iSuppli Reduces 2016 LTE Subscribers by 17%; Comparison Table Updated

   

iSupply updated its LTE subscribers stats - ".. LTE subscribers worldwide will reach 198.1 million in 2013, up a remarkable 115 percent from 92.3 million last year. Since being adopted in 2010 with just 612,000 users, the 4G next-generation wireless technology has grown by leaps and bounds, surging by an astounding factor of 22 to 13.2 million subscribers in 2011, and then jumping another 599 percent in 2012 to nearly 100 million subscribers. By 2016, LTE will claim more than 1.0 billion users, equivalent to a five-year compound annual growth rate of 139 percent"

The numbers for 2013 and 2016 are lower than those provided by iSuppli 6 months ago - see "[iSuppli] 1.2B(!) LTE Subscribers by 2016" - here and the two charts below:

"The bulk of growth during the last two years also came from smartphone upgrades, especially as 4G LTE technology hit top-of-mind for data-savvy consumers. This is because more than any other type of phone, smartphones are able to take further advantage of the faster data connectivity provided by LTE, which leverages the kind of low-latency, always-on mobile broadband service that consumers now demand".

The table below shows forecast from a number of analyst for the size of the LTE market:

Analyst	Date Published	LTE Connections 2012	Forecast	Post/ Release
iSupply	Jan 21, 2013	92.3M	1.0B / 2016	Here
Strategy Analytics	Jan 8, 2013	88M	1.6B / 2017	Here
ABI Research	Jan 4, 2013	103M	785M / 2017	Here
Infonetics Research	Dec  5, 2013	51M		Here
Global  Industry Analysts	Aug 31, 2012		1.46B  / 2018	Here
Pyramid Research	Aug 9, 2012		802M/ 2017	Here
Juniper Research	Nov 8,2011		428M / 2016	Here
Informa	Nov 8, 2011		613M / 2016	Here

See "4G LTE Users to Exceed A Hundred Million This Year" - here.