LTE Ecosystem September 2025
The September 2025 report on the LTE device ecosystem highlights the extensive growth and diversity of LTE-enabled devices.
As of August 2025, more than 30,436 LTE user devices — including commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE — from over 1,030 manufacturers have been catalogued in GSA’s GAMBoD database, marking an 8.8% increase since the end of August 2024. LTE still dominates mobile telecom services despite the rise of 5G, with 841 operators running LTE networks.
The report explores the dominance of LTE phones, which represent nearly half of all LTE devices, alongside notable growth in fixed wireless access devices, routers and IoT modules. Frequency-division duplex (FDD) remains the most widely supported LTE mode, with 1800 MHz spectrum particularly popular. Time-division duplex (TDD) device support is growing, with bands 40, 41 and 38 leading adoption.
The report also underscores the increasing prevalence of VoLTE, ViLTE, and enhanced voice services, alongside LTE-Advanced technologies like carrier aggregation. Additionally, LTE-based IoT solutions are expanding, reflecting demand for low-power wide-area devices in industrial and consumer applications.
The GAMBoD database continues to serve as a vital resource for tracking LTE and 5G device ecosystems, offering insights into form factors, features and frequency support. Access is available to GSA members.
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LTE Ecosystem September 2025
