LTE Insights Service -The LTE Ecosystem: A Global Analysis of Deployments, Subscriptions, Devices and Operator Strategies

Published: Dec, 2011 | Pages: 153 | Publisher: SNS Research
Industry: Telecommunications And Wireless | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

With over 36 fully commercial network launches and 150 LTE-enabled devices available in the market, LTE adoption has considerably gained momentum throughout the globe. Swedish incumbent operator Telia was the first to launch LTE services in December 2009. 

This was followed by several commercial launches in Western Europe, the U.S and the Asia Pacific region, with the Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Germany and NTT DoCoMo launching major marketing campaigns to kick start commercial adoption. The second half of 2011 saw another series of deployments across the Middle East region, with the Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Zain and Mobily announcing commercial network launches. By 2012, it is expected that there will be over 120 operational LTE networks. LTE Subscriptions have already surpassed the 6 million benchmark, with the U.S accounting for over 70 % of worldwide subscriptions. 

In addition to the early availability of LTE coverage, compelling pricing strategies, such as those offered by Verizon Wireless, have played a critical role in LTE adoption. Covering over 180 worldwide operators, this report and its associated database take an in-depth look at the LTE ecosystem from a global perspective by analyzing present and future LTE deployments, subscriptions, devices and operator strategies.

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List of Companies Covered

•	3 Ireland
•	A1 Telekom
•	Abu Dhabi Police
•	Acer
•	ACMA (Austria)
•	Advanced Info Service (AIS Thailand)
•	AEC (Macedonia)
•	Aero2
•	Agri Valley Broadband
•	Al Madar
•	Alaska Communications
•	Alcatel Lucent
•	Algar Telecom
•	ANACOM (Portugal)
•	Andorra Telecom
•	Antel
•	Aquafon
•	ARCEP (France)
•	ArmenTel
•	Arqiva
•	Asiaspace
•	AT&T Mobility
•	AT&T Puerto Rico
•	Augere Wireless Broadband India
•	Ausgrid
•	Axiata 
•	Bakrie Telecom 
•	Base Belgium
•	Bayan Telecommunications 
•	Beeline
•	Belgacom
•	Bell Mobility
•	BeSt Life (Belarus)
•	Bharti Airtell
•	BIPT (Belgium)
•	Bite Lativa
•	Bite Lituania
•	Bouygues
•	Brazil Army 
•	Broadlink
•	BSNL
•	Bulsatcom AD
•	Celcom
•	Cell C
•	Cellcom
•	Cellular South
•	CenterNet
•	CenturyTel
•	China Mobile
•	China Telecom
•	China Unicom
•	Chunghwa
•	Claro
•	Clear Mobitel
•	Clearwire
•	CMC Vietnam
•	Commnet Wireless
•	ComReg (Ireland)
•	Cosmote
•	CRC (Bulgaria)
•	CSL (Hong Kong)
•	Czech Telecommunication Office 
•	Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile Germany)
•	Dialog Mobile
•	DiGi
•	Disk Network
•	DNA Oy
•	Du
•	E Plus
•	Elisa
•	eMobile
