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How to join- Fast Facts - Updated January 29, 2012
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- Key facts from the latest GSA surveys and reports:
- 451 HSPA operators commercially launched in 174 countries (GSA survey: January 29, 2012)
- 100% of WCDMA operators worldwide have also deployed HSPA
- 339 commercial HSPA networks (75%), support 7.2 Mbps (peak DL) or higher
- 196 HSUPA networks commercially launched in 93 countries, which means over 43% of HSPA operators have launched HSUPA
- 117 HSUPA networks support up to 5.8 Mbps peak UL and another 12 networks support 11.5 Mbps peak
- HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) is mainstream. There are 241 HSPA+ network commitments in 106 countries
- 187 HSPA+ networks have entered commercial service in 96 countries, which means that over 41% of HSPA operators have commercially launched HSPA+
- Evolution to 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+ is a main trend; 62 commercial 42 DC-HSPA+ networks are launched, plus another 26 firm operator commitments/deployments on-going
- 40 commercial UMTS900 operators are launched i.e. HSPA or HSPA+ launched in the 900 MHz band
- 561 GSM/EDGE network commitments in 198 countries; 545 networks launched in 198 countries (GSA survey: April 8, 2011)
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- Mobile HD Voice (W-AMR): 36 commercial networks launched in 31 countries (GSA report - November 21, 2011)
- 75 devices support HD Voice (W-AMR), several phones are shipping today with HD Voice activated as default (GSA HSPA devices survey - January 24, 2012)
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- 3,362 HSDPA devices launched by 271 suppliers (GSA HSPA Devices survey - January 24, 2012)
- 440 products were launched over the past 12 months
- 2,643 devices support 3.6 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,815 devices support 7.2 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,288 HSUPA devices launched (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 2,563 HSPA devices (90%) operate in 2100 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,339 HSPA devices operate in 850 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 979 tri-band HSPA devices 850/1900/2100 MHz (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 719 HSPA devices operate in 900 MHz band (UMTS900). Over 25% of HSPA devices operate in the 900 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 245 HSPA+ devices launched in the market (compared to 92 one year previously)
- 93 devices support 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+ (compared to 22 one year ago)
- 269 LTE user devices have been launched by 57 manufacturers (GSA report: January 20, 2012)
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- LTE NETWORKS (FDD and TDD)
- 226 LTE network commitments in 76 countries (GSA report: January 5, 2012)
- Includes 49 commercially launched LTE networks (45 are FDD, 3 are TDD, 1 is FDD and TDD)
- 59 additional pre-commitment operator trials in 17 additional countries
- Taken together it means 285 operators are investing in LTE in 93 countries
- At least 119 LTE networks are expected to be in commercial service in 53 countries by end 2012
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- Mobile subscriptions - Q3 2011
- (source: Informa Telecoms and Media - provided to GSA on December 6, 2011)
- Mobile subscriptions worldwide - all technologies: 5.8 billion
- 3GPP-family (GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE): 5.2 billion subscriptions = 89.6% global market share
- Included in the above 3GPP figure:
- WCDMA: 822.4 million subscriptions including 469.0 million HSPA subscriptions
- LTE: 3.6 million subscriptions
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- 3GPP-family (GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE): 5.2 billion subscriptions = 89.6% global market share
- Included in the above 3GPP figure:
- WCDMA: 822.4 million subscriptions including 469.0 million HSPA subscriptions
- LTE: 3.6 million subscriptions
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