LTE 4G subscriber base grew 151 percent to nearly 635 million connections worldwide in the first quarter of 2015.
According to Ovum research, North America has 9 percent in the global LTE market. Latin America LTE connections increased 396 percent.
LTE has 44 percent share of market of all mobile wireless connections in North America against Western Europe at 16 percent and Asia Pacific at 13 percent. LTE penetration in North America is at 50 percent compared to Western Europe at 21 percent and Asia Pacific at 14 percent.
There are 68 commercial LTE networks deployed in U.S. and Canada.
There are 180 million LTE connections as of March 2015; net gain of 66 million new LTE subscribers during the last 12 months.
LTE connections are forecast to reach 345 million by year-end 2019.
There will be 109 million HSPA and HSPA+ connections with 26 percent market share.
HSPA and HSPA+ continue to dominate the mobile broadband connections in Latin America with 282 million connections and a penetration rate of 45 percent. Latin America gained 70 million new HSPA and HSPA+ connections year-over-year with a market share of 39 percent.
Jose Otero, director of Latin America and the Caribbean at 4G Americas, said: “Brazil, Colombia and Mexico continue to hold the lion’s share of LTE lines in Latin America. By the end of the year, there may be several countries with more than 5 percent market share for LTE – with accelerated LTE subscriber adoption in Chile and Peru and the potential in Argentina.”
There are 67 commercial LTE networks in 27 countries in Latin America.
There are 16 million LTE connections as of March 2015; net gain of 13 million new LTE subscribers during the last 12 months.
LTE connections are forecast to reach 196 million in Latin America by year-end 2019
There are 282 million HSPA and HSPA+ connections in Latin America; 70 million added year-over-year
Globally, LTE has been commercialized on 418 networks across 142 countries today. Operators are beginning to evolve to LTE-Advanced which is already commercialized on 67 networks in 39 countries across the globe.
Ovum estimates that we will reach a billion LTE connections in 2016, only seven years since the first launch of LTE in 2009.
There are 418 commercial LTE networks today in 142 countries.
There are over 600 total commitments to LTE deployment by wireless operators to date.
There were 497 million LTE connections at the end of 2014; 635 million as of March 2015
LTE connections are forecast to reach 2.5 billion by year-end 2019
There are 67 LTE-Advanced commercial networks in 39 countries
Baburajan K
editor@telecomlead.com
