Thursday, January 10, 2013

[Strategy Analytics]: 88M LTE Connections Now, 1.6B by 2017


Yet another forecast regarding the number of LTE connections (see also "[ABI]: 103M LTE-Enabled Devices Now, 785M by 2017" - here see table below for more).

A report by Phil Kendall (pictured), Director of the Wireless Operator Strategies, Strategy Analytics, predicts that ".. Explosive growth in the last quarter helped to make 2012 a breakthrough year for LTE services as connections in the dominant markets of South Korea, the USA and Japan rocketed". 

"There were 88 million connections on LTE networks at the end of 2012, with Strategy Analytics predicting this number will grow to 322 million in 2013 and 1.6 billion in 2017 ..18 percent of the total market generating over 40 percent of service revenues".

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
Strategy Analytics
Jan 8, 2013
88M
1.6B/ 2017

ABI Research
Jan 4, 2013
103M
785M/ 2017
Infonetics Research
Dec  5, 2013
51M

Global  Industry  Analysts
Aug 31, 2012

1.46B/ 2018
iSupply
Aug 29, 2012
73.3M
1.2B/ 2016
Pyramid Research
Aug 9, 2012

802M/ 2017
Juniper Research
Nov 8,2011

428M/ 2016
Informa
Nov 8, 2011

613M/ 2016

See "4G LTE Connections to Hit 1.6 Billion in 2017" - here.

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