More Packet Backhaul in Europe

According to Heavy Reading research, eight percent of all cell sites in Europe will have packet backhaul in live service at the end of this year, which is up from less than two percent at the end of 2008.

Heavy Reading forecasts that by the end of next year, 17 percent of all European cell sites will have packet backhaul in live service.

In Europe, most of the packet backhaul deployments to date have been fiber-based, according to Donegan. But 2011 is expected to be a big year for packet microwave, and it will be deployed in substantial volume in "live commercial service," says Donegan.

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