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2013-03-15
LTE market to almost double in 2013
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/lte-market-to-almost-double-in-2013--931248 /Infonetics Research
2012-12-01
LTE subs to climb from 114 M in 2013 to 258 M in 2014
The Yankee Group's report notes that the Global Mobile Suppliers Association forecasts there will be 152 commercial LTE networks in 65 countries by the end of 2012, up from 47 networks at the end of 2011. As a result, Yankee predicts there will be 114 million active LTE connections globally by the end of 2013, increasing to 258 million by the end of 2014.
//fiercewireless.com
//fiercewireless.com
2012-10-12
Opinion: What is the best way for operators to price 4G LTE?
When it comes to monetising innovation, 4G LTE should be considered a pivotal opportunity.
Historically, operators have exhibited anomalous charging: every industry except mobile operators charges for speed.
When 3G launched there was a clear “go-to-market” pattern in most markets.
Prices per month were static or decreased, data allowances remained constant or increased – effectively giving more speed for less money!
So, how do you maximise revenue from 4G LTE?
There’s no general answer: as always, it depends on several factors regarding the operator’s situation and positioning:
//eurocomms.com
Historically, operators have exhibited anomalous charging: every industry except mobile operators charges for speed.
When 3G launched there was a clear “go-to-market” pattern in most markets.
Prices per month were static or decreased, data allowances remained constant or increased – effectively giving more speed for less money!
So, how do you maximise revenue from 4G LTE?
There’s no general answer: as always, it depends on several factors regarding the operator’s situation and positioning:
- Internal perception of 4G LTE: is it driven by technology or marketing?
- Data market maturity: what are your subscriber growth expectations?
- Operator market position: are you a leader or a challenger?
- Current 3G network utilisation: is it almost full or does a capacity surplus remain?
- Brand promise/proposition: are you a value brand or a no-frills brand?
//eurocomms.com
2012-08-22
IGR Study Discussed the potential of VoLTE
VoLTE Promises to Significantly Lower Voice Infrastructure Costs and Improve Both Voice Quality and the Overall Customer Experience.
iGR believes that VoLTE is very important to LTE operators as it enables them to eventually terminate their legacy, circuit-switched voice 2G/3G network infrastructure in favor of consolidating voice traffic on the all-IP LTE network platform.
This promises to significantly lower voice infrastructure costs and improve both voice quality and the overall customer experience. In addition, VoLTE allows voice service to be integrated into other applications and content, such as games and social networking apps.
"However, the path to VoLTE is likely to be challenging for all parties. It will not be until much later this decade that the majority of U.S. voice traffic is on VoLTE and not traditional circuit connections", Iain Gillott, president and founder of iGR.
\\virtual-strategy.com
iGR believes that VoLTE is very important to LTE operators as it enables them to eventually terminate their legacy, circuit-switched voice 2G/3G network infrastructure in favor of consolidating voice traffic on the all-IP LTE network platform.
This promises to significantly lower voice infrastructure costs and improve both voice quality and the overall customer experience. In addition, VoLTE allows voice service to be integrated into other applications and content, such as games and social networking apps.
"However, the path to VoLTE is likely to be challenging for all parties. It will not be until much later this decade that the majority of U.S. voice traffic is on VoLTE and not traditional circuit connections", Iain Gillott, president and founder of iGR.
\\virtual-strategy.com
2012-08-17
LTE RAN Equipment Revenues Tripled in 2Q12
Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei Increased LTE Market Share
Redwood City, Calif. – August 16, 2012 –A recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, indicates that many of the same trends from the first quarter of 2012 with slowing 2G/3G spending and strong LTE momentum continued in the second quarter.
“LTE continued to be the bright spot for the infrastructure vendors as operators slowed down their 2G/3G investments. It is basically the only technology that grew in the second quarter“, said Stefan Pongratz, Senior Analyst at Dell’Oro Group. “In addition to the North American and South Korean operators deploying LTE at full speed, there are signs that revenues are starting to materialize in other parts of the world. For instance, LTE revenue share from regions outside of North America increased more than six percentage points in 2Q12“, continued Pongratz.
The report also reveals that Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent maintained the first and second spots in LTE revenue share while Nokia Siemens Networks passed Huawei to become the number 3 vendor. Samsung held the number 5 position in the combined FDD/TDD LTE market while Huawei and ZTE continued to lead the LTE TDD market. The report also shows that the gains in LTE are not yet offsetting slower 2G/3G spending. The total Mobile RAN market declined 18 percent in 2Q12.
