GSA confirms more than 150 operators in 64 countries are investing in LTE

October 27, 2010: The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report which confirms that 156 operators in 64 countries are currently investing in LTE. This figure comprizes 113 firm commitments by operators to deploy commercial LTE systems in 46 countries, and a further 43 “pre-commitment” trials or pilots in an additional 18 countries.

The report covers both LTE FDD and LTE TDD modes.

Seven operators have commercially launched LTE networks, in Austria, Norway, Poland, Sweden, USA, and Uzbekistan.

Alan Hadden, President of the GSA, said: “Operator commitment to LTE deployments is developing at least as fast as HSPA, demonstrating the industry’s rapid adoption of the next step for mobile broadband.” [Continues after graphic]

The rapid increase in data traffic over the past 3 years, currently supported by HSPA and HSPA+ systems, is driving the interest in deploying LTE as quickly as possible.

Both 3GPP and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have formally recognized LTE and LTE-Advanced as a future-proofed roadmap for mobile operators who are deploying more and more advanced mobile broadband services. Earlier this month the ITU announced it had accepted and officially designated LTE-Advanced as an IMT-Advanced (4G) technology. IMT-Advanced provides a global platform on which to build the next-generations of interactive mobile services that will provide faster data access, enhanced roaming capabilities, unified messaging and broadband multimedia.

The GSA Evolution to LTE report (October 26, 2010) is available as a free download to registered site users at www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4

Registration to download reports, papers, charts, etc. from the GSA website only takes a minute at www.gsacom.com/php/register_form.php4

Dozens of charts and maps depicting the mobile broadband market, growth and trends including LTE are also available at www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4

GSA website: www.gsacom.com

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GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) represents GSM/EDGE/WCDMA-HSPA/LTE suppliers, providing reports, facts, analysis and information explaining market developments and trends. GSA-organized seminars facilitate enhanced dialog between operators, members and developer communities.

GSA member organizations: Aeroflex • AnyDATA Inc • Comsys Communication & Signal Processing • Ericsson • mimoOn • MindTree Ltd • Nokia • Nokia Siemens Networks • Qualcomm • Sony Ericsson • SpiderCloud Wireless • ST-NXP Wireless • Talking Eye • Telcordia Technologies • Velocent Systems

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