Wireless industry offers tremendous opportunities to test equipment vendors. This research provides the key research findings of the wireless test equipment market. This market is segmented into mobile device, base station, drive test, mobile backhaul and wireless core test equipment market segments. This study features an analysis by standard and revenue forecasts from 2007 to 2017 as well as provides a detailed analysis for each segment. The study provides a list of industry challenges, market drivers and restraints. In addition, a competitive analysis is also performed for each segment to highlight the key participants in this market.

Market Overview

The $2.79 Billion World Wireless Test Equipment Market to Reach $5.81 Billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 11 Percent

LTE Deployments Challenge Test Equipment Vendors to Up their Game to Address the Complexity of the Technology

The growth of the wireless communication market has a ripple effect on the wireless test equipment market, as increased mobility and Internet access through mobile phones are expected to raise the demand for wireless test equipment solutions. Long-term evolution (LTE), the next step in the evolution of mobile networks, delivers high data rates of up to 100Mbps. Such heavy data loads will challenge wireless operators to manage their networks effectively and ensure customer satisfaction, while still staying profitable. Higher mobile data usage creates more traffic on the network, leading to increased demand to test for quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE). Educating service providers (SPs) about the importance of testing and monitoring and its impact on QoE and customer churn is crucial to improve the uptake of test equipment. “Enhanced data usage also triggers transmission pipeline-related technology changes, such as conversion from copper to optical technologies,” says the analyst of this research. “Such transition creates new opportunities for testing one gigabit (Gb) per second, 10Gb, 40Gb, and 100Gb pipelines.”

However, the surfeit of new technologies has thrown up numerous interoperability issues for SPs. As the number of devices supplied by different vendors increases, protocol management will become more complicated. In the absence of a separate signaling or session framework, interoperability testing (IOT) has to be performed at every existing node when a new element or software load is placed in service. These activities are time- and resource-intensive, with costs increasing in proportion to the number of tests that have to be performed. To avoid these hurdles, SPs prefer to work with fewer vendors.

One of the possible solutions to service providers testing concerns is multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) antenna technology, which is a significant component of air interface test equipment. As the industry shifts from 2X2 MIMO to 4X4 MIMO or 8X8 MIMO, testing will become increasingly tough. Even though MIMO has several unique testing challenges due to its complexity, it presents numerous opportunities for wireless test equipment vendors. “It will be a while before the market experiences optimal performance from MIMO implementation,” notes the analyst. “Nevertheless, the demand for higher data and bandwidth will force the industry to find more spectrum, and that, in turn, will prompt the higher adoption of MIMO.”

The following  market sectors are covered in this research:

    Mobile station testers
    Base station testers
    Drive testers
    Mobile backhaul test equipment
    Wireless core test equipment

The following technologies are covered in this research:

    Internet protocol TV (IPTV)
    Voice over IP (VoIP)
    IP video
    Wireless
    LTE/Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Executive Summary
   1.1 Study Structure
   1.2 Key Drivers and Restraints
   1.3 Market Overview
   1.4 Key Market Participants

2. Market Overview
   2.1 Market Overview
   2.2 Market Engineering Measurements
   2.3 Wireless Industry Trends
   2.4 Industry Challenges
   2.5 Market Drivers
   2.6 Market Restraints

3. Revenue Forecast
   3.1 Revenue Forecast: Wireless Test Equipment Market

4. Geographic Analysis
   4.1 Global Hot Spots and Emerging Geographies in the Wireless Industry
   4.2 Geographic Analysis

5. Analysis by Standard
   5.1 Definitions
   5.2 Standard Analysis

6. Market Share Analysis
   6.1 Competitive Structure
   6.2 Market Share Analysis
   6.3 Key Market Participants

7. Mobile Device Test Equipment Market
   7.1 Introduction
   7.2 Key Products by Market Participants: Mobile Device Testing Solutions
   7.3 Revenue Forecast: Mobile Device Test Equipment Market
   7.4 Market Share Analysis

8. Base Station Test Equipment Market
   8.1 Market Overview
   8.2 Key Products by Market Participants: Base Station Testing Solutions
   8.3 Revenue Forecast: Base Station Test Equipment
   8.4 Market Share Analysis

9. Drive Test Equipment Market
   9.1 Market Overview
   9.2 Market Trends
   9.3 Revenue Forecast: Drive Test Equipment Market
   9.4 Market Share Analysis

10. Mobile Backhaul Test Equipment Market
   10.1 Introduction
   10.2 Key Products by Market Participants: Mobile Backhaul Testing Solutions
   10.3 Revenue Forecast: Mobile Backhaul Test Equipment Market
   10.4 Market Share Analysis

11. Wireless Core Test Equipment Market
   11.1 Introduction
   11.2 Key Products by Market Participants: Wireless Core Testing Solutions
   11.3 Revenue Forecast: Wireless Core Test Equipment Market

12. Decision Support Database