Reuters presents the top players in the mobile network gear market according to Market Share Research. After two years of strict budgets after an economic downturn, network operators are investing in gear to keep pace with data-hungry consumers who increasingly surf the web on the go from their smartphones and tablet computers. Analysts expect growth to remain strong in the US, while major rollouts will boost sales in India and capital spending in Europe is expected to grow only slightly.
“Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) sees an underlying EBIT margin above break-even for this year, and says its sales will grow faster than the slight growth predicted for the overall telecom gear market.”