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LTE-Advanced Deployed in 100 Networks Globally - 4G Americas

LTE-Advanced Deployed in 100 Networks Globally - 4G Americas Image Credit: EE

LTE-Advanced has been deployed commercially on 100 networks worldwide in 49 countries, according to 4G Americas. By December 2014, the number of LTE-Advanced networks had increased to 33 commercial networks worldwide, all of which had utilized Carrier Aggregation.

The first LTE-Advanced networks were deployed in South Korea in June 2013 and utilized Carrier Aggregation which has become the most popular technology feature of LTE-Advanced. LTE-Advanced will continue to evolve through LTE-Advanced Pro (3GPP Release 13 and beyond) even as 5G technologies are standardized in Release 14 and onward.  It is expected that 5G technologies will interoperate with existing LTE-Advanced networks to provide subscribers with a seamless mobile broadband experience, said 4G Americas. 

Key statistics of LTE and LTE-Advanced include:

Global: 430 commercial LTE networks, 100 commercial LTE-Advanced networks, 907 million total LTE subscribers with a forecast of 3.6 billion by 2020

North America: 68 commercial LTE networks deployed in U.S. and Canada, 7 commercial LTE-Advanced networks deployed in U.S. (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and Redzone Wireless) and Canada (Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus), 219 million total LTE subscribers with a forecast of 392 million by 2020

Latin America: 71 commercial LTE networks in 25 countries, 35 million total LTE subscribers with an expected forecast of 259 million by 2020

Chris Pearson, President of 4G Americas
We expect almost all operators to deploy LTE-Advanced which has a vigorous roadmap of technological innovation. LTE technology and its evolution will provide the mobile broadband foundation for future 5G technologies.

Vicki Livingston, Head of Communications at 4G Americas
In October, the global standardization group, 3GPP, announced a new technology advancement moniker for the evolution beyond LTE-Advanced called LTE-Advanced Pro. This will be a stepping stone for future network needs as well as the 5G ecosystem. 

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