According to Infonetics Research, the LTE infrastructure market is expected to reach $11.4 billion by 2014, fueled by macrocell eNodeB deployments. Asia Pacific and North America are set to drive the first major wave of LTE rollouts in the 2010-2012 period, whereas the second wave, which kicks off in 2012-2013, will include the Chinese and European operators. In total, the number of LTE subscribers could exceed 153 million by 2014, with most of them split between Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA).
The research company argues that despite the fact that some big name operators such as NTT DoCoMo will opt for some other solutions (W-CDMA with remote radio head-based expansion), LTE market is set for accelerated growth. “In addition to Verizon Wireless’s aggressive LTE roadmap, more mobile operators have committed to LTE, including China Mobile and China Telecom, with a massive TD-LTE rollout expected in China by 2012. There will be a dozen live LTE networks by the end of 2010, and the total number of committed LTE launches has grown to 64 so far, with more commitments expected,” noted Stéphane Téral, principal analyst for mobile and FMC infrastructure at Infonetics Research.
To summarize – good times are ahead of LTE infrastructure provider, but we knew that from before. 😉
[Via: CellularNews]