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Strategy and role of GSA
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! GSA Global mobile Suppliers Association. Members are mobile communications suppliers
! Inform, educate, influence opinion of benefits / opportunities with mobile communications using 3GPP
technologies: GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA/HSPA+, LTE/LTE-Advanced providing facts, statistics, and trends
! Own-researched and produced reports and papers
! working directly with stakeholders, investors, developers, suppliers, etc.
! regulatory developments including spectrum and licensing
! operator commitments, network deployments, commercial launches, market acceptance, subscriptions
! development of the devices ecosystems to maturity, the participants, encourage new ecosystems
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! First commercially launched WCDMA network: 2001
! HSPA upgrade promoted wider acceptance from 2005
! 532 networks are commercially launched in 203 countries
! All WCDMA operators have deployed HSPA
! 1.373 billion subscribers (Q3 2013)

! 338 HSPA operators i.e. over 63% have deployed HSPA+
! Deployment of 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+ technology is a major trend in 2013
! 145 DC-HSPA+ networks (>27% of all HSPA networks) are
commercially launched in 75 countries
! 313 operators i.e. over 58% have commercially launched HSUPA
! 244 operators support 5.8 Mbps peak data on uplink

! An additional 18 networks support 11.5 Mbps
Source: GSAs HSPA Operator Commitments report
! HSPA/HSPA+ is the dominant MBB technology
! Wide coverage footprint + competition in all regions
! Large ecosystem including > 6,000 user devices
! Benefited from technology neutrality policies
! e.g. 72 UMTS900 systems deployed in 900 MHz
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Drivers towards LTE
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! 55% of phones sold in Q3 2013 were smartphones, compared to 50% in Q1 2013
! 80% growth in data traffic between Q3 2012 and Q3 2013 driven mainly by video
! 10x growth in mobile data traffic is expected between 2013 and 2019
! video expected to increase 55% annually up to end 2019 when it will be > 50% of mobile data traffic
! Global mobile broadband subscriptions passed 2 billion in 2013, 4x growth est. by 2019
! 157.7 million LTE subscriptions (Q3 2013) rising to 180 - 190 million (est.) by end 2013
! predicted to reach 2.6 billion in 2019
! LTE will cover over 65% of the worlds population in 2019
10 ERICSSON MOBILITY REPORT NOVEMBER 2013
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Mobile Trafc
Q3 2013
Global trafc in mobile networks
The graph below shows total global monthly data
and voice trafc. It depicts a stable trend of data
trafc growth with some seasonal variations and at
voice trafc development. The number of mobile data
subscriptions is increasing rapidly, and driving growth
in data trafc along with a continuous increase in the
average data volume per subscription. Data trafc
grew around 10 percent between Q2 and Q3 2013.
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Trafc does not include DVB-H, Wi-Fi, or Mobile WiMax. Voice does not include VoIP.
It should be noted that there are large differences in
trafc levels between markets, regions and operators.
These measurements have been performed by
Ericsson over several years using a large base of
commercial networks that together cover all regions
of the world. They form a representative base for
calculating total world trafc in mobile networks.
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LTE one global standard for 4G mobile broadband
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Two Duplex Modes of LTE: 3GPP decided that LTE should support both FDD and TDD modes
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LTE a global phenomenon
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LTE1800 is used today in 43% of
commercially launched LTE networks
LTE growth
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LTE1800 is mainstream

1800 MHz (band 3) is used today in 44% of
commercially launched LTE networks
Q3 2013 = 157.7 million LTE subs

No. of subs more than tripled YoY
(3.4 times)

> 110 million LTE subs added in past year

> 29.1 million LTE subs added in
Q3 2013

Forecast: 2.6 billion subs by 2019
Market share Q3 2013

North America = 50%
APAC = 41.6%
Europe = 6.4%
RoW = 2%
1800 MHz: mainstream / most prominent LTE band globally
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LTE is deployed using 1800 MHz (band 3)
spectrum in over 44% of commercially
launched LTE networks today
Excellent LTE1800 user devices
ecosystem available: 412 products

The number of LE1800 products
tripled in each of the last 2 years

All form factors supported
108 commercially launched LTE1800
systems in 58 countries
! several more are now being deployed
LTE user devices
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FDD and TTD products

680 new LTE devices
announced in last 12
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120 manufacturers
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1,240 LTE User Devices

GSA monitors and researches worldwide mobile
broadband developments and publishes facts,
statistics and trends. 222 LTE networks are
commercially launched globally. GSA forecasts this
number will rise to 260 commercially launched LTE
networks by end 2013 (see GSAs Evolution to LTE
report October 17, 2013). There were 126.1
million LTE subscriptions by June 30, 2013.

