LTE Ecosystem December 2023
Our December 2023 update on the LTE device ecosystem confirms that 25,789 user devices have been announced, including commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE. This represents a 10.2% increase since November 2022.
Highlights this edition include:
Mobile phones account for the largest number of identified devices, with 13,256 models catalogued, taking a 51.4% share of all LTE devices.
Of the 25,789 LTE-capable user devices known to GSA, 88.4% support the LTE-FDD mode.
A significant proportion of high-end devices are also 5G devices: 78.6% of them, up slightly from 75.8% in the previous quarter.
The majority of IoT low-power wide area devices are modules, but industrial and private network CPE and routers are also a strong form factor for LTE Cat-1 devices, with 1,026 devices announced.
This report highlights key statistics and analyses the main developments in the LTE device market. From mobile phones and wearable devices to industrial routers and asset trackers, various categories are tracked in this report and detailed in GSA’s GAMBoD database, available to GSA members. Information covers a broad range of areas, including form factors, spectrum frequencies supported, user equipment categories, feature support, cellular IoT devices and more.
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LTE Ecosystem December 2023
