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: -Research and Markets: LTE Subscriber Growth will See a Bumpy Road on Its Path to Nearly 115 Million Subscribers by 2014(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:13012011 Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/27905b/the_state_of_the_l) has announced the addition of the "The State of the LTE Market: CAPEX, Deployments, Subscribers, and Services" report to their offering. The State of the LTE Market takes an exacting look at the LTE ecosystem. The report first estimates global LTE spending by year and by region for the years 20092014. Second, leveraging LTE announcements made by the 3GPP, In-Stat reviews the telecommunications environment of every country that has a mobile operator and that made an announcement committing to LTE airlinks in the future. Understanding telecommunications in each nation is important. Before a mobile operator deploys LTE services, there are several steps that must be taken. The mobile operator must acquire spectrum (providing a national regulator has made spectrum available). Operators that have made recent HSPA investments will likely leverage those investments. After exploring these factors, the report presents: -LTE subscribers by country. The subscriber counts are further broken out by TD-LTE of FDD-LTE subscribers. -Along the lines of subscribers, In-Stat looks at LTE POPs. In Stat has also developed a tool called multiple POPs, where we anticipate areas where multiple vendors will be offering LTE services. -LTE handset and LTE backhaul capacity is forecast by region. -For the United States and Canada, LTE FDD subscribers, TD-LTE subscribers, LTE POPs, and LTE multiple POPs are forecast segmented by the mobile operators that have committed to LTE. The State of the LTE Market takes an exacting look at the LTE ecosystem. The report first estimates global LTE spending by year and by region for the years 20092014. Second, leveraging LTE announcements made by the 3GPP, In-Stat reviews the telecommunications environment of every country that has a mobile operator and that made an announcement committing to LTE airlinks in the future. Understanding telecommunications in each nation is important. Before a mobile operator deploys LTE services, there are several steps that must be taken. The mobile operator must acquire spectrum (providing a national regulator has made spectrum available). Operators that have made recent HSPA investments will likely leverage those investments. After considering these factors, the report finally presents: - LTE subscribers by country. The subscriber counts are further broken out by TD-LTE of FDD-LTE subscribers. - Along the lines of subscribers, In-Stat looks at LTE POPs. In-Stat has also developed a tool called multiple POPs, where we anticipate areas where multiple vendors will be offering LTE services. - LTE handset and LTE backhaul capacity is forecast by region. - For the United States and Canada, LTE FDD subscribers, TD-LTE subscribers, LTE POPs, and LTE Multiple POPs are forecast segmented by the mobile operators that have committed to LTE. While LTE is destined to become the dominant wireless airlink, several formidable challenges will make its widespread adoption slower than many expect. For starters, spectrum has to be cleared, licensed and either allocated or sold off before LTE takes hold. As every country has its own telecommunications regulations, these factors will take varying periods of time to be resolved. However, despite this difficult path, In-Stat (www.in-stat.com) forecasts that the number of LTE subscribers will approach 115 million by 2014. "US operator LTE CAPEX spending will drive wireless leadership from Asia and Europe to North America," says Chris Kissel, Industry Analyst for In-Stat. "From 2009 to 2014, more than one quarter of global LTE CAPEX spending will occur in the US. As a result, the US will have more LTE subscribers than the entire Asia/Pacific region by the end of 2014, even though it will have less than half the POPs." Recent In-Stat research found the following: - Although the vast majority of LTE subscribers will be FDD-LTE, TD-LTE will have a CAGR through 2014 of almost twice that of FDD-LTE. - Working through technology partners, Huawei and Ericsson, Vodafone purchased 1,500 LTE base stations in Germany in 2010. - LTE networks will have better than half of all last mile backhaul capacity in North America by 2014. - Despite the potential for LTE services in China and India, Japan is very likely to have the most LTE subscribers in Asia/Pacific by the end of 2014. Recent In-Stat research, The State of the LTE Market: CAPEX, Deployments, Subscribers, and Services, examines the essential elements of LTE. It provides an LTE progress report and looks into the future of the technology. The research includes: - LTE CAPEX spending by region- LTE deployments and launches by country- LTE POPs and subscriptions by country- FDD-LTE and TD-LTE subscriptions by country- North American FDD-LTE and TD-LTE subscriptions by mobile operators- LTE ARPU and service revenues by region- LTE handset forecasts by region- LTE backhaul capacity forecasts by region- LTE POPs and multiple POPs by regionThis research is part of In-Stats Wireless Broadband service, which provides analysis and forecasts of the development and deployment of current and future broadband wireless technologies, such as HSPA, LTE, and WiMAX. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/27905b/the_state_of_the_l ((M2 Communications disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). (c) 2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |