This updated report, which was researched and published by GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) on July 5, 2013 confirms the solid industry commitment to LTE and shows that a robust support ecosystem of LTE user devices is established and continuously expanding. This latest research identified a total of 948 LTE user devices announced to the market by 100 suppliers. Device support for each of the main operating frequency bands is presented. For the first time we feature 850 MHz (band 5) as another of the frequency selections. The number of LTE devices i.e. 948 as confirmed in this report, is 531 higher than the number GSA reported a year ago. The report covers devices supporting both the FDD and TDD modes of the LTE standard. Most devices operate in FDD mode. However, 200 devices are identified which can operate in the TDD mode. This segment is growing strongly.

1.
REPORT:
Status
of
the
LTE
Ecosystem
July
5,
2013
This report by the GSA (Global mobile
Suppliers Association) provides an analysis of
948 LTE user devices launched in the market
by 100 suppliers, which we have identified
from our latest research. LTE is a mainstream
technology with global acceptance backed
with a huge industrial commitment and
supported by a very well established and
rapidly expanding devices eco-system. LTE is
the fastest developing mobile communications
system technology ever.
GSA (Global mobile Suppliers
Association) www.gsacom.com
© GSA – Global mobile Suppliers
Association
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2. 948 LTE User Devices
• Announced by 100 manufacturers
GSA monitors and surveys worldwide mobile
broadband market developments and publishes the
facts, statistics and trends in its “Evolution to LTE”
report, confirming operator commitments to LTE,
network deployments, launches, trials, regulatory
and market developments. 175 LTE networks (GSA
– May 2013) are commercially launched globally,
and GSA forecasts 248 LTE networks will be in
commercial service by end 2013. See the GSA
website www.gsacom.com for latest updates. LTE
subscriptions passed 100 million in May 2013.
948 LTE user devices including frequency and
carrier variants have been launched by 100
manufacturers according to research by GSA to July
4, 2013. This figure is 531 higher than GSA reported
a year ago. The number of manufacturers increased
by almost 50% in the same period.
Most devices operate in the FDD mode. LTE is
becoming more common in mid-tier devices. LTE
devices address all segments – see chart below.
948 LTE user devices - form factors
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316 LTE smartphones (including operator and
frequency variants) are announced i.e. almost 4
times the number in July 2012. LTE is supported in
the most popular smartphones from the leading
brands. Smartphones are the largest LTE device
category. The LTE-connected tablet is another fast-
growing device segment as is the personal hotspot.
200 devices can operate in TDD mode.
Detailed analysis of all 948 LTE devices is available
to authorized users of the GAMBoD - LTE tool –
conditions apply (www.gsacom.com/gambod)
GAMBoD is NOT a public resource. Access is
strictly for use only by:
* registered users from “GSA member” companies
* registered users from network operators
* registered users from “Associate of GSA” enterprises
LTE user devices growth to July 2013
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LTE Operating Frequencies
LTE networks are deployed globally in many bands.
The table confirms which LTE bands are most
supported by the devices ecosystem:
LTE FDD
2600 MHz band 7 324 devices
1800 MHz band 3 284 devices
800 MHz band 20 243 devices
700 MHz bands 12, 17 224 devices
2100 MHz band 1 215 devices
700 MHz band 13 211 devices
800/1800/2600 tri-band 209 devices
AWS band 4 203 devices
900 MHz band 8 105 devices
850 MHz band 5 80 devices
LTE TDD
2600 MHz band 38 153 devices
2300 MHz band 40 137 devices
1900 MHz band 39 45 devices
2600 MHz band 41 37 devices
Note 1: Manufacturers have not declared operating frequencies
or fallback modes for some products
Note 2: Several devices are multi-band
Note 3: 3GPP defines a number of bands in 700 MHz:
Band 12: (Lower 700 MHz) 699 MHz-716 MHz /729 MHz-746 MHz
Band 13: (Upper C 700 MHz) 777 MHz-787 MHz /746 MHz-756 MHz
Band 14: (Upper D 700 MHz) 788 MHz-798 MHz /758 MHz-768 MHz
Band 17: (Lower B, C 700 MHz) 704 MHz-716 MHz /734 MHz-746 MHz
APAC Digital Dividend (APAC700): 698 - 806 MHz
Note 4: Certain products are carrier or country specific and are
not available in all markets
3G interworking/fallback
• 658 LTE devices also operate on either
HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ networks
• 302 LTE devices support DC-HSPA+
• 243 LTE devices support EV-DO network

