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12 January 2009

 

LTE base-station infrastructure market to grow to $8.6bn by 2013

More than 18 operators globally have announced LTE deployment plans, and the tough economy does not seem to have dampened their enthusiasm, reckons analyst firm ABI Research in its report 'Long Term Evolution (LTE)', which forms part of the firm’s Mobile Networks Research Service.

In fact, Verizon has announced acceleration of its LTE deployment timetable, bringing the launch forward from 2010 to 2009. Many others are looking at a 2011-2012 timeframe, by which time, they hope, much of the current pain will have passed.

“NTT will also deploy LTE in Japan in 2009,” says senior analyst Nadine Manjaro. “We forecast that by 2013 operators will spend over $8.6bn on LTE base-station infrastructure alone,” she adds. “For operators that have already deployed 3G networks, LTE will be a key CapEx driver over the next five years.”

LTE application development will also drive investment as operators work to determine which services to deploy on this high-speed, low-latency network. Sprint and Verizon have both announced that they will provide third-party access to their GPS data. “The resulting new applications will tie mobility and presence aspects together to create more compelling services than in the past,” says Manjaro. “This is significant because it represents the beginning of a new generation of application development which will leverage the vast amounts of data in operators’ networks.”

Application developers already talking to these carriers include WaveMarket Inc and uLocate Communications Inc.

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