1,240 LTE user devices, including frequency and
carrier variants, are announced by 120 suppliers,
according to GSAs research up to November 3,
2013. 680 new LTE devices were launched in the
last year. The number of manufacturers increased
by 44% in the same period. LTE devices address all
product segments see chart:

1,240 LTE user devices - form factors
GSA Global mobile Suppliers Association

Smartphones are the largest LTE device category.
455 smartphones are announced, including operator
and frequency variants, representing 36% share of
all LTE device types. LTE is supported in the most
popular smartphones from all the leading brands.
The LTE-connected tablet and personal hotspot are
also fast-growing segments. Most devices operate
in the FDD mode. 274 devices support TDD mode.

Analysis of form factor share using data from GSAs
earlier reports confirms the rapid progress of
smartphones to become the largest LTE device
category, as the chart below shows. Today 36% of
LTE devices are smartphones.

LTE user devices growth

Download above charts via the links on www.gsacom.com

LTE Operating Frequencies

LTE networks are deployed globally in many bands.
The table confirms which bands are most supported
by the devices ecosystem and having at least 100
products in the respective band. Note some devices
are multiband and/or multimode (FDD and TDD).

LTE FDD
2600 MHz band 7 448 devices
700 MHz bands 12, 17 289 devices
800/1800/2600 tri-band 277 devices
AWS band 4 279 devices

LTE TDD
3500 MHz band 42,43 15 devices

Note 1: Manufacturers have not declared operating frequencies
or fallback modes for some products
Note 2: Certain products are carrier or country specific and are
therefore not available in all markets

LTE / 3G fallback support
870 LTE devices also operate on either
HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks
426 LTE devices support DC-HSPA+
311 LTE devices also support EV-DO
62 LTE devices also support TD-SCDMA

99% of LTE phones are multimode/3G capable
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LTE user device segmentation 2011 - 2013
Data source: LTE terminals announcements as confirmed in GSA Ecosystem reports up to August 25, 2013
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1,240 LTE User Devices

GSA monitors and researches worldwide mobile
broadband developments and publishes facts,
statistics and trends. 222 LTE networks are
commercially launched globally. GSA forecasts this
number will rise to 260 commercially launched LTE
networks by end 2013 (see GSAs Evolution to LTE
report October 17, 2013). There were 126.1
million LTE subscriptions by June 30, 2013.

1,240 LTE user devices, including frequency and
carrier variants, are announced by 120 suppliers,
according to GSAs research up to November 3,
2013. 680 new LTE devices were launched in the
last year. The number of manufacturers increased
by 44% in the same period. LTE devices address all
product segments see chart:

1,240 LTE user devices - form factors

Smartphones are the largest LTE device category.
455 smartphones are announced, including operator
and frequency variants, representing 36% share of
all LTE device types. LTE is supported in the most
popular smartphones from all the leading brands.
The LTE-connected tablet and personal hotspot are
also fast-growing segments. Most devices operate
in the FDD mode. 274 devices support TDD mode.

Analysis of form factor share using data from GSAs
earlier reports confirms the rapid progress of
smartphones to become the largest LTE device
category, as the chart below shows. Today 36% of
LTE devices are smartphones.

LTE user devices growth

Download above charts via the links on www.gsacom.com

LTE Operating Frequencies

LTE networks are deployed globally in many bands.
The table confirms which bands are most supported
by the devices ecosystem and having at least 100
products in the respective band. Note some devices
are multiband and/or multimode (FDD and TDD).

