Fast Facts

Fast Facts - Updated May 9, 2013

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Key facts from the latest GSA surveys and reports:

514 HSPA operators commercially launched in 197 countries (GSA report: May 2, 2013)

100% of WCDMA operators worldwide have also deployed HSPA

432 commercial HSPA networks (84%) support 7.2 Mbps (peak DL) or higher

299 operators i.e. 58% of HSPA operators have launched HSUPA

5.8 Mbps HSUPA is in commercial service on 228 networks. A further 18 networks have deployed 11.5 Mbps HSUPA

315 HSPA+ networks have entered commercial service in 137 countries, which means over 61% of HSPA operators have commercially launched HSPA+

Evolution to 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+ technology is a main trend in 2013

134 DC-HSPA+ networks i.e. 26% of all HSPA networks, are commercially launched in 70 countries

69 commercial UMTS900 operators are launched i.e. HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ deployed in the 900 MHz band, in 47 countries (GSA UMTS900 Global Status report - May 9, 2013)

604 commercially launched GPRS/EDGE networks in 213 countries (GSA report - May 3, 2013)

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Mobile HD Voice (W-AMR): 61 commercial networks launched in 45 countries (GSA report - January 23, 2013)

160 phones (including carrier and frequency variants) supporting HD Voice (W-AMR) have been announced by 16 suppliers, including devices for GSM, 3G/HSPA and LTE networks i.e. VoLTE (GSA report - February 7, 2013)

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3,847 HSPA devices launched by 285 suppliers (GSA HSPA Devices survey - August 19, 2012)

3,119 devices support 3.6 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

2,265 devices support 7.2 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

1,696 HSUPA devices announced(excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

3,011 HSPA devices (92%) operate in the 2100 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

1,545 HSPA devices operate in 850 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

1,120 tri-band HSPA devices 850/1900/2100 MHz (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

978 HSPA devices operate in 900 MHz band (UMTS900). Over 29% of HSPA devices operate in the 900 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)

442 HSPA+ devices announced (compared to 182 one year previously)

172 devices support 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+

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LTE NETWORKS (FDD and TDD)

361 LTE network commitments in 114 countries (GSA Evolution to LTE report: April 7, 2013)

Includes 163 commercially launched LTE networks in 67 countries (excluding MVNOs)

54 additional pre-commitment operator trials in 10 more countries

Taken together it means 415 operators are investing in LTE in 124 countries

15 commercial LTE TDD (TD-LTE) systems are launched

74 commercial LTE1800 systems are launched i.e. LTE networks deployed in 1800 MHz (3GPP Band 3) spectrum - either as single band or as part of multi-band networks. (Included in the above total of 163 commercial LTE networks)

LTE1800 is deployed in over 45% of commercial LTE networks

GSA forecasts there will be 248 commercial LTE networks in 87 countries by end 2013

821 LTE user devices have been announced by 97 manufacturers (GSA: March 27, 2013)

562 dual-mode LTE-HSPA devices are announced, including 259 LTE devices which support DC-HSPA+

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Mobile subscriptions - Q4 2012

(source: Informa Telecoms and Media - as provided to GSA on March 11, 2013)

Mobile subscriptions worldwide - all technologies: 6.39 billion

3GPP-family (GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE): 5.76 billion subscriptions = 90.1% global market share

Included in the above 3GPP figure:

WCDMA: 1.14 billion subscriptions including 865 million HSPA subscriptions (estimated)

LTE: 68.33 million subscriptions

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