A new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of End Users' Perspective on the Global Wireless Communication Test Equipment Market (https://www.frost.com/mabeThe study concludes that while North America continues to offer significant opportunities for wireless communication testing and monitoring vendors, Asia-Pacific is a breeding ground for growth and evolution. The study is based on a survey of wireless test equipment customers, including network operators, network equipment manufacturers, telecommunications contractors, and wireless consulting firms.
"While M2M and the Internet of Things are here to stay, the challenges associated with their integration are quite unique and therefore require inventive solutions for testing at all stages of the lifecycle," says Rohan Joy Thomas of Frost & Sullivan. "Respondents rated interoperability as the most significant challenge, and one that will be exacerbated by the proliferation of M2M communications and heterogeneous networks."
Innovative solutions are also needed to address the challenges arising from the implementation of small cells, distributed antenna systems, big data analytics, self-optimizing networks (SONs), cloud computing, and virtualization. With end users striving to bridge the gap between network monitoring capabilities and research and development (R&D), solutions that effectively deliver near-laboratory field testing capabilities will gain traction.
“Despite the looming challenges, respondents indicated they expect a substantial increase in the deployment of SONs, big data analytics, virtualization, software-defined networking, and cloud computing by 2021,” Thomas added. “Cloud computing, in particular, will be the most important as end users look to further optimize IT operations in the global marketplace.”.