Voice over LTE Infrastructure Revenues Topped $200 Million in the Past Year
Overall Carrier Voice Market was $1.5 Billion in the Second Quarter
Redwood City, Calif. – August 17, 2012 –Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, announced today significant growth is being driven by Voice Over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) projects. VoLTE-related spending over the past four quarters now exceeds $200 million on devices such as IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Core devices and Telephony Application Servers. The $1.5 billion carrier voice market, on the other hand, is experiencing challenges as service providers evaluate this new infrastructure architecture and as the number of new voice subscribers slows.
“The most important trend underway in the telecom voice market is VoLTE. It is stimulating significant spending both in the wireless infrastructure, but also in the wireline infrastructure.“ said Chris DePuy, Analyst at Dell’Oro Group. “In the third quarter 2012, we now have three operators commercially operating VoLTE services. The success of these services will very likely influence the continued adoption of VoLTE by other operators“ continued DePuy.
In addition, there has been a pause in spending on hot-selling devices such as Session Border Controllers and wireline Voice Application Servers, which together experienced a 3% annual decline. This deceleration is most directly related to low adoption rates of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) Trunking, an affordable business-class telephony service, in regions outside the United States. Bucking the declining trend are Alcatel-Lucent, Broadsoft, Metaswitch, and Sonus Networks.
2012-08-16
Top 3 Reasons, why Operators Are Upgrading to LTE
Although single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC) is on track to become commercially available this fall, 84 percent of operators surveyed by Infonetics do not actually expect the feature to be ready this year.
SRVCC, a capability open to GSM as well as CDMA operators, hands over a call from the LTE network to a legacy circuit-switched 2G or 3G network. Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) has said it will not use SRVCC because it expects to cover its entire service footprint with LTE by mid-2013, meaning it will not need a circuit-switched backup.
\\fiercebroadbandwireless.com
2012-08-10
European LTE operators look to new pricing strategies
The new stady by Wireless Intelligence show that 4G/LTE data costs US$2.50 per GB on average in Europe, around half the global average of US$4.86.
The most competitive LTE market in Europe is identified as Sweden where all four of the country’s mobile operators have launched the next-generation technology. The Swedish market-leader TeliaSonera had an estimated 170,000 LTE connections in Q2, accounting for almost 3 percent of its total subscriber base, while rivals 3 Sweden, Telenor and Tele2 have also launched LTE services (the latter two via a network-sharing joint-venture known as Net4Mobility). As a result, a Swedish 4G data contract can cost as little as $0.63 per GB per month (at both Tele2 and 3 Sweden). By comparison, the best value 4G data tariff at the world’s largest LTE operator, US market-leader Verizon Wireless, works out at $7.50 per GB.
The study found that operators in Europe have used the deployment of LTE to overhaul their mobile broadband pricing models. In particular, many operators struggling with overloaded networks have taken the opportunity to phase out unlimited data deals in favour of speed-based offerings tied to data allowances in an effort to more effectively monetise mobile data.
The model is typically used by European operators to price mobile broadband offerings regardless of the underlying technology used; typical advertised maximum speeds are 7.2 Mb/s, 14.4 Mb/s (HSPA), 42.2 Mb/s (HSPA+) and 100 Mb/s (LTE), though several operators market more realistic speeds rather than the theoretical top speeds.
Tariffs are then priced in line with the advertised speeds. At 7.2 Mb/s, a 10 GB monthly allowance costs $23 on average, rising to $44 for an 80 Mb/s service (the highest speed at which a 10 GB plan is available). At the other end of the scale, an unlimited plan costs $35 at 7.2 Mb/s rising to $70 at 80 Mb/s.
Conversely, at a per GB level, the average price of data decreases as network speeds increase. The average cost per GB at 7.2 Mb/s in Europe is calculated at $6.20, dropping to around $1.15 per GB at 80 Mb/s (LTE). This is because the maximum speed rates for mobile broadband tend to be packaged with the largest monthly data allowances.
The new pricing strategies used for LTE in Europe has meant that LTE has usually been marketed as a standalone ‘4G’ service. This is in contrast to markets such as the US where LTE is usually offered as part of a wider mobile broadband package that typically includes 3G connectivity.
\\wirelessintelligence.com
The most competitive LTE market in Europe is identified as Sweden where all four of the country’s mobile operators have launched the next-generation technology. The Swedish market-leader TeliaSonera had an estimated 170,000 LTE connections in Q2, accounting for almost 3 percent of its total subscriber base, while rivals 3 Sweden, Telenor and Tele2 have also launched LTE services (the latter two via a network-sharing joint-venture known as Net4Mobility). As a result, a Swedish 4G data contract can cost as little as $0.63 per GB per month (at both Tele2 and 3 Sweden). By comparison, the best value 4G data tariff at the world’s largest LTE operator, US market-leader Verizon Wireless, works out at $7.50 per GB.
