GSA Confirms LTE Investments by Telecoms Operators in More Than 100 Countries

The GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report which confirms 338 telecoms operators in 101 countries have committed to commercial LTE network deployments or are engaged in trials, technology testing or studies.

The report covers LTE FDD and LTE TDD technologies.

LTE commercial network launches per year:

• 2009 = 2 networks launched
• 2010 = 15 networks launched (year-end cumulative total = 17)
• 2011 = 30 networks launched (year-end cumulative total = 47)
• 2012 to July 11th = 42 networks launched (total to date = 89)

GSA end 2012 outlook raised again, to 150 networks in 64 countries