Overview of SDR Market

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With the growing number of access technologies and air interfaces, mobile operators are faced with the daunting task of carefully deploying current networks but also maintaining compatibility with future standards that have not yet entered the market. In developed markets in particular, mobile operators may be faced with radio infrastructure lifecycles of a few years, making it extremely hard to secure Return on Investment (ROI) for newly deployed equipment since marketing and user adoption always lags technology upgrades.