LTE FDD
700 MHz bands 12, 17 289 devices
800/1800/2600 tri-band 277 devices
AWS band 4 279 devices

LTE TDD
3500 MHz band 42,43 15 devices

Note 1: Manufacturers have not declared operating frequencies
or fallback modes for some products
Note 2: Certain products are carrier or country specific and are
therefore not available in all markets

LTE / 3G fallback support
870 LTE devices also operate on either
HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks

99% of LTE phones are multimode/3G capable
www.gsacom.com
LTE user device segmentation 2011 - 2013
Data source: LTE terminals announcements as confirmed in GSA Ecosystem reports up to August 25, 2013
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! These networks generally offer wider & deeper coverage than LTE networks in the initial deployment phase
! Offering LTE users the opportunity to use i.e. fallback to 3G systems is of major strategic importance

870 LTE devices also operate on either HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks

99% of LTE handsets are 3G/multimode
More than a third of LTE devices are smartphones
LTE / 3G fallback
LTE TDD: network deployments and devices
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TDD (TD-LTE) mode is the optimal solution for use in unpaired spectrum

71 commercial LTE TDD networks in deployment or firmly planned

25 commercially launched networks in 20 countries

12 are combined FDD + TDD systems. Dual mode is becoming more common

Many more network deployments, trials, and studies are in progress
e.g. China Mobile to commercially launch LTE TDD service on December 18, 2013

LTE TDD (TD-LTE) has achieved global traction
274 devices support LTE TDD
All form factors supported
Multi-band, multi-mode devices are
available from all major chipset and
device manufacturers

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25 commercially launched LTE TDD networks in 20 countries

46 LTE TDD commercial networks in deployment or planned

Country Operator Band Country Operator Band
Algeria Algrie Tlcom To be confirmed India Tikona Digital 40
Azerbaijan Sazz 42, 43 Indonesia First Media 40
Bangladesh Banglalion 38 Indonesia IM2 40
Bangladesh Qubee 38 Iraq MaxyTel To be confirmed
Belgium b-lite 42 Iraq Tishknet To be confirmed
Belgium BUCD 38 Italy AFT-Linkem 42, 43
Cameroon YouMee To be confirmed Madagascar Blueline 40
China China Mobile 39, 40, 41 Malaysia Asiaspace 40
China China Telecom 40, 41 Malaysia P1 40
China China Unicom 40, 41 Mongolia Ulusnet 42
Costa Rica IBW Intl 40 Montenegro Velatel 42
Croatia Velatel 42 Nepal Nepal Telecom 40
Denmark 3 Denmark 38 Nicaragua IBW Intl 40
Dominican Rep Wind Telecom 38 Nigeria Mobitel 40
El Salvador IBW Intl 40 Nigeria Swift Networks 40, 42
Finland Datame 38 Nigeria Zoda Fones 38
France Bollore 42 Poland Milmex 42
Germany DBD 42 Puerto Rico Aeronet 38
Ghana G-Kwiknet
Limited
38 Romania 2K Telecom 38
Guatemala IBW Intl 40 Russia Osnova Tel. 40
Hong Kong 3 HK 40 Russia Rostelecom 40
India Aircel 40 Russia Smoltelecom 42
India RIL 40 UK NSV (BT) 38
Country Operator TDD frequency TDD band LTE mode
Australia NBN Co. 2.3 GHz 40 TDD
Australia Optus 2.3 GHz 40 TDD + FDD
Bahrain Menatelecom 3.5 GHz 42 TDD
Brazil On Telecomunicacoes 2.6 GHz 38 TDD
Brazil Sky Brasil Services 2.6 GHz 38 TDD
Canada Sasktel 2.6 GHz 41 TDD + FDD
Hong Kong China Mobile Hong Kong 2.3 GHz 40 TDD + FDD
India Bharti Airtel 2.3 GHz 40 TDD
Indonesia PT Internux 2.3 GHz 40 TDD
Japan Softbank XGP/LTE TDD 2.6 GHz 41 TDD + FDD
Nigeria Spectranet 2.3 GHz 40 TDD
Oman Omantel 2.3 GHz 40 TDD + FDD
Poland Aero2 2.6 GHz 38 TDD + FDD
Russia Megafon / Moscow 2.6 GHz 38 TDD + FDD
Russia MTS / Moscow 2.6 GHz 38 TDD + FDD
Russia Vainakh Telecom 2.3 GHz 40 TDD
Saudi Arabia Mobily 2.6 GHz 38 TDD
Saudi Arabia STC 2.3 GHz 40 TDD + FDD
South Africa Telkom Mobile (8ta) 2.3 GHz 40 TDD
Spain COTA/Murcia4G 2.6 GHz 38 TDD
Sri Lanka Dialog Axiata 2.3 GHz 40 TDD + FDD
Sweden 3 Sweden 2.6 GHz 38 TDD + FDD
Uganda MTN 2.6 GHz 41 TDD
UK UK Broadband 3.5 GHz 42, 43 TDD
USA Sprint 2.6 GHz 41 TDD + FDD
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GAMBoD enables comprehensive analysis of LTE devices ecosystem
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GAMBoD, the GSA Analyzer for Mobile Broadband Devices, is a unique search and analysis tool developed
by GSA for mobile broadband devices, allowing searches by supplier, form factor, features, peak downlink
and uplink speeds, and operating frequency. Results are presented in list form, or as a spreadsheet, or in
charts. An RSS feed can be set up to alert as new devices are added to the database. Charts may be
inserted into documents or presentations, subject to accreditation of GSA as the source.

