The past eighteen months have seen substantial investment in developing, lab testing and running field trials of 5G enabling and candidate technologies. The development of 5G systems has moved well beyond equipment vendors’ labs and into operators’ networks. By the start of September 2017 GSA had identified 81 operators, in 42 countries, that have demonstrated or are testing, trialling or have been licensed to begin field trials of 5G enabling and candidate technologies. Between them they have announced over 140 separate demonstrations, tests or trials that we have been able to identify. This GSA paper…
This report is available to GSA Members, Associates and Operators and will be made generally available to registered GSA website subscribers on the 1st of August. 8,623 LTE devices announced by 569 suppliers This updated report was published by GSA in July 2017 and confirms the mainstream LTE user devices ecosystem and fast developing support for LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro systems and emerging LPWA markets. As a result of our latest research and verification process we have increased to 8,623 the number of LTE user devices we have verified as announced in the market from 569 suppliers. This is over 53%…
GSA’s Evolution from LTE to 5G reports provides an independent in-depth status view and analysis of the global 4G/LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro and 5G markets, supported by facts, and confirms the trends. Information is obtained, analysed and verified by GSA. This report is quarterly and referenced by industry across the whole ecosystem. Key market facts: By the end of June 2017 GSA reports there were: 782 operators investing in LTE in 200 countries 601 commercially launched LTE or LTE-Advanced networks in 192 countries, including 98 LTE-TDD (TD-LTE) launched in 56 countries 109 commercial VoLTE networks…
This report is the second quarterly report tracking the progress of the key technologies for using LTE in unlicensed spectrum: LTE-U, License Assisted Access (LAA, or LTE-LAA) and its future enhancement eLAA, and related technologies such as LWA. Future reports will cover the status of networks and ecosystems for CBRS (the US shared access spectrum) and LWIP. GSA summarizes network trials as well as deployments, and the availability of chipsets, modules and devices. GSA welcomes additions to its database of LAA/eLAA, LTE-U, LWA and LWIP products and networks from the industry. The database also contains…
GSA Executive Report: How 5G changes perceptions of applications, coverage and architecture
Future 5G networks will be very different to those of previous generations of mobile technology. Concepts such as network slicing and virtualization, the use of heterogeneous access networks and close interworking with 4G LTE networks will support a very wide range of services and applications with hugely different performance requirements. This means that previous definitions of how and where we deliver coverage will fundamentally change. Current perceptions of service coverage are based largely on the idea of where 98% of people live and work, taking into account that people can move into a coverage area…
This report is the latest update in a series of studies published by GSA tracking the development of mobile technology markets worldwide. Previous editions of the reports were entitled “Evolution to LTE”. However, in recognition of the fact that many operators are now deploying enhancements to their LTE networks and working towards the future deployment of 5G networks, we have adjusted the title to reflect their new focus. Main findings: · 774 operators investing in LTE in 202 countries · 591 commercially launched LTE or LTE-Advanced networks in 189 countries, including 97 LTE-TDD (TD-LTE) launched…
7,847 LTE devices announced by 546 suppliers This updated report was published by GSA on April 5, 2017 and confirms the mainstream LTE user devices ecosystem and fast developing support for LTE-Advanced and LTE-Advanced Pro systems. As a result of our latest research and verification process we have increased to 7,847 the number of LTE user devices we have verified as announced in the market, coming from 546 suppliers. This is over 77% higher than the number of devices we reported in February 2016. The number of suppliers grew 48% in the same period. The…