NEW DELHI: The market for distributed antenna system (DAS) rose 11 percent in the first half of 2014 to $1.1 billion.

Infonetics Research shows that the revenue in the first half of the year grew 19 per cent in North America. The report noted a slight pickup in the Chinese telecom market due to a shift from LTE 4G coverage deployments to coverage and capacity enhancement.

DAS drivers include coverage, capacity, spectrum efficiency, interference mitigation, data support, scalability and adaptability.

Axell Wireless, CommScope, Corning Mobile and TE Connectivity are some of the leading vendors in the global DAS market.

“The US has reached its DAS spending peak for LTE coverage and capacity enhancement, posting double-digit year-over-year growth during the first half of 2014 and signaling an upcoming slowdown,” said Infonetics Research principal analyst for mobile infrastructure and carrier economics Stephane Teral.