ABI Insight

Is the Writing on the Wall for Big Iron Cellular Infrastructure Vendors?

Author: Stuart Carlaw, Chief Research Officer

Published: 25 Nov 2009

Everyone following the infrastructure market knows that the times of plenty are over. You’re not going to get any admissions from CEOs or company representatives, but I bet dark thoughts of declining markets and increasing price competition keep them awake at night. Rather than paint this situation as the equivalent of a cellular infrastructure Armageddon, it should be viewed as merely a natural progression in an inevitable cycle of development. With change comes fear and doubt, but what must be remembered during this time of impending turmoil is that change also brings opportunity for those learners willing to embrace destabilizing trends and their drivers.

The full text of this Insight is available to subscribers of the Mobile Operator Strategies Research Service and the Mobile Networks Research Service and the Femtocell and Small Cell Research Service and the 4G Research Service and the Cloud Research Service and the Radio Access Networks Research Service.

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