J'son & Partners Consulting «Subscriber devices with LTE: main trends and prospects"

The company J'son & Partners Consulting presented the findings of his study "subscriber units supporting LTE: main trends and prospects", which states that along with the rapid development of LTE user equipment market segment enabled for significantly expanding. In 2011, the world was launched 30 LTE-networks, and in 2012 - 97. By the end of 2013 the total number of commercial LTE networks to reach 234 in 83 countries, according to the Association of mobile providers (The Global mobile Suppliers Association, GSA).

In the world in 2012 was sold nearly 100 million LTE smartphones, and by 2013 the projected sales increase to 275 million units (according to Strategy Analytics). Key countries, which will provide a further increase in sales of subscriber equipment LTE, the U.S., Japan, South Korea.

Forecast to J'son & Partners Consulting sales dynamics of subscriber devices that support LTE in Russia also has a positive trend. However, the share of sales of subscriber devices that support LTE, in Russia about the worldwide sales amounted to only 0.6% in 2012, and by 2015 this figure will increase to 2% is forecast J'son & Partners Consulting. According to the optimistic scenario of the year 2018 as the popularity of technology LTE, cheaper devices and increase their range of products, sales will continue to grow subscriber base of devices that support LTE approach 20 million units.