZTE’s SWOT
11.9.1 ZTE’s Strengths
11.9.2 ZTE’s Weaknesses
11.9.3 ZTE’s Opportunities
11.9.4 ZTE’s Threats
11.10 ZTE’s Summary

Section 12.
CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY
12.1 Methodology
12.2 Ericsson Leads the Wireless Infrastructure Market
12.3 Wireless Infrastructure Ranked by Region (1H 2008)
12.3.1 Wireless Infrastructure Ranking for North America (1H 2008)
12.3.2 Wireless Infrastructure Rank for Europe (1H 2008)
12.3.3 Wireless Infrastructure Ranking for Latin America (1H 2008)
12.3.4 Wireless Infrastructure Ranking for Asia-Pacific (1H 2008)
12.3.5 Wireless Infrastructure Ranking for Africa and the Middle East (1H 2008)

Section 13.
COMPANY DIRECTORY

Section 14.
ACRONYMS
SOURCES AND METHODOLOGY
NOTES

Tables
  • Table A1 Total Market Share by Vendor 2007">
  • Table A2 Leading Infrastructure Vendor Revenue 2007">
  • Alcatel-Lucent's CDMA Products
  • Alcatel-Lucent's WCDMA Products
  • Alcatel-Lucent's GSM Products
  • Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX Products
  • Alcatel-Lucent's Financial Data 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent's Wireless Shipment World Markets: 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent's Revenue Percent Distribution by Region World Markets: 1Q 2007 to 1Q 2008
  • Key CDMA Customers by Region World Markets, Forecast: 2007 to 2012
  • Ericsson Financial Data (SEK Billions) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Ericsson Financial Data ($ Billions) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Ericsson's Revenue Distribution by Region (SEK Billions) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Ericsson's Revenue Distribution by Region ($ Billions) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Ericsson's HSPA Commercial Contracts Compared to the Industry Total
  • Motorola Networks Financial Data North America, Forecast: 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Financial Data ($ Millions) 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Financial Data ($ Millions) 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Sales by Geographic Region ($ Millions) 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Sales by Geographic Region ($ Millions) 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks Financial Data 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks Revenue by Region 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks Financial Data by Technology (Carrier Network Segment) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung Telecommunications Financial Data (Won Trillions) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung Device Shipment and Average Selling Price 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung Telecommunications Financial Data ($ Millions) 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • ZTE Financial Data 2H08
  • ZTE Sales Distribution 2H08
  • Wireless Infrastructure Revenue Distribution by Region 2007
  • Wireless Infrastructure Market Share by Region 2007
Charts
  • Alcatel-Lucent Revenue by Business Segment 4Q 2006 to 2Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent Wireless Equipment Shipments 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent Services Revenue 4Q 2006 to 2Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent Percentage of Revenue Distribution by Region 1Q 2007 to 1Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent Revenue Distribution by Product Line 4Q 2006 to 2Q 2008
  • Alcatel-Lucent R&D Spending 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Ericsson's HSPA Commercial Contracts Compared to the Industry Total
  • Ericsson's Revenue Distribution by Region 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Ericsson's Distribution by Product Segment 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Cellular Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 1Q 2008
  • Ericsson's Quarterly R&D Spending 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Motorola Financial Data 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Motorola's R&D Spending 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Sales by Geographic Region ($ Millions) 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks Financial Data ($ Millions) 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nokia Siemens Networks R&D Spending 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks' Business Segments 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Revenue Distribution for the Carrier Network Segment 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks Financial Data 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks Revenue by Region 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Nortel Networks R&D Spending 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung's Telecom Revenue 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung's Telecom Infrastructure Revenue Compared to Telecom Sales 1Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung's Telecommunications Financial Revenue 2Q 2007 to 2Q 2008
  • Samsung Handset Unit Sales 1Q 2007 to 1Q 2008
  • ZTE Regional Distribution 2H 2008
  • Cellular Infrastructure Vendor Market Share 1Q2008
  • Wireless Infrastructure Market Share North America, 1H 2008
  • Wireless Infrastructure Market Share Europe, 1H 2008
  • Wireless Infrastructure Market Share Latin America, 1H 2008
  • Wireless Infrastructure Market Share Asia-Pacific, 1H 2008
  • Wireless Infrastructure Market Share Middle East and Africa, 1H 2008
Report Code: RR-MNSW

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