GAMBoD is available only to qualified site users, which GSA defines as representatives of GSA Member
companies who have registered using their corporate email address, or representatives of network operators
who have registered using their corporate email address.

GSA also offers medium and large-size enterprises the opportunity to subscribe as an Associate of GSA
with the principle benefit of a licence for its employees to use the GAMBoD tools. Download full details -
including the annual fee - via the link on the home page to document "Associate of GSA subscription
GAMBoD-HSPA

For HSPA, HSPA+ and DC-HSPA+ user devices

Search by manufacturer, product name, form factor,
peak downlink and uplink speeds, HSPA operating
frequencies, support for EDGE, WLAN, GPS/A-
GPS, EV-DO, HD Voice (W-AMR), DTM, and LTE
GAMBoD-LTE

For LTE user devices

Search by manufacturer, product name, form factor, LTE operating
frequencies, Cat 4 support, Cat 6 support, and 3G fallback including
HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+, EV-DO, or TD-SCDMA

FDD spectrum selector bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 25
TDD spectrum selector bands 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
www.gsacom.com/gambod
LTE evolution
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LTE-Advanced improves spectrum efficiency, delivers increases in capacity and coverage, and the ability to support more customers/devices more
efficiently, to maintain and improve the user experience of mobile broadband

Key features:

! Carrier Aggregation
! Higher order MIMO
! SON/Hetnets
! Interference management
! Relays
LTE-Advanced is market reality today

Carrier aggregation is commercially in service and combines spectrum in different bands (interband) e.g. in South Korea, enabling theoretical peak
downlink data throughput of 150 Mbps

Several operators are deploying up to 20 MHz paired spectrum using the carrier aggregation feature intraband with contiguous or non-contiguous
spectrum to achieve similar performance when used with Category 4 terminals

87 models of Category 4 devices are announced

LTE networks that support Cat 4 user devices are commercially launched in many countries including Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong,
Latvia, Lithuania, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK

Some operators are deploying two paired 20 MHz carriers (e.g. 20 MHz paired in 1800 MHz combined with 20 MHz paired in 2.6 GHz) to support
Category 6 devices (peak 300 Mbps downlink) targeting commercial launch by mid-2014
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Introducing voice service for LTE users
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! GSA monitors the introduction of HD voice services on mobile networks enabled by W-AMR coding
! Proven business case for HD voice, commercially launched on 83 mobile networks, now poised to enter the mainstream
! Majority of HD voice services launched on 3G/HSPA networks, some GSM networks, 6 launched on LTE networks (VoLTE)
! VoLTE-enabled HD voice services and user terminals are market reality
! The first wave of VoLTE service launches that include support for HD voice (using W-AMR) has begun
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Many operators have committed to VoLTE deployments or trials in 2013-2014 including Optus, T Mobile Austria, Sasktel, Telus, China Mobile, E Plus, O2 DE, CSL Limited, PCCW, Bharti Airtel,
RIL, NTT DoCoMo, Softbank, Tele2 NL, Yota, StarHub, Telekom Slovenije, Tele2 SE, Etisalat UAE, AT&T, C-Spire, MetroPCS, US Cellular, Sprint, Verizon Wireless
Members papers: reaching out to key audiences with GSA
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GSA website to its highly targeted global industry audience - including to over 60,000 registered users
! Excellent complement to Members own corporate and marketing communications channels to educate, position and influence
! Feedback is provided on % share of downloads by organization type (e.g. analysts, operators, suppliers, policy-makers, etc.)
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GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) represents leading GSM, 3G/HSPA and 4G/LTE suppliers worldwide. Our reports and information papers
deliver key facts and stats, explain market developments, trends and opportunities, and are the most widely referenced across the industry. GSA shows
how international technology standards and alignment of spectrum band choices for mobile network deployments deliver the largest economies of scale
and the widest choice of terminals at lowest cost for users. Other activities include holding seminars, briefings, case studies, providing support to
campaigns, and speaking at industry events. GSA monitors and regularly provides updates on LTE network deployments and launches worldwide,
regulatory developments, and the availability of user devices. These reports in particular are highly anticipated and closely followed by our global website
audience that includes over 60,000 registered site users.

