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Evolution to LTE report

4G MARKET & TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

Introduction

LTE (Long Term Evolution) is a global success with635 million subscriptions by Q1 2015. LTE isspecified by 3GPP as a single global standard forpaired and unpaired spectrum users. The vastmajority of the standard is the same for FDD & TDD.

The Evolution to LTE report provides GSAsindependent assessment and analysis of the LTEmarket status, supported by key facts and metrics,and confirms the trends. The report is regularly

updated and free to download by 69,000 users

currently registered of the GSA website.

In this report:

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LTE commercial launches worldwide 2 - 5Deployments: operators, countries, regions 7 - 77LTE-Advanced global status 78 - 81VoLTE global status 82LTE TDD global status 83LTE1800 global status 84 - 86

LTE roaming / Category 4 global status 87APT700 global status 88LTE Broadcast / multicast (eMBMS) 89LTE deployment commitments, studies, trials 90 94

Spectrum used in FDD and TDD networks 95LTE subscriptions / LTE user devices charts 96LTE user devices ecosystem: press release 97Resources, contacts, links, events, About GSA 98 - 99

LTE network commercial launches: 2009 2015

Charts and maps are also provided in JPEG file

format and some are available as PDF files (for

higher resolution). A series of shorter Snapshotreports are also published see www.gsacom.com

LTE Market StatusGSAs Evolution to LTE report JULY 21, 2015

677 operators investing in LTE in 181 countries

638 operator commitments in 176 countries

39 pre-commitment trials in 5 more countries

422 commercially launched LTE or LTE-Advanced networks in 143 countries

incl. 59 LTE TDD (TD-LTE) launched in 35 countries

GSA forecasts 460 commercially launched

LTE networks by end 20153,253 LTE user devices announced

(GSA - June 2015)

635 million LTE subscriptions globally: Q1 2015

GSA www.gsacom.com

LTE is the fastest developing mobile systemtechnology ever

187 operators (44.3%) commercially launchedLTE networks using 1800 MHz (LTE1800)

103 operators in 49 countries investing inVoLTE deployments, studies or trials

25operators commercially launched VoLTE-HD voicein 16 countries

LTE-Advanced is a key industry trend

131 LTE operators are investing in LTE-Advanced

deployments, studies or trials in 60 countries

88commercially launched LTE-A networks in 45 countries

GSAs definition of commercial launch:

The phase in which a public telecommunications operatoris carrying commercial traffic on its LTE network, or offersto provide public service. Only licensed operators withspectrum assigned for use in public LTE communications

networks are considered. MVNOs are not included. TheLTE operators business model may be retail or wholesale.Devices compatible for use on the LTE network may be

sold direct by the operator to the customer, or viadistributors, resellers or other third parties, or already be

owned by persons wishing to use the service.