ELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry market research and knowledge network, announces the availability of a new report entitled "Global Base Station Contract Analysis Program".

Total contracts awarded within the wireless industry for 2010 reached 401, up 33% from 2009 levels of 301 on a comparable basis, according to the report.

Total contract awards for the Chinese OEMs were 78.9% in 2010. Total contracts for Huawei Technologies increased 39% year over year and confirms the base station market share gains that the company has been claiming while ZTE contract awards increased 80%. However despite these gains, both OEMs have continued to be locked out of the lucrative Tier 1 LTE market in the United States with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson winning the Sprint Nextel tender. Asia Pacific continued to be the largest region for contract awards and accounted for 41.8% with India awarding 37 contracts, just ahead of China.

Some data points from the analysis are presented below:

• #1 Region for 2010: Asia Pacific (167 contracts)
• #1 Country for 2010: India (37 contracts)
• #1 OEM for 2010: ZTE (159 contracts)
• #1 Mobile Operator for 2010: China Mobile (16 contracts)
  

The base station contract analysis reports are issued on a quarterly and annual basis and provide a unique perspective on the global cellular/PCS base station contract awards and demand for mobile base station equipment covering all major OEMs including Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies, Motorola, Nokia Siemens Networks, and ZTE. The air interfaces analyzed exclude WiMAX technology.

Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: Global Base Station Contract Analysis Program