Intel Joins Executive Board of Global mobile Suppliers Association
Intel Joins Executive Board of Global mobile Suppliers Association 29th February 2016: Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) is pleased to announce that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the company that designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices, has joined the GSA Executive Board. “The GSA Executive Committee is very pleased to welcome Intel to the GSA and onto the Executive Board”, said Joe Barrett, President - GSA. “Mobile technology is expanding into vertical industries and Intel will bring its unique computing and wireless technology experience to GSA programs…
Spectrum Bands Used in 480 Commercially Launched LTE Networks
Spectrum Bands Used in 480 Commercially Launched LTE Networks Chart produced by GSA confirming the main spectrum bands which are currently used in 480 commercially launched LTE networks worldwide, and showing the number of network deployments per band. Data provided covers FDD and TDD network deployments. Source of data: GSA Evolution to LTE report published January 25, 2016 1800 MHz (b3) is the most widely used contiguous band in 4G/LTE commercially launched systems deployments worldwide. The second most popular contiguous band is 2.6 GHz (b7), followed by 800 MHz (b20) then AWS (b4) Band 40…
GSA confirms 4,416 LTE user devices, researches new bands
PRESS RELEASE GSA confirms 4,416 LTE user devices, researches new bands February 12, 2016: The latest update to the Status of the LTE Ecosystem report published this week by GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) confirms accelerating growth of the LTE ecosystem and expansion in the availability and performance of LTE-Advanced devices. The report covers LTE FDD and TDD (TD-LTE) devices. 4,416 LTE user devices, including frequency and operator variants, from 369 suppliers are verified by GSA as announced in the market. 1,770 devices have been added to GSA’s LTE devices database (GAMBoD) since February 2015,…
Status of the LTE Ecosystem report: 4,416 LTE devices announced by 369 suppliers
Status of the LTE Ecosystem report: 4,416 LTE devices announced by 369 suppliers February 11, 2016 This updated report was published by GSA on February 11, 2016 and confirms the mainstream and fast growing LTE user devices ecosystem. As a result of our latest research and verification process we have increased to 4,416 the number of LTE user devices we consider as announced in the market, coming from 369 suppliers. The number of LTE devices i.e. 4,416 as confirmed in this report is 1,770 higher than GSA reported in February 2015, representing 67% Y-o-Y growth.…
APT700 band global status: regulatory status, network deployments, & user devices ecosystem
SNAPSHOT: APT700 band global status: regulatory status, network deployments, and user devices ecosystem Industry support for the APT700 band plan is strong. Whereas APT700 provides both FDD and TDD arrangements, it is the FDD plan (3GPP band 28) that has gained global support from industry and regulators in markets addressing approaching 4 billion people. At least 43 countries have allocated, committed to, or recommend allocating APT700 FDD (band 28) spectrum for LTE deployments, as listed in this short document, which is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report published on January 25, 2016.…
LTE BROADCAST global status summary of deployments and activities
SNAPSHOT: LTE BROADCAST global status summary of deployments and activities Recent months have witnessed a high level of activity in eMBMS/LTE Broadcast activities globally with traction building across all regions. Several use cases are being developed and trialled, and more are emerging. Download the list of all LTE Broadcast system investments (deployments, launches, trials, studies) in this short document, which is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report published on January 25, 2016. Complete details per operator are available in the Evolution to LTE report. In November 2015 GSA published a major report: "Evaluating…
LTE TDD (TD-LTE) global status – 71 commercially launched networks
SNAPSHOT: LTE TDD (TD-LTE) global status - 71 commercially launched networks The LTE TDD mode (TD-LTE) for operators with unpaired spectrum is enjoying growth in all regions. 71 operators in 43 countries have commercially launched LTE service using the TDD mode. 21 operators have deployed both FDD and TDD modes in their LTE networks. Download the list of all 71 commercially launched LTE TDD networks including a summary of the operating frequency bands, and status of the LTE TDD (TD-LTE) user devices ecosystem per operating band, in this short document, which is an extract from…
LTE1800 global status – network launches, user devices ecosystem
SNAPSHOT: LTE1800 global status - network launches, user devices ecosystem The most widely used spectrum for LTE network deployments is 1800 MHz (3GPP band 3). 213 LTE1800 networks are commercially launched in 100 countries. 1800 MHz is used in over 44% of LTE network deployments and also has the largest user devices ecosystem. Over 51% of LTE user terminals can operate in the 1800 MHz band. Download the list of all 213 commercially launched LTE1800 networks together with the status of the user devices ecosystem in this short document, which is an extract from the…