LTE and LTE-Advanced Devices: Market Share, Key Trends, Vendor Strategies, Shipments, Revenue & Forecasts by Region and Country Q1'2012

2012 is a turning point for the mobile devices market as most device vendors go full swing into LTE. Having already witnessed several device launches, and shipments of over 8 Million units in 2011, the LTE devices ecosystem is set to grow at a CAGR of over 104 % over the next five years. In 2016, there will be nearly 300 Million LTE device shipments all over the globe, with revenues of over 82 Billion USD. As service providers and device vendors continue to increase their investment into LTE enabled devices, several critical questions remain unanswered such as: Which regional markets and countries will be the most lucrative for LTE device shipments? What is the revenue potential of the LTE Smartphone market segment relative to the widespread PC cards, embedded units and routers market ? Which vendors will lead the market share for LTE devices and sub-components ? Which features are vendors likely to utilize to compliment LTE devices ? Equally important to consider is the recent approval of the LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) standard by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union). It is clear that developed LTE markets with available spectrum, such as the United States and Japan, will be the first countries to launch LTE-A devices, and major device vendors and chipset manufacturers, such as Samsung, Motorola Mobility and Qualcomm, will certainly be frontrunners to enter the 4.5 G market in order to grow revenues. However, there still remain some key unanswered questions in relation to LTE-A adoption such as when would the first LTE-A devices launch ? And how many subscriptions will it account for relative to LTE ? The "LTE and LTE-Advanced Devices" report, part of Signals and Systems Telecom's LTE Insights Service, takes an in-depth look at answering the aforementioned questions besides analysing key trends, vendor/service provider strategies, market share, shipments and revenue in the LTE devices ecosystem. The report is complemented by a comprehensive LTE-Devices Database that lists LTE device sales and subscriptions by region, country and service provider from 2011 to 2016, and tracks publically released LTE devices by vendor, device type, and operating frequency band.