•	EMT
•	Entel Movil
•	Entel PCS
•	ERA (Poland)
•	Ericsson
•	Etex Telephone Cooperative
•	Etisalat
•	Etisalat Misr
•	Everything Everywhere (Orange, T-Mobile Joint Venture)
•	EVN Telecom
•	FarEastTone
•	Federal Communications Commision (FCC)
•	FPT Telecom
•	France Telecom (Orange)
•	Genius Brand
•	Globacom
•	Global Mobile (Taiwan)
•	Globe Telecom
•	Gtel
•	HTC
•	Huawei
•	Hutchisn 3 (Denmark)
•	Hutchison 3
•	iBurst 
•	ICASA (South Africa)
•	ICE Costa Rica
•	Indostat 
•	KCC (South Korea)
•	Kcell
•	KDDI 
•	Kordia
•	KPN Netherlands
•	KT
•	Lattelecom
•	Leap Wireless
•	LG Uplus
•	Lightsquared
•	LMT
•	M1 (Singapore)
•	Magticom
•	Magyar Telekom
•	Maxis
•	Megafon
•	MetroPCS
•	Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones del Perú 
•	Ministry of Telecommunications & Information Society (MTIS) Ecuador
•	MITYC (Spain)
•	Mobilink
•	Mobily (Etisalat Saudi Arabia)
•	Mobinil Egypt
•	Mobistar (Belgium)
•	Mobitel
•	Mobitel
•	Mobyland
•	Monaco Telecom
•	Mosiac Telecom
•	Motorola Mobility
•	Motorola Solutions
•	Movicel Angola
•	Movistar
•	M-Tel
•	MTN South Africa
•	MTNL
•	MTS
•	MTS
•	MTS Allstream
•	MVS Comunicaciones 
•	National Chiao Tung University
•	National Media and Telecoms Authority (Hungary)
•	NBN Co
•	Ncell
•	Net4Mobility
•	NetAmerica Alliance LLC
•	Nextel Chile
•	Nokia
•	Nokia Siemens Networks
•	NTT DoCoMo 
•	O2 (Telefonica UK)
•	OAO Voentelecom 
•	Ofcom (UK)
•	Oi Brazil
•	Omantel
•	Omnitel
•	Optus
•	Orange
•	Orange Luxembourg
•	Packet One Networks
•	Peoples Telephone Cooperative
•	Personal (Argentina)
•	Piltel 
•	Polkomtel
•	Portugal Telecom (TMN)
•	PTCL
•	Public Service Wireless
•	Qtel
•	Qualcomm
•	REDtone
•	Reliance Industries Ltd 
•	RIM
•	Rogers Wireless
•	Rosetelecom 
•	Safaricom Kenya
•	Samsung
•	Sao Paulo Military Police Force 
•	Sasktel
•	SFR
•	SingTel
•	SIT Guatemala
•	SK Telecom
•	Smart Communications
•	Smart-Tone Vodafone
•	Softbank 
•	Sony Ericsson
•	SpeedConnect
•	Sprint
•	Starcomms
•	StarHub
•	STC (Saudi Arabia)
•	Sunrise (Switzerland)
•	Swiss Federal Communications Commission (Comcom)
•	Swisscom
•	TDC
•	Telcel
•	Tele2
•	Tele2 Lithuania
•	Telecom Italia
•	Telecom New Zealand
•	Telefonica
•	Telefonica Movistar
•	Telenet
•	Telenor
•	Telestyrelsen 
•	Telia (Denmark)
•	TeliaSonera
•	TelKom South Africa
•	Telkomsel, XL 
•	Telstra
•	Texas Energy Network
•	T-Hrvatski Telekom 
•	Tikona Digital
•	TKK (Austria)
•	T-Mobile
•	T-Mobile (USA)
•	TRA (Bahrain)
•	Triatel
•	Tunisiana
•	Turkcell
•	TV Filme Brasília 
•	U Mobile
•	Ucell
•	Ufone
•	UK Broadband (PCCW's UK subsidiary)
•	UKE (Poland)
•	Une-EPM
•	United Wireless
•	Unitel Angola
•	US Cellular
•	Verizon Wireless
•	Viettel (Vietnam)
•	VIPNet 
•	Viva (Kuwait)
•	Viva Brazil
•	VivaCell-MTS
•	Vivid Wireless
•	Vodafone
•	VTR Chile
•	Wind Mobile
•	Wireless Business Solutions (South Africa)
•	Yoigo 
•	Yota
•	Zain
•	Ziggo 4
•	ZTE