The study found that operators in Europe have used the deployment of LTE to overhaul their mobile broadband pricing models. In particular, many operators struggling with overloaded networks have taken the opportunity to phase out unlimited data deals in favour of speed-based offerings tied to data allowances in an effort to more effectively monetise mobile data.
The model is typically used by European operators to price mobile broadband offerings regardless of the underlying technology used; typical advertised maximum speeds are 7.2 Mb/s, 14.4 Mb/s (HSPA), 42.2 Mb/s (HSPA+) and 100 Mb/s (LTE), though several operators market more realistic speeds rather than the theoretical top speeds.
Tariffs are then priced in line with the advertised speeds. At 7.2 Mb/s, a 10 GB monthly allowance costs $23 on average, rising to $44 for an 80 Mb/s service (the highest speed at which a 10 GB plan is available). At the other end of the scale, an unlimited plan costs $35 at 7.2 Mb/s rising to $70 at 80 Mb/s.
Conversely, at a per GB level, the average price of data decreases as network speeds increase. The average cost per GB at 7.2 Mb/s in Europe is calculated at $6.20, dropping to around $1.15 per GB at 80 Mb/s (LTE). This is because the maximum speed rates for mobile broadband tend to be packaged with the largest monthly data allowances.
The new pricing strategies used for LTE in Europe has meant that LTE has usually been marketed as a standalone ‘4G’ service. This is in contrast to markets such as the US where LTE is usually offered as part of a wider mobile broadband package that typically includes 3G connectivity.
\\wirelessintelligence.com
2012-08-09
Asia-Pacific LTE Auctions to Satisfy Rising Demand for Mobile Data
"The need for a more advanced network to withstand foreseeable data demand has never been in doubt. As LTE has matured and deployment gained momentum, LTE has become the most widely supported next-generation mobile technology globally. From the extensive list of LTE-devoted operators in the region, we believe that Asia-Pacific will remain the largest LTE region after overtaking North America in 2015. This Telecom Insider tracks the progress of LTE in Asian markets where the service has already been commercialized, analyzes the reasons for delays in 4G licensing in non-4G markets and examines the critical drivers that will help accelerate LTE adoption." \\pyramidresearch.com
2012-08-08
LTE Revenues to Grow 8x by 2016
RAN LTE equipment market is forecast to grow at a compaund annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 50% over the next 5 years, according to a report by Dell'Oro Group. At the moment LTE is already generating more the 15% of total RAN revenues.
The total Mobile RAN market, macro and public access small cells, is expected to grow at a CAGR of two percent between 2011 and 2016. The public access small cell market is expected to generate significant revenues in the outer years of the forecast period and account for nine percent of all RAN revenues in 2016.
\\equities.com
The total Mobile RAN market, macro and public access small cells, is expected to grow at a CAGR of two percent between 2011 and 2016. The public access small cell market is expected to generate significant revenues in the outer years of the forecast period and account for nine percent of all RAN revenues in 2016.
\\equities.com
EPC will give operators new possibilities
Mobile operators are rapidly adopting new network software, called EPC (Evolved Packet Cire), that will give them more control over service quality but also new tools for metering data usage.
Annual spending on EPC will grow by more than 10 times in the next six years, from US$200 million in 2011 to $3 billion in 2016, research company Dell'Oro Group said in a report this week.
Even in 2016, EPC will only make up half of all spending on packet core technology, with the other $3 billion going into the corresponding technology for 3G and 2G networks, Dell'Oro analyst Chris DePuy said. Overall packet-core spending will roughly double in the five-year period, from $2.9 billion in 2011. The growth is likely to benefit the current big players in mobile core networks, such as Ericsson, Huawei Technologies and Cisco Systems, according to Dell'Oro.
A key advantage of EPC for carriers is the ability to deploy VoLTE (voice over LTE), which is the only way for the new packet-based networks to handle voice calling.
EPC may also help mobile operators to compete with third-party service providers. It lets the carrier use what it knows about the quality of a subscriber's connection to make its own service run better over that link, through priority or other mechanisms.
\\pcworld.com
Annual spending on EPC will grow by more than 10 times in the next six years, from US$200 million in 2011 to $3 billion in 2016, research company Dell'Oro Group said in a report this week.