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August 13, 2013
Mobile HD voice: Global Update report
Mobile HD voice service
using AMR Wideband

Mobile HD voice based on AMR (Adaptive
Multi Rate) Wideband technology (W-AMR)
enables high-quality voice calls in mobile
networks and an improved user experience.
It provides significantly higher voice quality
for calls between mobile phones supporting
the feature and is implemented and market
reality today in GSM, UMTS (WCDMA-
HSPA) and LTE networks around the world.

The higher voice quality using HD voice
improves the call experience, allowing
people to better share feelings, do business
and communicate information. HD voice
transmits a broader spectrum of the human
voice; therefore conversation is more natural
and is likened to speaking to the other party
in the same room. HD voice also helps
people hear better in noisy environments.

HD voice helps operators to differentiate
their offerings and enable high quality
services to voice dependent business like
call center services, information services,
emergency services, etc. HD voice is ideal
for conference calls and can contribute to a
reduction in business travel and raise
productivity while reducing environmental
impact. Calls which are easier to hear and
understand reduce fatigue often associated
with long conference calls. HD voice
represents the greatest advance in voice on
mobile networks in decades.

W-AMR speech technology is standardized
in 3GPP Release 5. The W-AMR speech-
compression algorithm doubles voice
bandwidth (507000 Hz) compared to the
current narrowband speech codec (300
3400 Hz) without extra radio or transmission
requirements. According to 3GPP, 12.65 kbit/s or higher coding bit-
rates provide high-quality wideband audio (lower bit-rates of 8.85 and
6.6 kbit/s are for temporary use during adverse radio conditions or
periods of cell congestion). In subjective tests the HD voice wideband
codec produces better results than the best narrow-band codec.

83 mobile networks launched HD voice service
84% growth year-on-year
Now available in 61 countries
26 countries more than one year ago
245 HD voice mobile phones announced

HD voice service is launched on 83 mobile networks in 61 countries:
Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Rep.,
Denmark, Dominican Rep., Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong
Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia,
Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Runion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia,
Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, and USA.

The maximum benefits from using HD voice on a compatible mobile
network are realized when both calling and called party use HD voice-
capable phones. Improvements in call quality are also observed even
when using an HD voice-enabled phone to call a non-HD voice phone,
due to improvements in the acoustic performance and advanced noise
reduction capabilities of most HD voice phones. There is a strong
business case for Mobile HD voice:

10.000 Vip (Serbia) customers make HD voice calls daily. Orange
Romania reported 10x the number of HD voice calls initiated in Q3
2012 compared to Q3 2011, and 85% of users observed notable
differences between an HD and standard call. Orange France stated:

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572 HSPA Operator commitments in 209 countries/territories
532 commercial operators are launched in 203 countries
including 338 commercial HSPA+ networks in 148 countries
HSPA Operator Commitments
report - October 7, 2013
The path to mobile broadband began with WCDMA, a 3GPP global standard. The first evolution of WCDMA - High
Speed Packet Access (HSPA), reduced latency and boosted capacity and user data speeds.

All WCDMA operators have launched HSPA. HSPA is the leading mobile broadband technology globally with 532
networks commercially launched in 203 countries.

Capacity and performance improve again with HSPA Evolution (HSPA+). Over 63% of HSPA operators have
commercially launched HSPA+. 338 HSPA+ networks are commercially launched in 148 countries.

Deployment of 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+ technology continues as a major trend in 2013. 145 DC-HSPA+ networks
(over 27% of all HSPA networks) are commercially launched in 75 countries.