List of Countries Covered

•	Afghanistan
•	Albania
•	Algeria
•	Andorra
•	Angola
•	Anguilla
•	Antigua & Barbuda
•	Argentina
•	Armenia
•	Aruba
•	Australia
•	Austria
•	Azerbaijan
•	Bahamas
•	Bahrain
•	Bangladesh
•	Barbados
•	Belarus
•	Belgium
•	Belize
•	Benin
•	Bermuda
•	Bhutan
•	Bolivia
•	Bosnia Herzegovina
•	Botswana
•	Brazil
•	British Virgin Islands
•	Brunei
•	Bulgaria
•	Burkina Faso
•	Burundi
•	Cambodia
•	Cameroon
•	Canada
•	Cape Verde
•	Cayman Islands
•	Central African Republic
•	Chad
•	Chile
•	China
•	Cocos Islands
•	Colombia
•	Comoros Islands
•	Congo
•	Cook Islands
•	Costa Rica
•	Côte d'Ivoire
•	Croatia
•	Cuba
•	Cyprus
•	Czech Republic
•	Democratic Rep of Congo 
•	Denmark
•	Djibouti
•	Dominica
•	Dominican Republic
•	East Timor
•	Ecuador
•	Egypt
•	El Salvador
•	Equatorial Guinea
•	Eritrea
•	Estonia
•	Ethiopia
•	Faroe Islands
•	Federated States of Micronesia
•	Fiji
•	Finland
•	France
•	French Guiana
•	French Polynesia 
•	French West Indies
•	Gabon
•	Gambia
•	Georgia
•	Germany
•	Ghana
•	Gibraltar
•	Greece
•	Greenland
•	Grenada
•	Guam
•	Guatemala
•	Guernsey
•	Guinea Republic
•	Guinea-Bissau
•	Guyana
•	Haiti
•	Honduras
•	Hong Kong
•	Hungary
•	Iceland
•	India
•	Indonesia
•	Iran
•	Iraq
•	Ireland
•	Isle of Man
•	Israel
•	Italy
•	Jamaica
•	Japan
•	Jersey
•	Jordan
•	Kazakhstan
•	Kenya
•	Kirghizstan
•	Kiribati
•	Korea
•	Kosovo
•	Kuwait
•	Laos
•	Latvia
•	Lebanon
•	Lesotho
•	Liberia
•	Libya
•	Liechtenstein
•	Lithuania
•	Luxembourg
•	Macau
•	Macedonia
•	Madagascar
•	Malawi
•	Malaysia
•	Maldives
•	Mali
•	Malta
•	Marshall Islands
•	Mauritania
•	Mauritius
•	Mayotte
•	Mexico
•	Moldova
•	Monaco
•	Mongolia
•	Montenegro
•	Montserrat
•	Morocco
•	Mozambique
•	Myanmar
•	Namibia
•	Nepal
•	Netherlands
•	Netherlands Antilles
•	New Caledonia
•	New Zealand
•	Nicaragua
•	Niger
•	Nigeria
•	Niue
•	North Korea
•	Northern Marianas
•	Norway
•	Oman
•	Pakistan
•	Palau
•	Palestine
•	Panama
•	Papua New Guinea
•	Paraguay
•	Peru
•	Philippines
•	Poland
•	Portugal
•	Puerto Rico
•	Qatar
•	Réunion
•	Romania
•	Russia
•	Rwanda
•	Samoa
•	Samoa (American)
•	Sao Tomé & Principe
•	Saudi Arabia
•	Senegal
•	Serbia
•	Seychelles
•	Sierra Leone
•	Singapore
•	Slovak Republic
•	Slovenia
•	Solomon Islands
•	Somalia
•	South Africa
•	Spain
•	Sri Lanka
•	St Kitts & Nevis
•	St Lucia
•	St Vincent & The Grenadines
•	Sudan
•	Suriname
•	Swaziland
•	Sweden
•	Switzerland
•	Syria
•	Taiwan
•	Tajikistan
•	Tanzania
•	Thailand
•	Togo
•	Tonga
•	Trinidad & Tobago
•	Tunisia
•	Turkey
•	Turkmenistan
•	Turks & Caicos Islands
•	U.S.A
•	UAE
•	Uganda
•	UK
•	Ukraine
•	Uruguay
•	US Virgin Islands
•	Uzbekistan
•	Vanuatu
•	Venezuela
•	Vietnam
•	Yemen
•	Zambia
•	Zimbabwe

 Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Executive Summary
1.2 Acronyms

Chapter 2 LTE Technology Overview
2.1 LTE Radio Access and Core Network Technology
2.2 LTE Technical Performance Metrics
2.3 The Evolution to 4G and LTE Advanced
2.4 Coexistence with Present Network Deployments

Chapter 3 LTE Ecosystem Overview
3.1 The Key Market Drivers for LTE Adoption
3.1.1 The Increasing Demand for Broadband Data Centric Applications
3.1.2 Mobile Market Saturation and Opportunities for Higher ARPUs
3.1.3 High Data Rates, Spectral Efficiency and OPEX Reduction
3.1.4 Narrow Competition from competing standards
3.1.5 Broadband Availability in Rural Areas
3.1.6 Commitments by Major Infrastructure and User Device Vendors
3.2 The Key Market Obstacles for LTE Adoption
3.2.1 Frequency Spectrum Availability, Congestion and Regulation
3.2.2 CAPEX Demands for Operators
3.2.3 Consumer Device Challenges
3.2.4 Pricing Strategies and Complexities in Roaming Agreements
3.3 LTE Commercial Network Deployments and Subscriptions
3.3.1 LTE Commercial Network Launches and Plans 2012 - 2015
3.3.2 Unique Market & Operator Requirements
3.3.3 Present Subscriptions and Projections 2011 - 2012
3.3.4 LTE Regional Market Share
3.4 LTE Spectrum Adoption Throughout the World
3.4.1 700 MHz Band leading the Market in 2011
3.4.2 Varying Spectrum Adoption Strategies
3.5 The LTE Device Industry
3.5.1 LTE Devices by Spectrum
3.5.2 Market Segmentation: Fixed vs Mobile
3.5.3 Devices Offerings by Commercial LTE Operators

Chapter 4 LTE Operator Strategies
4.1 LTE Go-to-Market Strategies
4.2 Coverage Transparency and Interoperability with 3G and WiFi Networks
4.3 Market Segmentation Strategies: Urban vs Rural
4.4 LTE Market Positioning and Pricing Strategies
4.4.1 Technology Neutral Pricing: Verizon Wireless U.S.A
4.4.2 Discounts to 3G Tariffs: AT & T U.S.A
4.4.3 Discounted Pricing in Rural Areas: Vodafone Germany
4.4.4 Premium Pricing based on Speed and Usage Caps: Conservative Operators
4.4.5 Free LTE Service Trials: STC Saudi Arabia
4.5 Capitalizing on LTE: Lesson from Verizon Wireless

