4G LTE develop quickly: 26 operators can provide services

Pyramid Research a new report shows that the United States will be a global with four GLTE users most populous country. At present, there are 26 operators provide global 4G LTE service, of which the most users three Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS and AT&T will account for 47% of the market share.

Analysts EmilySmith Pyramid that us service for users of operators LTE 7 million person, and global access to the users of LTE for 14.9 million people. In 2011, the United States users buy the 5.4 million Taiwan LTE equipment, it is occupied 2011 global LTE equipment 71% of shipments.

In the United States and the development of LTE Verizon to promote the inseparable. And the needs of the user growth is also an important factor.

Smith in the report mentioned in the Japanese NTTDocomo, the two companies are in the December 2010 launched LTE service. But in Smith, it seemed, Verizon's 4G network construction efficiency higher: "although Verizon network is expected to end to cover 60% of the population, but its over the past year the infrastructure of the fixed assets investments accounted for only 14.7% of revenues and, until March 2012, NTTDocomo 4G network will cover the whole Japan 20% population, but infrastructure fixed assets investments have accounted for 15.8% of revenues."