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GSA Confirms Over 300 Operators Are Investing in LTE

The GSA has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report which confirms 301 operators, which is over 50% higher than a year ago, have committed to commercial LTE network deployments or are engaged in trials, technology testing or studies.

57 LTE operators have launched commercial services, which is 40 higher than reported by GSA one year ago. Commercial LTE services are now available in 32 countries,

Alan Hadden, President of the GSA, said: "LTE services are being introduced at an accelerating rate. We have again raised our market outlook. GSA forecasts at least 128 LTE networks will be in commercial service by end 2012."

LTE commercial network launches per year:

• 2009 = 2 networks launched
• 2010 = 15 networks launched
• 2011 = 31 networks launched
• 2012 = 9 networks launched (to March 12, 2012)
• GSA end 2012 forecast = 128 networks

Deploying LTE in re-farmed spectrum, particularly 1800 MHz (i.e. LTE1800) is also increasingly attractive for operators. Recent market developments are confirmed in the report. Fourteen LTE1800 networks are commercially launched, in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and South Korea. Several more LTE1800 networks are in deployment, justifying 1800 MHz as a prime band globally for LTE deployments.

The report also highlights growing international acceptance of the LTE TDD mode (LTE deployed in unpaired spectrum). Five LTE TDD networks are commercially launched - in Brazil, Japan, Poland and Saudi Arabia. Numerous deployments and trials are underway or planned in other markets across the world including Africa, Australia, China, India, Malaysia and other Asian markets, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, North and South America.

Источник: Cellular news

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