Even in 2016, EPC will only make up half of all spending on packet core technology, with the other $3 billion going into the corresponding technology for 3G and 2G networks, Dell'Oro analyst Chris DePuy said. Overall packet-core spending will roughly double in the five-year period, from $2.9 billion in 2011. The growth is likely to benefit the current big players in mobile core networks, such as Ericsson, Huawei Technologies and Cisco Systems, according to Dell'Oro.
A key advantage of EPC for carriers is the ability to deploy VoLTE (voice over LTE), which is the only way for the new packet-based networks to handle voice calling.
EPC may also help mobile operators to compete with third-party service providers. It lets the carrier use what it knows about the quality of a subscriber's connection to make its own service run better over that link, through priority or other mechanisms.
\\pcworld.com
2012-08-02
Analytics: LTE operators adopt next-generation pricing models
New report from Wireless Intelligence. Based on survey of 65 of those operators, almost half of them have used the deployment of LTE as an opportunity to introduce a new form of pricing for mobile broadband services. This new strategy, which supersedes the earlier unlimited data model, uses download/upload speeds as well as data allowances to differentiate on price, allowing operators to make more efficient use of their high-speed network capacity in terms of generating revenues and preserving margins.
The speed-based tariffs are most common in Europe, where 90% of operators surveyed offer them (based on data accurate at the end of July 2012). These tariffs are less popular across the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa, and least prevalent in the Americas where they are yet to emerge.
\\wirelessintelligence.com
The speed-based tariffs are most common in Europe, where 90% of operators surveyed offer them (based on data accurate at the end of July 2012). These tariffs are less popular across the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa, and least prevalent in the Americas where they are yet to emerge.
LTE Series: LTE Pricing – Trends and Outlook
Webinar presenter: Stephen Hartley, Principal Analyst – Telco Strategy, Ovum
Date and time: Thursday 28th June at 10am UK
Join us for this free webinar brought to you by Ovum as we address the following:
- Assessing LTE prices at and since launch
- The development of LTE tariff approaches: Limited or unlimited?
- The future outlook for LTE tariff models
You can view the record of webinar (registration needed).
2012-08-01
LTE Smartphones and Tablets data usage up both cellular and WiFi
Mobidia Technologi, Inc. and Informa Telecoms & Media jointly released new research "Understanding Today's Smartphone Users".
Conclusions:
As expected, LTE networks and devices are stimulating increased data usage – in some cases up to 50 percent more. The data also demonstrates how the adoption of LTE is encouraging users to migrate their usage of applications that were previously largely restricted to Wi-Fi onto 4G LTE networks.
Figure 1 USA, smartphone-originated traffic distribution by access technology on LTE versus non-LTE Android smartphones, selected applications, May 2012
Source: Mobidia
Figure 2 United Kingdom, average smartphone-originated data traffic (MB per month), by OS and operator May 2012
Source: Mobidia
\\fiercewireless.com
Conclusions:
As expected, LTE networks and devices are stimulating increased data usage – in some cases up to 50 percent more. The data also demonstrates how the adoption of LTE is encouraging users to migrate their usage of applications that were previously largely restricted to Wi-Fi onto 4G LTE networks.
Figure 1 USA, smartphone-originated traffic distribution by access technology on LTE versus non-LTE Android smartphones, selected applications, May 2012
Source: Mobidia
Figure 2 United Kingdom, average smartphone-originated data traffic (MB per month), by OS and operator May 2012
Source: Mobidia
\\fiercewireless.com
2012-07-31
LTE Lifts Related Test Equipment Market
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, High Growth Opportunity: LTE Test Equipment Market, finds that the global LTE test equipment market generated revenues of $760.8 million in 2011 and is estimated to reach $2,845.6 million in 2018.
If you are interested in more information on this research, please send an email to Jeannette Garcia, Corporate Communications, at jeannette.garcia@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company email address, company website, city, state and country. \\marketwatch.com
If you are interested in more information on this research, please send an email to Jeannette Garcia, Corporate Communications, at jeannette.garcia@frost.com, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, company email address, company website, city, state and country. \\marketwatch.com
2012-07-28
How to get latest LTE phones over to the network
"Last quarter MetroPCS missed earnings expectations due to higher-than-normal phone subsidy expense. This is the cost the company must incur to get the latest LTE phones over to the network. But as technology and efficiencies of scale and competition all move forward, the price of those LTE handsets is falling". \seekingalpha.com
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2012-07-24
Park Associates - number of 4G/LTE subs to exceed 50 million in 2012
Parks Associates' new report Driving 4G Adoption: Global Mobile Innovation finds Asia & Pacific will claim over 53% of all 4G/LTE subscribers by the end the year, helping push the total number of subscribers over 560 million globally by 2016.
