LTE in Unlicensed and Shared

Spectrum – Snapshot July

2019
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FAST FACTS: LTE IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM (DATA AS OF
22 JULY 2019)

• 37 operators investing in LAA across 21 countries
• 8 of these have announced LAA network
deployments or launches, in 6 countries
• 29 other operators are trialling or deploying LAA
technology in 18 countries
• 11 operators have announced investments in LTE-U
networks
• 3 LTE-U networks have been deployed or launched
in 3 countries; 8 other operators have been
investing in the technology in the form of trials, or
pilots in 7 countries
• 1 LWA network launched in Taiwan, with two other
operators investing in the technology through trials
in South Korea and Taiwan.
• 1 eLAA trial in South Korea
• 17 public network operators investing in CBRS trials
in the USA, plus numerous companies looking at
private network use cases
• 21 commercially available modem-containing
chipsets supporting unlicensed access
• 200 devices (including regional variants of devices)
either supporting LTE in unlicensed spectrum, or
shared spectrum using CBRS, from 39 vendors.
Recent growth has been driven largely by CBRS
band 48 devices – particularly routers.

These slides are taken from the GSA report “LTE in Unlicensed and Shared Spectrum: Trials, Deployments and Devices July 2019”
available from www.gsacom.com Data is drawn from the GSA GAMBoD NTS database, accessible to subscribers at
https://gsacom.com/gambod/

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UNLICENSED SPECTRUM LAUNCHED/DEPLOYED NETWORKS,
AND COUNTRIES INVESTING (DATA AS OF 22 JULY 2019)

Figure 2: Countries by highest status of any LTE unlicensed technology

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2019

These slides are taken from the GSA report “LTE in Unlicensed and Shared Spectrum: Trials, Deployments and Devices July 2019”
available from www.gsacom.com Data is drawn from the GSA GAMBoD NTS database, accessible to subscribers at
https://gsacom.com/gambod/

© 2019 Global mobile Suppliers Association

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