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GSA Evolution to LTE
The Evolution to LTE report confirms the status of the LTE market worldwide including LTE and LTE-Advanced network deployments (FDD and TDD), commercial service launches, the user devices ecosystem, subscriptions growth, regulatory developments including spectrum allocations, VoLTE, APT700, LTE Broadcast, LTE roaming, and highlights the main industry trends. The report is based on our own research and industry contacts and is our independent assessment and analysis, supported by facts and metrics. 393 LTE networks are now commercially launched in 138 countries. 339 operators deployed FDD mode only 38 operators deployed TDD mode only 16 operators…Read more -
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Top 10 GSA Members Papers Q1 2015
5G was the dominant theme discussed in the most popular Members papers from the GSA website in Q1 2015, with 6 papers featured in the Top 10. Download the PDF for stats for the 3 months period January-March 2015, and the all-time downloads total for each paper. The most popular Members paper in the 3 months period January-March 2015 was "Qualcomm's 5G Vision" a presentation by Qualcomm Technologies. The most popular Members paper in the single month of March 2015 was "5G is Coming" a white paper by Alcatel-Lucent. GSA member organizations may promote information…Read more -
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Top 10 GSA Members Papers Dec ’14 – Feb ’15
GSA member organizations may promote information papers, presentations and jointly-branded white papers on the GSA website to a highly targeted global industry audience including over 67,000 registered users. This service is regarded by companies as a major membership benefit as a valuable complement to their existing marketing and communications channels. Members are provided with statistics confirming the different organization types downloading their documents including % share of downloads per file. Download the PDF for stats for the 3 months period December 2014-February 2015 and the all-time downloads total for each paper. Over 228,000 files (comprising…Read more -
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Charts Showing Global Growth and Regional Share of LTE Subscriptions to Q4
Charts showing growth and regional share of LTE subscriptions up to 31 December 2014. Q4 2014 total LTE subscriptions worldwide = 497 million These charts are copyright of GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association Data to create these charts was supplied by Ovum to GSA by agreement on March 9, 2015Read more -
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LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) Global Update and Industry Trends
LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) Global Update and Industry Trends (GSA) Presentation by Alan Hadden, VP, Research, GSA Given on March 2nd, 2015 at the LTE Broadcast User Group meeting at MWC 2015 © Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) - 2015Read more -
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President’s Letter: The Journey Ahead in 2015
From Joe Barrett, President, GSA Global mobile Suppliers Association www.gsacom.com February 2015 Copyright (c) GSA - Global mobile Suppliers AssociationRead more -
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APT700 Global Status – Commercially Launched Networks, Devices, Market Opportunity
Industry support for the APT700 band plan is strong. Whereas APT700 provides both FDD and TDD arrangements, it is the FDD plan that has gained global support from industry and regulators in markets covering over 3.2 billion people. 42 countries have allocated, committed to, or recommend allocating APT700 FDD (band 28) spectrum for LTE deployments. This Snapshot report is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report (January 7, 2015). For full details per operator see the full Evolution to LTE report. Copyright (c) GSA - Global mobile Suppliers AssociationRead more -
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Top 10 GSA Members Papers Nov ’14 – Jan ’15
GSA member organizations may promote information papers, presentations and jointly-branded white papers on the GSA website to a highly targeted global industry audience including over 66,000 registered users. This service is regarded by companies as a major membership benefit as a valuable complement to their existing marketing and communications channels. Members are provided with statistics confirming the different organization types downloading their documents including % share of downloads per file. Download the PDF for stats for the 3 months period November 2014-January 2015 and the all-time downloads total for each paper. Over 222,000 files (GSA…Read more -
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LTE-Advanced Carrier Aggregation Deployments: Peak Speeds
Operators worldwide are investing in LTE-Advanced systems and peak speeds are increasing. GSA's Evolution to LTE report published on 7 January 2015 confirmed that 107 operators in total, i.e. almost 30% of LTE operators have launched, are deploying or are trialling LTE-Advanced technologies. This includes 49 operators that have commercially launched LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation in 31 countries. This new paper from GSA summarises the theoretical peak downlink speed of each of the commercially launched LTE-Advanced networks. Analysis of this data shows that 20 operators have launched Category 6 systems (300 Mbps). An additional 22 additional…Read more -
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GSA Members and Associates Share Technology Insights Including on Future 5G Topics
In 2014 GSA invited its Members and Associates to share their insights and experiences via the GSA website. This was part of its role to inform and educate the market about the opportunities from using mobile broadband technologies, (including HSPA, LTE and LTE-Advanced), and also to encourage thought-leadership. This resulted in a large increase of presentations and information papers available for download, complementing the many reports and papers produced and made available by the GSA itself via the website. The number of Members and Associates papers published on the GSA website in 2014 was almost…Read more -
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Top 10 GSA Members Papers Q4 2014
GSA member organizations may promote information papers, presentations and jointly-branded white papers on the GSA website to a highly targeted global industry audience including 66,000 registered users. This service is regarded by companies as a major membership benefit as a valuable complement to their existing marketing and communications channels. Members are provided with statistics confirming the different organization types downloading their documents including % share of downloads per file. Download the PDF for stats for the 3 months period October-December 2014 and the all-time downloads total for each paper. Over 222,000 files (GSA reports, information…Read more -
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VoLTE Global Status – List of 14 Launched Systems
80 operators in 42 countries are investing in VoLTE deployments, studies or trials, including 14 operators who commercially launched HD voice service using VoLTE. Download the list of all VoLTE system investments (deployments, launches, trials, studies) in this short document, which is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report (January 7, 2015). Copyright (c) GSA - Global mobile Suppliers AssociationRead more -
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LTE1800 Global Status – List of 158 Launched Networks
The most widely used spectrum for LTE network deployments continues to be 1800 MHz (3GPP band 3). 158 LTE1800 networks are commercially launched in 76 countries. 1800 MHz is used in almost 44% of LTE network deployments and also has the largest user devices ecosystem. Over 42% of LTE user terminals can operate in the 1800 MHz band Download the list of all 158 commercially launched LTE1800 networks in this short document, which is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report (January 7, 2015). Copyright (c) GSA - Global mobile Suppliers AssociationRead more -
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LTE TDD (TD-LTE) Global Status – List of 48 Launched Networks
The LTE TDD mode (TD-LTE) for operators with unpaired spectrum had another year of growth in all regions, especially in China. 48 operators, which equates to more than 1 in 8 LTE operators, in 30 countries have commercially launched LTE service using the TDD mode. 31 operators deployed in TDD mode only 17 operators deployed both TDD and FDD modes Download the list of all 48 commercially launched LTE TDD networks including operating frequency bands, with a summary of the status of the user devices ecosystem, in this short document, which is an extract from…Read more -
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LTE-Advanced Global Status – List of 49 Launched Networks
107 operators are investing in LTE-Advanced technologies in 54 countries including 49 commercially launched networks. Download the list of all LTE-Advanced investments (deployments, launches, trials, studies) in this short document, which is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report (January 7, 2015). Copyright (c) GSA - Global mobile Suppliers AssociationRead more -
