Mobile Operators and Backhaul Transport Providers Spent $3.7 billion in 2007, Study Says

Mobile operators and backhaul transport providers have spent $3.7 billion worldwide on mobile backhaul equipment in 2007, and are expected to increase their spending in the high double-digit percents from 2009 to at least 2011, according to new report.

The study, Infonetics Research's (News - Alert) latest Mobile Backhaul Equipment, Installed Base, and Services report, notes that there are three major factors forcing a migration to packet backhaul: a rapidly increasing numbers of mobile subscribers, reaching 4.4 billion worldwide in 2011; An explosion in mobile data and video use, particularly on iPhones and their clones, requiring providers to significantly increase bandwidth offerings; and heavy competition, forcing operators to upgrade their network capacity to improve and add new subscriber services.

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