Mobile Internet is reaching its tipping point, and the race to develop and exploit this valuable resource is growing more intense as vendors compete for market share.  With infrastructure as its foundation, mobile Internet is composed of a complex and rapidly evolving ecosystem of carrier networks, mobile devices, and business and consumer applications and services.

For network operators, mobile is one of the bright spots in the current telecommunications business climate. The efficient acquisition and maintenance of mobile subscribers is an economic imperative to offset the losses in traditional landline voice services. However, this shift comes at a price in the form of investments in mobile infrastructure, including adoption of newer packet switching systems and continued efforts to support 3G+ broadband connectivity.

Market pressures have created a more competitive environment for mobile operators, many of whom have been forced to open their networks in order to remain relevant in the value chain.  Operators are also under pressure to maintain margins and manage OpEx and CaPEx as efficiently as possible.  From an operational perspective, a key challenge for mobile operators is to continue to offer less expensive data plans while improving overall service quality and increasing mobile broadband accessibility. 

This initiative will require an efficient and flexible infrastructure that can dynamically scale and adapt to the growing demands of mobile Internet, including platforms that can support new services such as secure payments transactions, location-based applications, and streaming video.

Synergy Research Group’s Mobile Infrastructure Research Service provides our clients with a powerful combination of information and services, including:

• Interactive market and forecast data provided on a quarterly and annual basis and available for on-demand access through our unique Synergy Interactive Analysis (SIA) web portal

• Insightful analysis and actionable recommendations from our skilled team of analysts, who leverage years of communications industry background and experience

• Consulting services and customized deliverables that can be tailored to meet your specific business needs and goals

Synergy Research Group’s Mobile Wireless Infrastructure Research Service provides interactive market and forecast data as well as qualitative analysis in these targeted areas:

• Mobile RAN Infrastructure and Switching
• GSM, UMTS, CDMA, iDEN
• Base Station Controllers (BSC)
• Base Transceiver Stations (BST)
• Mobile Switching Center Servers (MSC-S)
• Mobile VoIP Media Gateways
• Gateway GPRS Support Nodes (GGSN)
• Serving GPRS Support Nodes (SGSN)
• Packet Data Serving Nodes (PDSN)
• Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Solutions
• Worldwide Inter-Operability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) Solutions
• Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) Solutions
• IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Solutions

Mobile infrastructure solutions manufacturers covered in this service include:

• Ericsson
• GENBAND
• Huawei
• LG
• Motorola
• NEC
• Nokia-Siemens
• Nortel
• Samsung 

 
The Mobile Wireless Infrastructure Research Service also tracks the activities of mobile network operators around the world and examines how their strategies and decisions interplay with the service’s quantitative research data and mobile infrastructure deployments. 

Companion Research Services

Mobile Handsets Research Service, a separate companion service, is also available from Synergy Research Group. This service provides clients with interactive market and forecast data for the evolving mobile handset market and related areas:

• Smart phones (3G, 4G), feature phones, worldwide

• Interactive market and forecast data provided on a quarterly and annual basis

• Review and analyze mobile applications, mobile commerce, mobile OS developments, and mobile carrier trends

When combined with the Mobile Wireless Infrastructure Research Service, the Mobile Handsets Research Service provides clients with comprehensive coverage of the dynamic mobile ecosystem and its key players: from handset manufacturers and mobile OS developers to gateway and core mobile switch vendors.

An SIA subscription gives clients access to the most up-to-date worldwide and geographic market share information for mobile wireless infrastructure. Geographic coverage includes North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America.  Full access to historical data is included.

An SIA subscription provides clients with an all-in-one repository for mobile wireless infrastructure data. With just a few clicks, clients can create any type of business report or chart, using any unit of measure for any vendor in the mobile wireless infrastructure market.

All Synergy market share data is refreshed on the SIA platform every 90 days, with quarterly data delivered approximately 45 days after the close of each quarter. This timeliness makes Synergy’s service and delivery schedule one of the most relevant and advantageous in the telecom market research industry.

The Mobile Wireless Infrastructure SIA Service provides interactive market share and forecast data for GSM, UMTS, cdma, Mobile Mulitmedia, and WiMAX (802.16e).

SIA is a patent pending research tool that enables users to dynamically interact with and co-create quantitative market intelligence in a simple point & click web-based environment. Users will be able to directly access the highly regarded market data that Synergy Research Group has developed over the last decade. A client of the SIA Mobile Wireless Infrastructure service can easily and quickly create any type of report or chart, using any unit of measure, for any company in the Mobile Wireless Infrastructure market.

An SIA subscription will give clients access to the most up-to-date worldwide and geographic market shares (North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America) for all Mobile Wireless Infrastructure SIA segments. Full access to historical data is also included. In the coming months, country-level market shares and geographic forecasts will also be accessible to Mobile Wireless Infrastructure SIA clients.