3GPP Release 9 combines multicarrier and MIMO technologies in 10 MHz bandwidth to achieve 84 Mbps peak
downlink, and some operators have committed to deploy this evolution step.

313 operators (over 58%) have commercially launched HSUPA. 244 operators (i.e. 78% of commercial HSUPA
systems) support 5.8 Mbps peak data throughput on the uplink. A further 18 networks support 11.5 Mbps.

Using multicarrier on the uplink doubles the peak rate to 23 Mbps. A number of operators are committed to this
evolution step. Standardization beyond Release 9 leads to realization of downlink data speeds exceeding 100 Mbps.

Charts: Theoretical peak downlink speeds supported by 532 commercial HSPA operators

You may also be interested to read the Global HSPA+ Network Commitments report and the UMTS900 Global
Status report. Both reports are free for registered GSA website users to download via the link on our home page
www.gsacom.com

Visit page http://www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4 for mobile broadband related charts and maps.

Registration page for new site users: http://www.gsacom.com/php/register_form.php4

The following pages of this report confirm all worldwide operator commitments to HSPA, network deployments,
commercial launches and service opening date, peak downlink and uplink speeds, and network support for
GPRS/EDGE, according to research undertaken directly by GSA the Global mobile Suppliers Association.

GSA Global mobile Suppliers Association (2013)

October 7, 2013
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UMTS900 Global Status
900 MHz HSPA systems - UMTS900 - efficiently extend
voice, data and mobile broadband coverage. UMTS900
is a mainstream technology. This report confirms the
gains and opportunities from deploying UMTS900, the
global status of operator commitments, network
deployments, launches, trials, regulation, and the user
devices ecosystem.

72 commercial UMTS900
networks in 49 countries
GSA October 7, 2013
Country Operator Service launch
Finland Elisa November 2007
Estonia Elisa January 2008
Thailand AIS May 2008
Australia Optus May 2008
Belgium Mobistar May 2008
Belgium Proximus July 2008
New Zealand Vodafone July 2008
Finland DNA October 2008
Iceland Siminn October 2008
Venezuela Digitel March 2009
Finland TeliaSonera June 2009
France Orange Q2 2009
Croatia Tele2 July 2009
Australia VHA August 2009
France SFR September 2009
Faroe Islands Faroese Telecom November 2009
Armenia Orange November 2009
Latvia LMT November 2009
Poland Aero2 November 2009
Ghana MTN December 2009
Hong Kong CSL Limited January 2010
Dominican Rep Orange February 2010
South Africa MTN March 2010
Tanzania Rural Telco March 2010
Romania Vodafone April 2010
Estonia EMT June 2010
Bulgaria Vivacom June 2010
Malaysia Maxis June 2010
Saudi Arabia Mobily 2010
Saudi Arabia Zain 2010
Slovenia Tusmobil July 2010
Greenland TELE August 2010
South Africa Cell C September 2010
Poland P4 (Play mobile) January 2011
Estonia Tele2 March 2011
UK O2 March 2011
Qatar Vodafone March 2011
Kazakhstan Tele2 April 2011
Papua New Guinea Digicel May 2011
Sweden 3 May 2011
Hong Kong 3 June 2011
Norway Netcom August 2011
New Caledonia OPT August 2011
Lithuania Tele2 2011
Saudi Arabia STC 2011
New Zealand 2degrees September 2011
Spain Vodafone September 2011
Slovenia Si.mobil October 2011
Spain Movistar October 2011
Germany E-Plus December 2011
Poland Polkomtel Plus December 2011
Mozambique Mcel 2012
Philippines Globe 2012
Spain Orange 2012
Russia Megafon January 2012
Russia MTS January 2012
Russia Vimpelcom January 2012
Hungary Vodafone March 2012
Paraguay Vox/Copaco May 2012
Switzerland Sunrise May 2012
Japan Softbank Mobile July 2012
Tunisia Tunisiana July 2012
UK Vodafone July 2012
Macedonia VIP August 2012
Greece Vodafone October 2012
Indonesia Indosat October 2012
Singapore Starhub November 2012
Benin MTN November 2012
France Bouygues Tel 2013
France Free Mobile 2013
Oman Nawras May 2013
Singapore M1 September 2013

