The Public Safety LTE & Mobile Broadband Market: 2015 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts

Due to the bandwidth limitations of their traditional voice-centric LMR (Land Mobile Radio) networks, public safety agencies are keen to leverage commercial cellular network technology to support their growing broadband application needs. Considering its thriving ecosystem, spectrum flexibility and performance metrics, LTE has emerged as the leading candidate for public safety mobile broadband networks.

Standardization efforts are still underway to enhance the LTE standard for public safety requirements, including MCPTT (Mission Critical PTT) functionality, group communications and proximity services. However, this has not deterred public safety agencies from early deployments of the technology, particularly in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions. The Qatar MOI made headlines when it deployed a private 800 MHz LTE network to complement its existing TETRA network with broadband applications. Since then, several private LTE networks have sprung up across the globe. For example, the Lijiang Police in China is utilizing a 20 site private LTE network for video surveillance and related applications.

While most initial public safety LTE investments were limited to small scale networks, South Korea’s nationwide public safety LTE rollout is expected to trigger significant large-scale investments throughout the globe. Several early adopter private LTE deployments are also underway in the United States, as part of the planned FirstNet nationwide network. Europe, on the other hand, is predominantly seeing growing adoption of security hardened MVNO services that utilize commercial LTE networks to provide broadband access for public safety subscribers. However, private LTE pilots are also underway in the region, including engagements with armed forces with a major focus on transportable base station form factors, such as CIAB (Cell-in-a-Box).

Driven by the thriving ecosystem, we expect public safety LTE infrastructure investments to grow at a CAGR of nearly 40% between 2015 and 2020. By the end of 2020, infrastructure investments which include base stations (eNBs), mobile core and mobile backhaul gear will account for over $2 Billion. The market for ruggedized public safety LTE devices will also witness significant growth, with an estimated 4 Million annual device shipments in 2020.

The “Public Safety LTE & Mobile Broadband Market: 2015 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts” report presents an in-depth assessment of the global public safety LTE market, besides touching upon the wider LMR and mobile broadband industries. In addition to covering the business case, challenges, technology, spectrum allocation, industry roadmap, deployment case studies, vendor products, strategies, standardization initiatives and applications ecosystem for public safety LTE, the report also presents comprehensive forecasts for mobile broadband, LMR and public safety LTE subscriptions from 2015 till 2030. Also covered are public safety LTE service revenues, over both private and commercial networks. In addition, the report presents revenue and unit shipment forecasts for public safety LTE devices and infrastructure.

The report comes with an associated XLS datasheet covering quantitative data from all figures presented within the report, as well as a list and associated details of over 60 global public safety LTE network commitments (as of Q2’2015).

1 Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Executive Summary
1.2 Key Findings
1.3 Topics Covered
1.4 Forecast Segmentation
1.5 Key Questions Answered
1.6 Methodology
1.7 Target Audience
1.8 Companies Mentioned
　 　
2 Chapter 2: An Overview of the Public Safety Mobile Broadband Market
2.1 Narrowband LMR (Land Mobile Radio) Systems in Public Safety
2.2 Mobile Broadband for Public Safety
2.3 How Big is the Mobile Broadband Market?
2.4 The Use of Commercial Mobile Broadband Technology for Public Safety
2.5 Why LTE?
2.6 Public Safety LTE Technology & Architecture
2.7 LTE-Advanced & 5G: Implications for Public Safety
2.8 Public Safety LTE Deployment Models
2.9 Funding Models for Private Public Safety LTE Network Deployment
2.10 The Public Safety LTE Business Case
2.11 Challenges to the Public Safety LTE Ecosystem
　 　
3 Chapter 3: Public Safety LTE and Mobile Broadband Industry Roadmap
3.1 Industry Roadmap
3.2 2011 – 2014: Initial Private LTE Rollouts
3.3 2015 – 2019: Early Nationwide Rollouts
3.4 2020 & Beyond: Large Scale Proliferation
3.5 Public Safety LTE Deployment Case Studies
　 　
4 Chapter 4: Public Safety LTE and Mobile Broadband Applications Ecosystem
4.1 Mobile Video
4.2 Mobile Broadband and Seamless Mobile VPN Access
4.3 GIS, AVLS and Mapping
4.4 CAD (Computer Aided Dispatching)
4.5 Remote Database Access
4.6 Telemetry and Remote Diagnostics
4.7 Bulk Multimedia/Data Transfers
4.8 Situational Awareness Applications
4.9 PTT over LTE
4.10 The Present State of the Market: What’s on Offer
4.11 The Numbers: How Big is the Public Safety LTE Applications Ecosystem?
　 　
5 Chapter 5: Key Ecosystem Players
　 　
6 Chapter 6: Public Safety LTE Spectrum Allocation Strategies Worldwide
6.1 North America
6.2 Latin & Central America
6.3 Europe
6.4 Middle East & Africa
6.5 Asia Pacific
6.6 The Prospects of Spectrum Harmonization
　 　
7 Chapter 7: Market Analysis and Forecasts
7.1 The Global Public Safety Mobile Broadband Market
7.2 The Global Public Safety LTE Devices Market
7.3 The Global Public Safety LTE Infrastructure Market
7.4 Regional Market Assessment
　 　
8 Chapter 8: Standardization & Regulatory Initiatives
8.1 NPSTC (National Public Safety Telecommunications Council)
8.2 NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
8.3 NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration)
8.4 PSCR (Public Safety Communications Research)
8.5 APCO International (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials)
8.6 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)
8.7 TCCA (TETRA and Critical Communications Association)
8.8 ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
8.9 UIC (International Union of Railways)
8.10 ATIS (Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions)
8.11 TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association)
8.12 OMA (Open Mobile Alliance)
8.13 Features for Public Safety LTE Standardization
　 　
9 Chapter 9: Conclusion and Strategic Recommendations
9.1 Consolidation and Alliances
9.2 Improving Economics: Monetizing Unused Capacity
9.3 PTT Standardization: The Key to a Successful Ecosystem
9.4 Status of Private LTE Network Rollouts
9.5 Prospects of FirstNet
9.6 Spectrum: Will 700 MHz Gear Dominate the Market Worldwide?
9.7 Proposals for Wholly Commercial Public Safety LTE Networks
9.8 The Public Safety LTE MVNO Opportunity
9.9 Revenue Prospects for Commercial Carriers
9.10 TCO Analysis: Private LTE vs. Public-Private Partnerships
9.11 Military & Tactical Deployments Gaining Traction
9.12 What Cell Types will Public Safety LTE Networks Encompass?
9.13 Public Safety LTE Mobile Core Investments
9.14 Mobile Backhaul & Transport Network Investments
9.15 Strategic Recommendations
　 　
10 Chapter 10: Expert Opinion – Interview Transcripts
10.1 Airbus Defence and Space
10.2 Airwave Solutions
10.3 CalAmp Corporation
10.4 Motorola Solutions
10.5 Oceus Networks
10.6 Star Solutions