Park Associates:
- in 2016, 4G/LTE subscribers will account for 8.8% of worldwide mobile subscriptions
- 61% of U.S. mobile phone users have some knowledge of the term "4G", but only 20% understand the term "LTE"
Jennifer Kent, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, - "Verizon Wireless recently introduced its ShareEverything plan, which allows users to share one data quota across multiple mobile broadband devices. Share data plans should encourage subscribers to add more mobile devices, while offering unlimited text messaging mitigates the threat of third-party messaging services like Whatsapp."
\parksassociates.com
Park Associates:
- in 2016, 4G/LTE subscribers will account for 8.8% of worldwide mobile subscriptions
- 61% of U.S. mobile phone users have some knowledge of the term "4G", but only 20% understand the term "LTE"
Jennifer Kent, Research Analyst, Parks Associates, - "Verizon Wireless recently introduced its ShareEverything plan, which allows users to share one data quota across multiple mobile broadband devices. Share data plans should encourage subscribers to add more mobile devices, while offering unlimited text messaging mitigates the threat of third-party messaging services like Whatsapp."
\parksassociates.com
Analysts: Pricing and profit models still not clear for LTE and TD-LTE coming fast
LTE will generate over US$1.7 bn for vendors in 2012 and 10 times more by 2017, according to the latest research 4GCounts report by Maravedis-Rethink.
Despite a 61% increase in subscribers between the first and second quarters of 2012, LTE will account for less than 5% of global wireless capex this year, and mass LTE deployments are highly concentrated within a few carriers and geographies. Maravedis-Rethink found that 4G service pricing strategies worldwide are in chaos, with major implications for margins and data roaming.
"Maravedis-Rethink anticipates that 560 million LTE subscribers will be active by 2017, of which 25% or 117 million will be TD-LTE users," said Cintia Garza, 4GCounts team leader. Multi-mode devices will be essential to TD-LTE uptake, and the study forecasts that by 2017, 83% of devices will be capable of supporting both TDD and FDD modes.
Other key findings:
* The Top 50 LTE operators profiled in 4GCounts reached a total LTE subscriber base of 17.6 million at the end of Q1 2012, in a global total of 20 million.
* In Q1 2012, NSN and Huawei enjoyed the lion's share of awarded LTE contracts, with 28% and 24% respectively.
* The WiMAX subscriber base will decline from 25 million in 2012 to 11 million by 2017.
\rethinkresearch.biz
Despite a 61% increase in subscribers between the first and second quarters of 2012, LTE will account for less than 5% of global wireless capex this year, and mass LTE deployments are highly concentrated within a few carriers and geographies. Maravedis-Rethink found that 4G service pricing strategies worldwide are in chaos, with major implications for margins and data roaming.
"Maravedis-Rethink anticipates that 560 million LTE subscribers will be active by 2017, of which 25% or 117 million will be TD-LTE users," said Cintia Garza, 4GCounts team leader. Multi-mode devices will be essential to TD-LTE uptake, and the study forecasts that by 2017, 83% of devices will be capable of supporting both TDD and FDD modes.
Other key findings:
* The Top 50 LTE operators profiled in 4GCounts reached a total LTE subscriber base of 17.6 million at the end of Q1 2012, in a global total of 20 million.
* In Q1 2012, NSN and Huawei enjoyed the lion's share of awarded LTE contracts, with 28% and 24% respectively.
* The WiMAX subscriber base will decline from 25 million in 2012 to 11 million by 2017.
\rethinkresearch.biz
Demands for 3G/4G enabled iPads and other tablets will drop!
CSS Insight's analysts predicts that most users will eventually choose not to buy LTE iPads and other 3G/4G tablets in next four years. The reason is clear - the majority of users that purchase tablets prefer to use wi-fi and rarely use 3G/4G data services due to the current price of tablets and mobile data subscriptions. \cultofmac.com
2012-07-23
M2M and LTE. Why you need to move to LTE
There is two classes of M2M applications: those where LTE's speed/latency is must and those with less demands. LTE provides a superior solution for the first class. But surprisingly LTE is better solution for second class as well. The reasons are: longevity, potentially lower service cost and scalability. Probably we are not in a harry with the move most of M2M to LTE (low coverage, high cost), but it is time to start thinking about it. /wirelessweek.com
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