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GSA Confirms LTE User Devices Tripled in 12 Months

05 июля 2012

An update to the Status of the LTE Ecosystem report published today by the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) confirms that 67 manufacturers have announced 417 LTE-enabled user devices, including frequency and carrier variants.

Alan Hadden, President of the GSA, said: The number of LTE user devices announced in the market has more than tripled over the past year.

The figures include 83 LTE smartphones and 31 tablets.

Research for the report covered devices for use on FDD or TDD modes of the LTE system, their form factors, operating frequen cies, and the fallback technologies which are supported when customers move outside the LTE coverage areas (i.e. ability to access HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+, EV-DO, or TD-SCDMA systems).

Breakdown of LTE user devices by form factor:

  • 45 Modules
  • 31 Tablets
  • 19 Notebooks
  • 1 PC card
  • 3 Femtocells
  • 83 Smartphones
  • 157 Routers
  • 78 Dongles


Total = 417 user devices (July 3, 2012)

Note that certain products are carrier or country specific and are not available in all markets.

68 devices can operate in the TDD mode.

267 LTE devices also operate on either HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks, ensuring a seamless mobile broadband experience for customers moving between LTE and HSPA coverage footprints. Within this figure, 109 LTE devices can operate on 42 Mbps HSPA+ systems.

126 LTE devices support operation on EV-DO networks.

The report also considered the availability of devices by frequency band an d support of the likely required combinations. The report findings are summarized below for the main LTE bands:

  • 700 MHz (US Digital Dividend, various bands) 193 devices
  • 800 MHz (EU Digital Dividend, Band 20) 90 devices
  • 1800 MHz (Band 3) 98 devices
  • 2600 MHz (Band 7) 120 devices
  • 800/1800/2600 MHz 75 devices
  • AWS (Band 4) 78 devices


The majority of LTE user devices operate in the 700 MHz band since LTE networks using this spectrum are the most extensively developed today, driven by market developments in the USA. As LTE network rollouts rapidly develop in other regions, particularly in Europe where operators are primarily using 2600 MHz, 1800 MHz and 800 MHz digital dividend spectrum, in many cases using all three bands, manufacturers have quickly responded with products for these markets. For example, the number of user devices capable of operating in 2600 MHz spectrum (band 7) has increased by 85% since January 2012. The choice of LTE1800 (band 3) devices has also significantly expanded. There are now 98 LTE1800 user devices, which is almost double the number reported by GSA in January 2012.

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