Microwave radios work on the underlying principle of microwave transmission. They transmit or exchange information between two devices using electromagnetic waves, having a wavelength ranging from 30 cm to 0.1 cm with radio spectrum of 1 GHz to 300 GHz. Microwaves follow point-to-point communication and can be easily directed by small-sized antennas, which point these narrow beams toward receiving antenna. The range of electromagnetic waves, which work on a frequency of above 30 GHz to below 100 GHz and have a wavelength of 10 mm to 3 mm, is called millimeter band. Radio waves in this band face strong attenuation from Earth’s atmosphere. The waves with a wide band of frequencies, around 60 GHz, get attenuated by oxygen.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Base year and forecast period

Market coverage

Market size calculation

Geographical segmentation

Vendor segmentation

Top-vendor offerings

Common currency conversion rates

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast by unit shipment

Market size and forecast by revenue

Average selling price (ASP) trend of microwave radio

Installation and other costs associated with a microwave

radio

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by technology

Market overview

Hybrid microwave radio

Packet only microwave radio

TDM microwave radio

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

APAC

EMEA

Americas

PART 08: Market drivers

Increase in demand for mobile data traffic

Decrease in tariffs for voice and data

Deployment challenges in fiber

High cost of upgrading a network

PART 09: Impact of drivers

PART 10: Market challenges

Network consolidation

Higher dependency of 3G and 4G networks on fiber

Limited range of high throughput (millimeter wave)

radios

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 12: Market trends

Emergence of E-band and V-band radios

Emergence of microwave as a front-haul solution

Microwave backhaul in 5G

PART 13: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Competitive scenario in emerging E-band market

Vendor analysis

PART 14: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 15: Explore Technavio