Chapter 5 LTE Deployments, Subscriptions and Forecasts
5.1 Worldwide Subscriptions and Market Share
5.1.1 Worldwide LTE Subscriptions
5.1.1.1 Worldwide LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.1.1.2 Worldwide LTE Subscriptions by Region
5.1.2 Worldwide LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.1.3 Worldwide LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.2 Asia Pacific
5.2.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.2.1.1 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.2.1.2 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.2.2 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.2.3 LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.2.4 Deployments, Subscriptions and Market Share by Country
5.2.4.1 Australia
5.2.4.2 China
5.2.4.3 Hong Kong
5.2.4.4 India
5.2.4.5 Indonesia
5.2.4.6 Japan
5.2.4.7 South Korea
5.2.4.8 Malaysia
5.2.4.9 Nepal
5.2.4.10 New Zealand
5.2.4.11 Pakistan
5.2.4.12 Philippines
5.2.4.13 Singapore
5.2.4.14 Sri Lanka
5.2.4.15 Taiwan
5.2.4.16 Thailand
5.2.4.17 Vietnam
5.3 North America
5.3.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.3.1.1 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.3.1.2 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.3.2 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.3.3 LTE Market Share by Country
5.3.4 Country Level Operator Deployments, Subscriptions and Market Share
5.3.4.1 Canada
5.3.4.2 United States
5.4 Western Europe
5.4.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.4.1.1 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.4.1.2 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.4.2 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.4.3 LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.4.4 Country Level Operator Deployments, Subscriptions and Market Share
5.4.4.1 Andorra
5.4.4.2 Austria
5.4.4.3 Belgium
5.4.4.4 Denmark
5.4.4.5 Finland
5.4.4.6 France
5.4.4.7 Germany
5.4.4.8 Greece
5.4.4.9 Ireland
5.4.4.10 Italy
5.4.4.11 Jersey
5.4.4.12 Luxembourg
5.4.4.13 Monaco
5.4.4.14 Netherlands
5.4.4.15 Norway
5.4.4.16 Portugal
5.4.4.17 Spain
5.4.4.18 Sweden
5.4.4.19 Switzerland
5.4.4.20 Turkey
5.4.4.21 United Kingdom
5.5 Eastern Europe
5.5.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.5.1.1 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.5.1.2 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.5.2 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.5.3 LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.5.4 Country Level Operator Contracts, Subscriptions and Market Share
5.5.4.1 Abkhaz
5.5.4.2 Armenia
5.5.4.3 Belarus
5.5.4.4 Bulgaria
5.5.4.5 Croatia
5.5.4.6 Czech Republic
5.5.4.7 Estonia
5.5.4.8 Georgia
5.5.4.9 Hungary
5.5.4.10 Kazakhstan
5.5.4.11 Latvia
5.5.4.12 Lithuania
5.5.4.13 Macedonia
5.5.4.14 Moldova
5.5.4.15 Poland
5.5.4.16 Romania
5.5.4.17 Russia
5.5.4.18 Slovak Republic
5.5.4.19 Slovenia
5.5.4.20 Uzbekistan
5.6 Middle East
5.6.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.6.1.1 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.6.1.2 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.6.2 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.6.3 LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.6.4 Deployments, Subscriptions and Market Share by Country
5.6.4.1 Bahrain
5.6.4.2 Israel
5.6.4.3 Jordan
5.6.4.4 Kuwait
5.6.4.5 Oman
5.6.4.6 Qatar
5.6.4.7 Saudi Arabia
5.6.4.8 UAE
5.7 Africa
5.7.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.7.2 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.7.3 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.7.4 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.7.5 LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.7.6 Deployments, Subscriptions and Market Share by Country
5.7.6.1 Angola
5.7.6.2 Egypt
5.7.6.3 Kenya
5.7.6.4 Libya
5.7.6.5 Nigeria
5.7.6.6 South Africa
5.7.6.7 Tunisia
5.7.6.8 Uganda
5.8 Latin and Central America
5.8.1 LTE Subscriptions
5.8.1.1 LTE Subscriptions by Spectrum Band
5.8.1.2 LTE Subscriptions by Country
5.8.2 LTE Market Share by Spectrum
5.8.3 LTE Market Share by Top Countries
5.8.4 Deployments, Subscriptions and Market Share by Country
5.8.4.1 Argentina
5.8.4.2 Bolivia
5.8.4.3 Brazil
5.8.4.4 Chile
5.8.4.5 Colombia