The bundle World LTE market & MBB spectrum includes two deliverables dealing with both LTE and spectrum issues:
1. A database (updated half-yearly): quantitative & qualitative data for 45 countries, 6 zones & world consolidated - 76 LTE operator sheets are also available. It gathers information about spectrum issues, technologies, revenue & subscriber data & forecasts up to 2019. It presents the current status of the main mobile broadband frequency bands and results of auction processes including allocation modes, prices paid by each licensee, quantity of spectrum acquired by player, technology, price paid per MHz per PoP for 10 years and detailed information on the regulatory status.
2. A report (updated half-yearly) providing you with the state-of-the-art regarding LTE: overview of dynamics in LTE markets up to 2019 by geographical area and by technology. It also provides you with analyses of the worldwide LTE market status, LTE pricing, new services, technological issues, recent pieces of news on spectrum allocations, spectrum prices comparison, roaming, chipsets and devices.
With regards to spectrum, latest developments in the field are highlighted. Information include the main evolutions of the regulatory framework, spectrum sharing issues and new radio technologies, the 700 MHz band status, mobile spectrum in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, North and South America, and Africa Middle East, and spectrum valuation.
1. Executive summary
Key Trends
2. Methodology
2.1. List of indicators by operator and country
2.2. Methodology
3. World LTE market
3.1. Main LTE markets
3.2. Main LTE markets (December 2014 figures)
3.3. Main LTE markets (June 2015 figures)
3.4. LTE worldwide market: Top Ten countries
3.5. LTE worldwide market
3.6. LTE deployment roadmap: No more European players in the top 10
3.7. LTE coverage
3.8. LTE coverage (% of the population)
3.9. LTE speeds
3.10. LTE capex picked up in 2014, except at China Mobile, efforts expected to decrease as nationwide coverage is reached
