Huawei Small Cell Ranked No.1 in Gartner Magic Quadrant Report

[Shenzhen, China Dec.18, 2015] Huawei's Small Cell solutions took the top spot in the Gartner Magic Quadrant of Leaders, beating other vendors by a wide margin in terms of growing market share, continuous innovation, and broad ecosystem building capacity, according to the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Small Cell Equipment, a report published by Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory company.

The rankings came out following Gartner's comprehensive assessment of the top 16 Small Cell equipment vendors in terms of ability to execute and completeness of vision.

According to Gartner's report, Huawei's Small Cell solutions are seeing accelerating market share growth and maintaining a sustained lead. Huawei now has more than 150 communications service providers (CSP) Small Cell contracts covering all geographical regions.

Huawei's Small Cell products adopt indoor digital architecture and support multi-mode multi-band applications. These features in addition to future-oriented technological innovations and flexible product portfolios covering large, medium, and small-sized scenarios, contribute immensely to the overwhelmingly positive reception of Huawei's Small Cell products by operators worldwide. In offering the solution of mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, Huawei's Small Cell equipment can also help operators maximize the 'pipe' values of their networks. Through active collaboration with site providers and application developers from different sectors, Huawei is building broad crowdsourcing ecosystems within the Small Cell industry to promote its development.

As pointed out in the latest Gartner report for Small Cell equipment, the Small Cell industry is embracing an annual growth of 44%. The driving force behind this growth momentum is an increasing number of operators that are focused on how to improve the user experience in various hotspot areas.

According to Gartner's report, the rapid development of MBB networks has significantly changed the patterns of data traffic. These days, as much as 70% to 90% of data traffic is generated in hotspot areas, particularly in indoor ones. As demonstrated in past network deployments, macrocellular networks leave a number of coverage holes and indoor locations often become "cell edge" areas. The distributed antenna system (DAS), usually deployed to meet coverage requirements, now falls short due to burgeoning indoor data traffic demands. Adding new macrocellular networks to existing ones has proven uneconomical in addressing this issue. Moreover, using Wi-Fi networks to offload traffic from macrocellular networks has proven ineffective in improving user experience.

Small Cell solutions, featuring support for multi-mode and multi-band applications and integration with Wi-Fi functionality, can well satisfy user demand in hotspot areas and allow operators to provide data services through higher-quality cellular networks. In return, this can help bolster traffic demands from subscribers.

As such, Small Cells are increasingly embraced among operators, and the Small Cell industry is enjoying great opportunities for rapid development. An increasing number of airports, stadiums, shopping centers, and large and medium-sized enterprises are embracing Small Cell deployments. A common understanding is also forged among operators of deploying Small Cells on new types of sites such as bus stops, lamp poles, and phone booths.

Eric Xu, Huawei's Rotating CEO, says "The mobile broadband experience is a productive force, and it is the primary productive force. We must strengthen technological innovations to promote digital transformation of indoor digital networks, significantly reduce indoor network construction and maintenance costs, and continuously improve the mobile broadband experience."

Huawei’s ranking at No.1 in the quadrant of leaders in the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Small Cell Equipment illustrates Huawei's constant investment and innovation aimed at implementing its philosophy of remaining focused on customer experience is well recognized within the industry. Huawei's Small Cell solutions have seen large-scale commercial rollouts in a number of global landmark buildings, such as China's Beijing Capital International Airport, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and the Bird's Nest, and Singapore's Marina Bay Sands, Thailand's Paragon, and Dubai's Dubai Mall. At the 2015 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei's LampSite solution, which is an E2E digital distributed radio system for large venues, was awarded Best Mobile Infrastructure, the highest honor within the communications industry.

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