At a high level, small cells have moved from the hype phase to reality. The Dell’Oro Group estimates the nonresidential small cell market approached 300,000 to 400,000 commercially deployed units/nodes in 2015, suggesting the small cell market is materializing at a faster pace than originally envisioned – the Dell’Oro Group in 2012 expected there would be 200,000 to 300,000 nonresidential small cells deployed by 2015.
With the faster-than-envisaged adoption of small cells, the focus is now shifting to how quickly deployments will scale. More specifically, indoor enterprise deployments are widely recognized as a great opportunity for small cells.
