GSA response to the Ofcom call for input to 3.8 GHz – 4.2 GHz band
GSA response to the Ofcom call for input “3.8 GHz to 4.2 GHz band: Opportunities for Innovation” The GSA Spectrum Group responded to the Ofcom call for input to the3.8 GHz to 4.2 GHz band. Overview: The GSA Spectrum Group considers the band 3400-4200 MHz to be a key element in the development of 5G, and for the support of wide coverage enhanced Mobile Broadband, massive machine connectivity and critical and real time communications for high reliability or extremely low latency applications. The GSA Spectrum Group considers the availability of 400 MHz of additional spectrum adjacent to…
Status of the LTE Ecosystem report: 5,614 LTE devices announced by 455 suppliers June 24, 2016 This updated report was published by GSA on June 24, 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 5,614 the number of LTE user devices we have verified as announced in the market, coming from 455 suppliers. The number of LTE devices i.e. 5,614 as confirmed in this report is 2,361 higher than GSA reported in June 2015, representing 72% Y-o-Y…
The GSA Evolution to Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) is a new quarterly report from GSA that will track and report on the progress of this 3GPP technology. The report covers the progress of the standardisation of NB-IoT which should be frozen in June 2016 as part of Release-13. Also covered is the progress operators are making around the world on deploying technologies to deliver on the promise of billions of connected things by 2025. The report tracks Cat-1 and Cat-M1 commercial networks and trials and covers the Cat-NB1 pre-standard trials that operators, network suppliers, silicon…
The next generation of mobile technology, 5G, is envisaged to bring a “Networked Society”, providing an unlimited access to information and data at anytime, anywhere by anyone and anything. Education is one industry vertical that will benefit from 5G and this white paper considers some of the requirements of 5G for Education and how a future learning model will be an international, immediate, virtual, and interactive environment, which enables learners to learn and interact in a variety of different ways compared to how students are taught today. This is a joint White Paper between GSA and…
A new short report from GSA “The Central Role of Telecoms in The Smart City” examines the way that communications networks are being used to underpin rapid development of smart cities. “The Central Role of Telecoms in The Smart City” report, commissioned from Innovation Observatory, argues that relationships between city authorities, communications service providers and telecom network equipment vendors are changing in response to two new drivers of smart city investment: the potential to use ‘big data’ and Internet of Things ideas, and the emergence of technologies that make it easier to create a…
Mobile HD voice Global Update report May 3, 2016 164 mobile operators launched HD voice service in 88 countries; including 63 VoLTE deployments. GSA, the Global mobile Suppliers Association, confirms that 164 mobile operators in 88 countries have launched HD voice service enabled by W-AMR technology. • 130 deployments are on 3G/HSPA networks • 17 deployments are on 2G/GSM networks • 63 deployments are on LTE networks (VoLTE) Some operators offer HD voice service on more than one radio system (2G/GSM, 3G/HSPA, 4G/LTE). MVNOs, trunked radio systems, and enterprise networks are excluded. 23 operators launched…
Status of the LTE Ecosystem report: 5,104 LTE devices announced by 417 suppliers
Status of the LTE Ecosystem report: 5,104 LTE devices announced by 417 suppliers April 7, 2016 This updated report was published by GSA on April 7, 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 5,104 the number of LTE user devices we consider as announced in the market, coming from 417 suppliers. The number of LTE devices i.e. 5,104 as confirmed in this report is 2,185 higher than GSA reported in April 2015, representing 75% Y-o-Y growth.…
GSA Evolution to LTE report April 2016: 494 LTE networks commercially launched in 162 countries
GSA Evolution to LTE report: 494 LTE networks commercially launched in 162 countries Please Login or Register to access this report's PDF download April 8th, 2016 THIS REPORT IS RESTRICTED AND IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ONLY BY SITE USERS WHO ARE REGISTERED ON THE SITE WITH THEIR CURRENT CORPORATE EMAIL ADDRESS AND ARE EMPLOYED BY GSA MEMBER COMPANIES, NETWORK OPERATORS, OR ASSOCIATE OF GSA COMPANIES For details of how to join GSA please click on the link below. GSA Membership Benefits & how to join GSA The Evolution to LTE report confirms the status of…
GSA report - published April 7, 2016 600 HSPA Operator commitments in 218 countries/territories 594 commercial operators are launched in 218 countries including 420 commercial HSPA+ networks Over 70% of HSPA operators have commercially launched HSPA+. 420 HSPA+ networks (21 Mbps and above) are commercially launched. Deployment of 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+ technology for even better user experience is the main trend. 194 DC-HSPA+ networks (almost one third of HSPA networks) are commercially launched. Two 63 Mbps 3C-HSPA+ networks are commercially launched. Around 400 operators (two thirds) commercially launched HSUPA. At least 332 operators (84%) of…
Top 10 GSA Member papers January-March 2016 Download topics: LTE-Advanced Pro, WRC15, 5G, IoT and LAA-MulteFire. April 01, 2016 – [301 KB] Download the PDF for stats for the 3 months period January-March 2016, and the all-time downloads total for each paper. A total of 12,935 downloads of all PDF reports occurred over the past three months from the GSA Web site www.gsacom.com. The most popular Members paper in the 3 months period was the Ericsson WRC15 Summary, with 496 downloads. The most popular Members paper in the single month of March was the Ericsson Mobility…
Top 10 GSA Member Paper Downloads Dec 2015-Feb 2016
Top 10 GSA Member papers Dec 2015-Feb 2016 download topics: LTE-Advanced Pro, WRC15, 5G, LTE Broadcast and Massive IoT. March 3, 2016 – [299 KB] Download the PDF for stats for the 3 months period December 2015-February 2016, and the all-time downloads total for each paper. A total of 13,477 downloads of PDF reports occurred over the past three months from the GSA Web site www.gsacom.com. The most popular Members paper in the 3 months period was “LTE-Advanced Pro”, a Nokia white paper with 689 downloads. The most popular Members paper in the single month…