NSN has edge in race to a 2018 US$9-Billion SON Market

With the explosion in the mobile data traffic, operators struggle to provide data services that their customers desire. ABI research forecasts that mobile monitoring and optimization equipment revenue will increase to over $9 billion by 2018 and operators can remain competitive by continuously providing their customers with high-performance data services even with congested networks.

Sabir Rafiq, Research Analyst, commented, “Mobile operators are feeling the squeeze on data capacity, and with solutions such as Self-Optimizing Networks (SON) and Wi-Fi offloading they can assure that their customers receive the best possible service at all times.”

Rafiq added, “The coordination between the macro cells and small cells is vital to deliver optimum performance of the radio network and provide a meaningful end-customer experience.”

ABI Research has found that NSN has an edge over its competitors with its intelligent SON automation and early field deployments across 3G and 4G. The solution helps operators to monitor the deployment, process alignment strategies, and implement new network elements.