LTE Mobile Broadband Subscribers to Reach Almost 430 million by 2016

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Bangalore: In the next five years there will be a rapid increase of LTE Mobile Broadband Technology. The Broadband subscribers will have a huge number of 430 million but will contribute only to six percent of the global subscriber population. This growth is expected to occur from 2012 onwards as many of the operators are preparing to realize their roll out targets.

According to a report from Juniper Research, rate of LTE network commitments at an all-time high, network vendors have significantly improved their position to offer products and solutions to network operators. Consequently, the total number of LTE base station deployments will reach almost 1 million by 2014.

The report also said that LTE smartphones and tablets will dominate the LTE connected end user device market, accounting for 50 percent of the total LTE subscribers by 2016. With high-end data users migrating to a faster technology, the LTE smartphones are expected to achieve early market traction in the enterprise market. The consumer users are expected to exceed enterprise users by volume from 2013.