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THE DIRECT ROUTETO IMPROVING YOUR BOTTOM LINELTE OVERLAY REDUCES COSTS, IMPROVES ROI AND ENHANCES YOUR BUSINESS
Your customers want greater capacity – and you can give it to them for less by using small cells. Use macro cells for larger coverage areas and small cells for localized hotspots to deliver increased capacity where it’s needed while reducing both your CAPEX and OPEX.
SMALL CELLSBIG SAVINGS
LTE macro cells only
LTE macro & small cells
LTE macro cells only
LTE macro & small cells
Number of sites required (in thousands)
80
70
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50
40
30
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10
6
5
4
3
2
1
48%DEPLOYMENT COST SAVINGS WITH LTE OVERLAY
As a mobile operator, you need to increase network capacity and coverage to satisfy your customers – but did you know you can do it while improving your business’ bottom line?
Take the direct route to LTE overlay and get immediate savings against converged RAN LTE deployments, reduced deployment costs and a competitive advantage. It also lets you target new customers and drive new revenues streams from existing ones.
YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE READY TO CONNECT
of North American smartphones are now LTE-enabled – your customers are ready and waiting to enjoy LTE.
LTE enables you to deliver more to existing customers, bring new subscribers on board and smart pricing plans help you drive new revenues from both.
Investing in your LTEnetwork enables your subscribers to use more data and spend more money.
3G$31
Monthly spend
4G USERS ARE 10 TIMES MORE DATA HUNGRY THAN 3G USERS
LTE users spend more30%
31% SAVINGS WITHMACRO + SMALL CELLS
VoLTE IMPROVES VOICEAND LOWERS COSTS FURTHERReduce the cost of delivering voice with VoLTE, and at the same time improve voice quality with HD voice and VoLTE-based video calling and video streaming.
Delivering an enhanced user experience at a lower cost to you.
savings per subscriber compared to CSFB
$0.8871%lower network costs using VoLTE over CSFB
50%fewer carriers needed than CSFB
MOVE TO LTE EARLY,REDUCE YOUR COST PER BIT
COST/MB
$0.045COST/MB
$0.010
57% LOWER COST PER BIT
Absorbing user data demand is more cost-effective with LTE. Deploy LTE early, densify the network with small cells, and evolve to virtualized RAN, and enjoy lower cost per bit.
TRAFFIC MIX
LTE
3G 92%
LTE 90%
Investment required (bn of US Dollars)
2G 2%
3G 8%
2G 2%LTE 6%
For more information visit
alcatel-lucent.com/solutions/4g-lte
References:Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Senza Fili, JDSU Location Intelligence Business Unit, Chitika, Korea Telecom
LTE LTE LTE
DIRECT ROUTETO COST EFFICIENCIES SCENIC ROUTE
LONG WAY ROUND
LTE$43