LTE subscriptions will experience a 3,400 percent growth
between 2011 and 2015, according to In-Stat.
Recent research by In-Stat found that more than half of
all new deployments are LTE. North American FDD-LTE subscriptions are set to
increase roughly 2,100 percent from 2011 to 2015. In 2015, the ratio of North
American FDD-LTE subscribers to TDD-LTE subscribers will be almost 14 to 1.
3G subscriptions remain dominant with WCDMA technology
capturing 26 percent of 3G subscriptions. CDMA Rev B will be the smallest
segment of the 3G technologies based on subscriptions and 2G service
subscriptions will peak in 2012, then they will begin a slow decline during the
remainder of the forecast period.
Between mobile applications, data, voice, and streaming
and broadcast video, global wireless bandwidth usage has increased ten-fold
since 2008, and there are no signs of it stopping.
This obsession to connect anywhere, any time, on any
device, viewing any type of digital content is about to have a very real and
sudden impact on the wireless world, according to In-Stat.
“Although there are regional variations in the
adoption of cellular services, due in part to current available technology, LTE
will clearly be the 4G service of choice moving forward. 3G will remain the
predominant service subscription, also with robust growth, but over the next 5
years things will trend toward LTE as 4G service availability is ramped up,”
said Chris Kissel, analyst at In-Stat.
By telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