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Companies Mentioned

• 3 Australia
• Acer
• Actiontec
• Aero 2
• Aircel
• AIS
• Altech Stream Rwanda
• AM Wireless Uruguay
• America Movil Peru
• America Movil Puerto Rico
• AMX Argentina
• AMX Paraguay
• ANCEL
• AnyData
• Aquafon
• Armentel
• AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico
• AT&T Mobility USA
• Atel
• Augere
• AVEA
• AVM
• Azercell
• Azerfon
• Babilon Mobile
• Bakcell
• BandRich
• Batelco Bahamas
• Batelco Bahrain
• Belcel
• Belgacom Mobile
• Bell Wireless Affiliates
• Bermuda Digital Communications
• Bharti
• Bharti Airtel Nigeria
• Bhutan Telecom
• Bité Latvia
• Bité Lithuania
• B-Mobile Brunei
• Bouygues Telecom
• BSNL
• Buffalo
• Cadcomms
• CamGSM
• Celcom Malaysia
• Cell C
• Cell One
• China Mobile
• China Telecom
• China Unicom
• Chunghwa Telecom
• Cisco
• Claro Brazil
• Claro Chile
• Clearwire
• CMHK
• C-motech
• Colombia Movil
• Comunicaciones Celulares Colombia
• Conecel
• Contela
• Corporacion Digitel Venezuela
• Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile
• Cosmote
• Cosmote Romania
• Cradlepoint
• CSL New World
• CTM
• CYTA
• Datang
• Dell
• Dhiraagu
• Dialog Axiata
• DiGi
• Digicel Jamaica
• DNA Finland
• Dovado
• DSTCom
• DTAC
• eAccess
• Eagle Mobile
• ECMS
• Elisa Estonia
• Elisa Finland
• Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company
• EMT Estonia
• EMTS
• enitel movil
• Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones
• E-Plus
• Ericsson
• Ericsson
• Etihad Etisalat
• Etisalat Misr
• Etisalat Sri Lanka
• Etisalat UAE
• Everything Everywhere (Orange & T-Mobile JV)
• FarEasTone
• Franklin Wireless
• Free Mobile
• Fujitsu
• GammaTech
• GCT
• Gemtek
• General Dynamics Itronix
• Geocell
• Gibraltar Telecom
• Globacom Nigeria
• Globe Telecom
• GrameenPhone
• GSM BiH
• GSM Kazakhstan
• H3G
• HI3G
• HI3G Denmark
• HP
• HTC
• Huawei
• Hutchison 3G Austria
• Hutchison 3G Ireland
• Hutchison 3G UK
• Hutchison Hong Kong
• ICE Costa Rica
• Iceland Telecom
• Idea Cellular
• Indigo-Somoncom
• Indosat
• Infotel Broadband
• Innofidei
• IP Wireless
• Ipko Net
• Iusacell Celular
• Kar-Tel
• KDDI
• Kibris Telsim
• KKTCell
• KPN Group Belgium
• KPN Mobile
• KT Corp
• K-Telecom
• Kyivstar
• Lancom
• LG
• LG U+
• LMT
• Magticom
• Manx Telecom
• Maxis Communications
• MegaCom
• MegaFon
• Meteor Communications
• Metro PCS
• Mfone
• MobiFone
• Mobile TeleSystems
• Mobile TeleSystems Belarus
• MobileOne
• Mobilicity
• mobilkom Austria
• Mobilkom Czech Republic
• mobilkom Liechtenstein
• Mobilna Srpska
• MobilTel
• Mobistar
• Mobitel Georgia
• Mobitel Slovenia
• Mobitel Sri Lanka
• Moldcell
• Monaco Telecom
• Motorola
• Movil de Entel
• Movilnet
• MTN
• MTN Ghana
• MTN Nigeria
• MTNL
• MTS Mobility
• MTS-Ukraine
• MTS-Uzbekistan
• Ncell
• NEC
• Nepal Telecom
• Netcom
• Netcomm
• Netgear
• Network Norway
• Nexaira
• Nexpring
• Nokia
• Nokia Siemens Networks
• Nova
• Novatel Wireless
• NSN
• NTT DoCoMo
• Núcleo
• O2 (UK)
• O2 Germany
• O2 Ireland
• Omantel
• Omnitel
• One
• Open Mobile
• Operator to be determined (LTE Qualcomm licences)
• Optus
• Orange (Poland)
• Orange Armenia
• Orange Austria
• Orange France
• Orange Jordan
• Orange Luxembourg
• Orange Moldova
• Orange Romania
• Orange Senegal
• Orange Slovak Republic
• Orange Spain
• Orange Switzerland
• Otecel
• Other
• Others
• P&T Luxembourg
• P4
• Panasonic
• Pantech
• PCCW Mobile
• Pelephone
• PMCL
• Polkomtel
• ProLink
• Public Mobile
• Q-TEL
• Qualcomm
• Quanta
• Radiomóvil Dipsa
• RCS&RDS
• Renesas Mobile
• RIM
• Rogers Wireless Communications
• Safaricom
• Samsung
• SaskTel Mobility
• Saudi Telecom Company
• Sequans
• SFR
• Si.mobil
• Sierra Wireless
• SingTel Mobile
• SK Telecom
• Sky Mobile
• Smart Communications
• SmarTone-Vodafone
• SMTC Saudi Arabia
• Softbank Mobile
• Sonaecom Servicos Comunicacoes
• Sony
• Sprint Nextel Puerto Rico
• Sprint Nextel USA
• STA
• Starcomms
• StarHub
• ST-Ericsson
• Sunrise
• Swisscom Mobile
• Tacom
• Taiwan Mobile Company
• Tango Luxembourg
• Tashi Infocomm
• Tata Teleservices
• TDC Mobil
• TelCell
• Tele2 Croatia
• Tele2 Estonia
• Tele2 Latvia
• Tele2 Lithuania
• Tele2 Nederland
• Tele2 Sweden
• Telecel Paraguay
• Telecom Italia
• Telecom New Zealand
• Telecom Personal
• Telefonía Celular de Nicaragua
• Telefonica Móviles
• Telefónica Móviles
• Telefónica Móviles Argentina
• Telefónica Móviles Chile
• Telefónica Móviles Colombia
• Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay
• Telefónica Móviles Mexico
• Telefonica Moviles Venezuela
• Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
• Telefonica O2 Slovak Republic
• Telekom Baltija
• Telekom Srbija
• Telemar PCS (Oi)
• Telenet Tecteo Bidco
• Telenor Denmark
• Telenor Hungary
• Telenor Mobil
• Telenor Montenegro
• Telenor Pakistan
• Telenor Serbia
• Telenor Sweden
• Telia Denmark
• TeliaSonera Finland
• TeliaSonera Sweden
• Telkomsel
• Telstra
• Telus Mobility
• Teradek
• Tikona
• TIM Brasil
• TMN
• T-Mobile Austria
• T-Mobile Croatia
• T-Mobile Czech Republic
• T-Mobile Germany
• T-Mobile Hungary
• T-Mobile Macedonia
• T-Mobile Montenegro
• T-Mobile Netherlands
• T-Mobile Poland
• T-Mobile Slovak Republic
• T-Mobile USA
• TMP Uganda
• TT Mobile
• Tunisiana
• Turkcell
• Tus Mobil
• UCell
• UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones
• Unitel Uzbekistan
• Vala
• Velcom
• Ventus
• Verizon Wireless
• VIBO
• Videotron
• Viettel Vietnam
• VimpelCom
• VinaPhone
• VIPnet
• Vivacom
• Vivo
• Vodacom South Africa
• Vodafone Australia
• Vodafone Czech Republic
• Vodafone D2
• Vodafone Egypt
• Vodafone Espana
• Vodafone Essar
• Vodafone Greece
• Vodafone Hungary
• Vodafone Iceland
• Vodafone Ireland
• Vodafone Italia
• Vodafone Libertel
• Vodafone New Zealand
• Vodafone Portugal
• Vodafone Romania
• Vodafone Turkey
• Vodafone UK
• Vololink
• Wataniya Maldives
• Wind
• WIND Hellas
• Wind Mobile
• XL Axiata
• Yoigo
• Yota Devices
• Zain Bahrain
• Zain Jordan
• Zain Kuwait
• Zalip
• Ziggo
• Zoom
• ZTE
• ZyXEL

Countires Covered

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Cocos Islands

Colombia

Comoros Islands

Congo

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic Rep of Congo (ex-Zaire)

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Federated States of Micronesia

Fiji

Finland

France

French Guiana

French Polynesia (ex-Tahiti)

French West Indies

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Guernsey

Guinea Republic

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jersey

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kirghizstan

Kiribati

Korea

Kosovo

Kuwait

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte

Mexico

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Montserrat

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

Namibia

Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Niue

North Korea

Northern Marianas

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Réunion

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Samoa

Samoa (American)

Sao Tomé & Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovak Republic

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

St Kitts & Nevis

St Lucia

St Vincent & The Grenadines

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Tajikistan

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad & Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Turks & Caicos Islands

UAE

Uganda

UK

Ukraine

Uruguay

US Virgin Islands

USA

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe