Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/vnmnw5/lte_profit) has announced the addition of the "LTE Profit Mantras - 2014 Edition" report to their offering.

Chanting the Innovative Ways of doing Business with LTE, Tariff mechanisms, Mobile Convergence; Overcoming Post-Deployment Challenges; Case Studies on Network Sharing/ Spectral Efficiency/Interoperability & Roaming; along with LTE-Advanced Roadmaps, 2014 - 2018

Key findings:

- The ever growing demand for mobile broadband services is driving a large number of LTE network deployments worldwide. Spurred by the demand for LTE services, the global LTE service revenue is projected to cross US$500 billion in 2018 from US$78 billion in 2013, exhibiting a CAGR of 46% during this period.

- By 2018 year-end, North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific will account for around 90% of the global LTE service revenue. Asia Pacific will represent the largest LTE market in terms of service revenue closely followed by Western Europe and North America. Of the remaining 10% market, Africa & Middle East and Central & Eastern Europe will enjoy roughly equal share, while Latin America will have minimal share of the market by the end of 2018.

- The global LTE subscriber base reached 62 million in 2012, exhibiting a year-on-year growth of over 370%. With more number of LTE networks as well as rise in the number of LTE smartphones in the market, LTE subscriber base will grow at faster pace during the forecasted period (at a CAGR of 40% during 2013-2018) and will cross 1 billion by the end of 2018.

- LTE FDD has been globally adopted in majority of LTE deployments till now and will remain a major LTE technology in the coming years as well; however, LTE TDD is also being adopted by several major operators. LTE TDD technology has been widely adopted by operators in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe. All of the major license holders in India have chosen LTE TDD technology for their network deployments. In 2012 Bharti Airtel rolled-out the first ever LTE network in Indian market based on LTE TDD technology. With growing number of LTE TDD commercial deployments across the globe, the LTE TDD subscribers are expected to account for 33% of the total LTE market by the end of 2018.

- Driven by premium pricing and higher uptake by enterprise users, LTE market is currently witnessing high ARPUs. The monthly average global LTE subscriber ARPU was around US$86 in 2012. However, as the LTE services move beyond early adopters and operators start offering the services to masses (especially in rural and semi-urban areas), LTE ARPU will face downward trend from 2013 onwards, reaching US$40 by 2018.

Companies Mentioned:

-AT&T Mobility, USA

-Bharti Airtel, India

-China Mobile, China

-Etisalat, UAE

-KDDI, Japan

-KT Corp., South Korea

-LG U+, South Korea

-MetroPCS, USA (A Brand of T-Mobile US)

-NTT DoCoMo, Japan

-SingTel, Singapore

-SK Telecom, South Korea

-SoftBank, Japan

-Sprint, USA

-T- Mobile US, USA

-Telecom Italia, Italy

-Telefonica, Spain [Telefonica O2, Czech Republic & Telefonica O2, Germany]

-TeliaSonera, Sweden

-Telstra, Australia

-Ucell, Uzbekistan

-Verizon Wireless, USA

-VivaCell-MTS, Armenia

-Vodafone, Germany

-Yota, Russia

-Zain, Saudi Arabia

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