LTE infrastructure market to top US$5 billion in 2013, says Infonetics Research
The LTE infrastructure market is expected to top US$5 billion, fueled by E-Utran macrocell (eNodeB) deployments, and the number of LTE service subscribers is expected to exceed 72 million by 2013, according to Infonetics Research.
"To date, the gloomy economic environment has not adversely affected service providers' LTE plans and commitments. In fact, the number of commercial LTE launches scheduled for 2010 has risen from 10 in March to 14 currently. As mobile operators initially build their LTE coverage, E-Utran is where the action will be. Later, as the time comes to figure out a way to monetize LTE-based services, the significance of the evolved packet core will rise," noted Stephane Teral, principal analyst for mobile and FMC infrastructure at Infonetics Research.
The first major technical deployments of LTE have started in Japan and the US, driven mainly by NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wireless, for major commercial service launches in 2010. Peak rates, latency, and spectral efficiency are the chief drivers behind the push to make LTE the universal future-proof mobile broadband platform, Infonetics Research said.
For the first five years of deployment, LTE will be predominantly PC-based, including notebooks, netbooks and dongles, with LTE smartphones expected to hit the market after 2011, the research firm added.
"To date, the gloomy economic environment has not adversely affected service providers' LTE plans and commitments. In fact, the number of commercial LTE launches scheduled for 2010 has risen from 10 in March to 14 currently. As mobile operators initially build their LTE coverage, E-Utran is where the action will be. Later, as the time comes to figure out a way to monetize LTE-based services, the significance of the evolved packet core will rise," noted Stephane Teral, principal analyst for mobile and FMC infrastructure at Infonetics Research.
The first major technical deployments of LTE have started in Japan and the US, driven mainly by NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wireless, for major commercial service launches in 2010. Peak rates, latency, and spectral efficiency are the chief drivers behind the push to make LTE the universal future-proof mobile broadband platform, Infonetics Research said.
For the first five years of deployment, LTE will be predominantly PC-based, including notebooks, netbooks and dongles, with LTE smartphones expected to hit the market after 2011, the research firm added.
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