3. 1800 MHz: most popular LTE band
1800 MHz continues to be the most popular
spectrum for LTE deployments, used in the majority
of commercially launched networks globally.
284 LTE1800 user devices have been announced,
which is almost triple the number of a year ago, and
are available in all form factors. All the most popular
smartphones and brands support LTE1800.
For the current worldwide market situation of LTE
network deployments in 1800 MHz spectrum see
GSA’s Status of the Global LTE1800 Market
report – download via the link on www.gsacom.com
LTE TDD devices
LTE is a single global 3GPP standard that
addresses both FDD and TDD spectrum.
LTE TDD is an integral part of the standard. Interest
is strong and growing globally. For the current
worldwide market situation see GSA’s Status of the
Global LTE TDD Market report – download via the
link on www.gsacom.com
Multi-band, multi-mode LTE-TDD dongles and
CPEs are commercially available from all major
chipset and device manufacturers. 200 products
are announced by user device and chipset vendors
for the TDD mode and are available in various form
factors including dongles, routers, portable hotspots,
embedded modules, smartphones and tablets.
• Terminal support for band 38 is 76%
• Terminal support for band 40 is 68%
• Terminal support for band 39 is 22%
• Terminal support for band 41 is 18%
There is a good choice today of dual mode FDD-
TDD devices. For example, the bands 7/40
combination is supported in 65 devices, and the
bands 3/38 combination is supported in 60 devices.
Several operators are committed or are studying
deploying commercial LTE TDD systems in 3.5 GHz
spectrum (bands 42, 43), representing an exciting
global opportunity for the industry. The number of
LTE TDD devices operating in 3.5 GHz (bands 42,
43) although relatively few, has almost doubled
since the early 2013.
GSA calls on semiconductor and device
manufacturers to support the goals and
investments of 3.5 GHz LTE TDD operators in
bands 42/43 to ensure availability of the required
devices eco-system at the earliest opportunity.
Devices analysis using GAMBoD
GAMBoD is the GSA Analyzer for Mobile
Broadband Devices, a unique search and analysis
tool developed by GSA for mobile broadband
devices, allowing searches of GSA’s devices
databases by supplier, form factor, features, peak
downlink and uplink speeds, and operating
frequency. Results are presented in list form, or in a
spreadsheet or charts.
An RSS feed can be set up by users to alert them to
when GSA adds new devices to our databases.
Charts may be inserted into documents or
presentations, subject to citing GSA as the source.
Two databases are available for personalized
analysis tasks – one is for HSPA, HSPA+ and DC-
HSPA+ products.
The second database, GAMBoD-LTE, references
all 948 LTE devices confirmed in this report.
Both GAMBoD databases are located at
www.gsacom.com/gambod
Using GAMBoD-LTE: search 948 LTE devices by:
• Manufacturer name
• Product model number or name
• Form factor
• FDD spectrum selector bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, and 25.
• TDD spectrum selector bands 38, 39, 40,
41, 42, and 43.
• 3G fallback technology supported: HSPA, or
HSPA+, or DC-HSPA+, or EV-DO, or TD-
SCDMA
Access to GAMBoD is available only to qualified
site users, which GSA defines as follows:
• registered site users who are employees of
“GSA member” companies

4. • registered site users who are employees of
network operators
• registered site users who are employees of
“Associate of GSA” enterprises (see below)
In all cases, users must have registered on the GSA
website using their corporate email address.
Sample chart using GAMBoD
This chart shows the breakdown of the current total of 948
LTE user devices by form factors
ASSOCIATE of GSA
GSA offers medium and large-size enterprises such
as consultancies, analysts, manufacturers, test
houses etc. the opportunity to become an
“Associate of GSA” with the main benefit of
receiving a licence for use of the GAMBoD tools and
databases by any of its employees worldwide who
are registered as users on the GSA website with
their corporate email address, and subject to the
published terms of use for GAMBoD.
The annual fee for an enterprise to subscribe as
an “Associate of GSA” is GBP 2,500.00.
Benefits commence on receipt of payment.
Regulatory authorities are also encouraged to
subscribe as an Associate of GSA, thereby gaining
access to GAMBoD, to assist policy development,
especially with regards to identifying spectrum for
mobile communications systems and channel
allocations.
More info: www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_368.php
and download the referenced document.
To apply for your company to become an Associate
of GSA, enabling access for all employees to
GAMBoD, contact marketing@gsacom.com
“Associate of GSA” is not a GSA membership
category.
APT700 band plan – global support
Adoption of the APT700 band plan (698-806 MHz)
by a growing number of countries across the APAC
and Latin America regions confirms the strong
momentum and represents a major opportunity for
global spectrum harmonization for LTE systems,
paving the way for ensuring the greatest economies
of scale for devices and capacity for mobile
broadband, and for roaming.
APT700 FDD band plan
2 x 45 MHz plus guard band (3GPP Band 28)
• 703-748 MHz for the uplink
• 10 MHz guard band
• 758-803 MHz for the downlink
APT700 TDD band plan
703-803 MHz (3GPP Band 44)
The FDD plan has attracted the most support
The GSM Association and GSA organized a
roundtable at MWC2013 to discuss the state of the
ecosystem for APT700 band plan chipsets and user
devices, and agree on actions needed to progress
use of this band. Presentations from the roundtable
are available to download from the GSA website
www.gsacom.com - sign in and follow the links.
Registration page for new users
www.gsacom.com/php/register_form.php4
“APT700 band”
Ericsson presentation by Mikael Halén, Director,
Government and Industry Relations
“Overview of devices landscape”
GSA presentation by Alan Hadden, President
Another seminar was held in Shanghai in June
2013. Telstra presentation “Building the Mobile
Broadband Ecosystem for the APT700 MHz
band” is available on www.gsacom.com
A number of white papers about APT700 are in
development. Further details will be included in
updates of this report – also see www.gsacom.com
GSA calls on all semiconductor and device
manufacturers to support the goals of policy
makers and planned investments by LTE
operators globally to ensure availability of the
required devices eco-system for the APT700
band plan.
White papers from the industry supporting the
APT700 band plan are welcomed – please send
drafts to info@gsacom.com
Join the APT700 band LINKEDIN group:
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5. Membership of GSA is open to any supplier of products, systems or services related to the mobile industry
and brings many benefits including access to GAMBoD. The range of benefits also includes enhanced
networking and influencing opportunities, and unique promotional/visibility opportunities for your company
name, capabilities, positioning and messages. A member company can have four papers (e.g. white papers
or joint-branded papers) promoted on the GSA home page each year to GSA’s large, global, targeted user
base. More details can be found at www.gsacom.com/about/join.php4
GSA membership also represents excellent value for money and return on investment for delivery to your
target audiences compared to conference sponsorship, as demonstrated in the chart below.
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Greater and more efficient reach, better RoI with GSA
GSA membership typically delivers
a higher return on investment than
conference sponsorship
A presentation or white paper from a GSA member
company placed on the GSA website typically achieves
700+ downloads, and may be considerably higher
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