3.11. LTE capex – Focus on NTT DOCOMO Xi/LTE capex and coverage
3.12. LTE capex – Focus on China Mobile LTE capex and coverage
3.13. LTE subscription forecasts by region
3.14. LTE revenues forecasts by region
4. LTE Market in Europe
4.1. LTE European market
4.2. European market – Main trends
4.3. LTE subscription forecasts in Western Europe
4.4. LTE subscription forecasts in Central and Eastern Europe
5. LTE Market in the Americas
5.1. LTE American market
5.2. American market – Main trends
5.3. LTE subscription forecasts in North America
5.4. LTE subscription forecasts in Latin America
6. LTE Market in Asia-Pacific
6.1. LTE market in Asia-Pacific
6.2. Asian-Pacific market – Main trends
6.3. LTE subscription forecasts in Asia-Pacific
7. LTE Market in Middle East and Africa
7.1. LTE Middle East and African market
7.2. Middle East and African market – Main trends
7.3. LTE subscription forecasts in Middle East and Africa
8. LTE spectrum
8.1. Main radio spectrum “trends†– 2014-2015
8.2. Outcomes from WRC-15: the 700 MHz globally allocated for IMT in Region 1
8.3. Main LTE frequency bands: FDD & TDD
8.4. The 700 MHz band: a new harmonized frequency band for LTE?
8.5. The 700 MHz band: A strong industry support for the APT700 plan
8.6. 4G spectrum price: 700 MHz band, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2.1 GHz, AWS, PCS
8.7. 4G spectrum price: 1800 MHz band
8.8 4G spectrum price: higher frequency bands
8.9. 4G spectrum price: higher frequency bands
9. Technology update: LTE-Advanced and VoLTE
9.1. Carrier aggregation usage continues to grow throughout the world
9.2. 2x20 MHz carrier aggregation widely adopted and deployed
9.3. After repeated delays, Voice over LTE is slowly picking up
9.4. VoLTE deployments and launches around the world are accelerating
9.5. TD-LTE is still a nascent but growing system
9.6. Defining 5G performance requirements before standardizing
9.7. It is a long road to 5G: research has started
10. LTE pricing
10.1. LTE pricing – LTE pricing strategies: tiered pricing versus unlimited
10.2. LTE pricing – Volume-based tiered pricing, the most common strategy
10.3. LTE pricing: players continue to look for ways to monetize data
Reports tables and figures
Figures
1. Executive summary
Figure 1: Share of LTE subscriptions (Q4 2013- Q4 2014)
Figure 2: LTE subscription estimates and forecasts (2012-2019)
3. World LTE market
Figure 3: Share of LTE subscriptions in three lead countries (2011-2019)
Figure 4: LTE subscription by region (Q4 2013 – Q4 2014)
Figure 5: Breakdown of mobile customers by country and technology, end-2014
Figure 6: 3G & 4G average download speed in the UK (Q4 2014)
Figure 7: Domestic wireless capex (2011-2014)
Figure 8: Domestic LTE capex (2011-2015 budget)
Figure 9: NTT DOCOMO quarterly LTE capex (June 2012-Sept. 2015)
Figure 10: Number of premium 4G base stations and LTE coverage
Figure 11: Domestic LTE capex and coverage
Figure 12: LTE capex and LTE coverage
Figure 13: Number of 4G base stations and LTE coverage
Figure 14: LTE subscription estimates and forecasts by region, 2012-2019
Figure 15: Share of total LTE subscriptions by region, 2012-2019
Figure 16: LTE revenue forecasts, 2012-2019
Figure 17: LTE revenue distribution by region in 2014
4. LTE Market in Europe
Figure 18: LTE subscriptions in Europe
Figure 19: LTE subscription forecasts in Western Europe
Figure 20: LTE subscription forecasts in Central and Eastern Europe
5. LTE Market in the Americas
Figure 21: LTE subscriptions in the Americas
Figure 22: LTE subscription forecasts in North America
Figure 23: LTE subscription forecasts in Latin America
6. LTE Market in Asia-Pacific
Figure 24: LTE subscriptions in Asia-Pacific
Figure 25: LTE subscription forecast in Asia-Pacific
7. LTE Market in Middle East and Africa
Figure 26: LTE subscriptions in Middle East and Africa
Figure 27: LTE subscription forecast in Middle East and Africa
8. LTE spectrum
Figure 28: Price of premium spectrum (eurocents) per MHz per pop. (for 10 years)
Figure 29: Price of 1800 MHz spectrum (eurocents) per MHz per pop. (for 10 years)
Figure 30: Price of 2.6 GHz spectrum (eurocents) per MHz per pop. (for 10 years)
9. Technology update: LTE-Advanced and VoLTE
Figure 31: Number of TD-LTE network launched by frequency bands
Figure 32: Number of TD-LTE devices by form factor
Figure 33: Performance objectives for 5G and associated use cases
Figure 34: 5G roadmap
Figure 35: LTE-U & LWA roadmaps
Tables
3. World LTE market
Table 1: Ranking of countries by number of LTE mobile subscribers and proportion of the total LTE user base, end-2014
Table 2: Ranking of countries by number of LTE mobile subscribers, mid-2015
Table 3: LTE Worldwide Market : Top Ten countries
Table 4: LTE operators, Q4 2013, Q4 2014 & Q2 2015
Table 5: LTE coverage for the Top Ten countries
4. LTE Market in Europe
Table 6: LTE European market: Top 5 countries, at Q2 2015
5. LTE Market in the Americas
Table 7: LTE American market: Top 5 countries, at Q2 2015
6. LTE Market in Asia-Pacific
Table 8: LTE Asian-Pacific market: Top 5 countries, at Q2 2015
7. LTE Market in Middle East and Africa
Table 9: LTE Middle East and African market: Top 4 countries at Q2 2015
8. LTE spectrum
Table 10: FDD bands worldwide
Table 11: TDD bands worldwide
Table 12: Status of the 700 MHz band
Table 13: 11 LTE700 #28 services available, according to GSA (Oct. 2015)
9. Technology update: LTE-Advanced and VoLTE
Table 14: 300 Mbps Cat 6 commercial LTE networks launches (Aug. 2015)
Table 15: VoLTE deployments
