Dell'Oro Group Launches a New Research Program Tracking the Wireless Infrastructure Market.

Business Editors

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2001

Dell'Oro Group launched a new report tracking the Wireless Infrastructure Market that will focus on three areas: Wireless LANs -- 802.11b, Broadband Fixed Wireless and Mobility Infrastructure. "Wireless technologies are one of the largest and most dynamic segments of the network infrastructure market," says Greg Collins, a director at Dell'Oro Group. "Offering data on both vendors and markets, these reports will provide an unprecedented level of detail in a quarterly analysis of the Wireless Infrastructure."

The Wireless LAN -- 802.11b segment covers Access Points/Bridges, Broadband Gateways, and Network Interface Cards (NICs) & Devices.

Broadband Fixed Wireless focuses on Point-to-Multipoint Base Stations, and Point-to-Multipoint Client/Network Termination Devices (CPE).

Mobility Infrastructure currently includes GSM (900/1800/1900), CDMA (IS.95), and TDMA (IS.136). Equipment tracked includes Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), macro, micro, and pico Base Station Controllers (BSC), and Mobile Switching Centers (MSC). In addition to tracking revenues, unit shipments, and average selling prices of each of these types of equipment, the report includes the transceiver or radio capacity of each class of base station equipment (BTS).

"One of the interesting aspects of about tracking each of these products and technologies under a single program is to analyze and measure the potential for each of these seemingly disparate product families to influence each other. For instance, wireless LANs deployed in public hot-spots can potentially supplant parts of 2.5G and 3G mobility infrastructure deployments," says Collins.

 Year over Year Market Growth (2001 over 2000) by Technology Segment

Market Segment                  2001 Projected          Y/Y Growth
                            Market Revenue ($M)

Wireless LANs                         $1,155.7              + 105%
Broadband Fixed Wireless                $727.3               + 11%
Mobility Infrastructure              $34,812.3                - 3%
(GSM+CDMA+TDMA)

Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in providing accurate and timely data on the networking industry. Focusing on network infrastructure, Dell'Oro Group provides quarterly market data on a wide variety of technologies including Optical Transport, Ethernet Switch, Routers, and Broadband.

Dell'Oro Group's Wireless Infrastructure Report provides in-depth data on market shares, manufacture revenue, units shipped and average selling prices (ASP's). To purchase this report, contact Cheryl Funke at 650/622-9400 ext. 222.