Almost 70 countries permit or are considering
allowing UMTS900 system deployments

UMTS900 user devices are MAINSTREAM

UMTS900 Benefits
Deploying 3G voice and mobile broadband coverage
using 2100 MHz in all areas is too costly, impractical
and takes too long for many operators. Radio
propagation path-loss at 900 MHz is much less and for
the same service offer and coverage the number of sites
is below half that needed in 2100 MHz, with faster rollout
time. Indoor coverage is also improved using 900 MHz.
UMTS900 can complement 2100 MHz deployments to
improve coverage, reduce CAPEX and OPEX, improve
quality of service and enhance the user experience.
UMTS900 operators can provide HSPA over much
larger areas in a very cost-efficient way. GSM operators
can also re-use many existing network assets e.g.
antennas, network management systems.

Regulatory aspects
In Europe, mobile phones operate to GSM specifications
typically in 2 bands: 900 MHz (880915/925960 MHz)
and 1800 MHz (17101785/18051880 MHz). On July
PLUS: charts and maps (jpeg and PDF files)
http://www.gsacom.com/news/statistics
Topic zones on
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December 5, 2013

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Evolution to LTE Report
Introduction

In this Evolution to LTE report, GSA presents the
current situation based on GSAs current research, to
provide the industry with facts and analysis about the
global status and growth of mobile broadband
enabled by LTE. The Evolution to LTE report is
regularly updated and may be downloaded by any
registered user of the GSA website. Information is
provided about the LTE system both for FDD and
TDD modes, technical standards, operator
investments and commitments including listings of all
network deployments, studies and trials, commercial
service launches (see GSAs definition of commercial
launch below), and regulatory developments
including spectrum supporting LTE-enabled mobile
broadband service network deployments.

Details are also provided about LTE user devices that
have been announced by manufacturers.

Information for the production of this report was
obtained in several ways, including from regular
information exchanges and direct contacts by GSA
with senior management in network operator
organizations, regulatory authorities, suppliers and
other stakeholders. This is in addition to consideration
and analysis of public statements where appropriate
e.g. company press releases and briefings, in order to
establish the facts as accurately as possible and
ensure that this report reflects the true LTE mobile
broadband market situation.

Comments about the report including news/updates
should be sent to email info@gsacom.com

GSA provides additional LTE-related resources to
complement this report, including various maps and
charts, which can be downloaded by registered site
users at www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4

Selected charts and maps are also available as PDF
files see the relevant links on our home page
www.gsacom.com

Readers may also download these related reports:

Status of the LTE Ecosystem report
Status of the Global LTE TDD Market report
Status of the Global LTE1800 Market report
This report and all related materials and resources
are copyright of GSA Global mobile Suppliers
Association. Any texts, images, layouts or other
contents may not be copied or distributed, whole or in
part, without the written consent of GSA, except for
personal non-commercial use. For such purposes
please contact the Secretariat by email to
info@gsacom.com For further information see
www.gsacom.com/disclaimer.php4

LTE Market Summary December 5, 2013

244 commercially launched LTE networks
in 92 countries

499 operators investing in LTE in 143 countries
448 operator commitments in 134 countries
51 pre-commitment trials in 9 more countries

GSA forecasts 260 commercially launched
LTE networks by end 2013
MVNOs are excluded

1,240 LTE user devices announced
(GSA report - November 7, 2013)

GSA www.gsacom.com

LTE is the fastest developing mobile system
technology ever

LTE is a mainstream technology - the rapid
expansion globally continues

98 LTE networks commercially launched
in 2013 (to December 5)

GSAs definition of commercial launch:

The phase in which a public telecommunications operator
is carrying commercial traffic on its LTE network, or offers
to provide public service. Only licensed operators with
spectrum assigned for use in public LTE communications
networks are considered. MVNOs are not included. The
LTE 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 via
distributors, resellers or other third parties, or already be
owned by persons wishing to use the service.

December 9, 2013

Status of the Global LTE TDD Market

71 commercial LTE TDD networks in deployment or firmly planned - including
25 commercially launched networks

Report published by GSA
www.gsacom.com

December 10, 2013

Status of the Global LTE1800 Market

Operator commitments, network deployments, launches, trials, devices

Report published by the GSA
www.gsacom.com

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