Mobile Backhaul: Meeting the Mobile Broadband Challenge Worldwide Market Analysis, Strategic Outlook & Forecasts to 2012

Table of Contents

• Mobile Backhaul Definition
• Background
• Opex Issues
• Build Or Buy
• Medium Term Strategy
• Long Term Strategy
• Vendor Trends
• Forecasts

• Introduction
• Growth Of Mobile Broadband
• Evolution From Circuit To Packet Switched
• Next Generation Networks
• Evolution & Segmentation Of Backhaul Technologies
• Evolution Of Backhaul
• Backhaul Segmentation
• Ethernet Backhaul
• Microwave
• SONET/SDH
• Coaxial Cable
• ATM
• DSL
• PON (Passive Optical Network)
• Satellite
• WiMAX
• All-IP Backhaul

• Introduction
• Flat Rate Data Plans
• Opex Issues
• Trend To IMS
• Short-Term Strategy
• Microwave Technology Helps Boost Capacity
• ATM Pseudowire
• Cell Site Aggregation
• Mesh Method
• Cable Operators Move In On The Backhaul Market
• Statistical Gain
• Long-Term Strategy
• The all-IP network
• Case Studies
  • T-Mobile UK
  • Vodafone
  • Celtel
  • Sprint Nextel
  • Avea
  • Telefonica Moviles
  • Telecom Italia
  • Vodacom

• Vendor Trends
  • Common Platforms
  • Next Generation Microwave Growing
  • Convergence Drives Pseudowire
  • Femtocell Development Continues Apace
• Standards
  • IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
  • ITU-T (International Telecommunications Union)
  • MFA (MPLS Frame Relay ATM) Forum
  • MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum)
• Case Studies
  • Celtro
  • Nortel
  • Tellabs
  • Ciena Corporation
  • Ericsson

• Forecasting Methodology
• Assumptions
• Total Mobile Traffic
• Mobile Backhaul Connections
• Global Mobile Backhaul Revenue Forecasts
• Regional Mobile Backhaul Revenue
• Revenue Breakdown By Technology