LTE Operating Frequencies LTE Ecosystem: 948 user devices announced

Most devices operate in the FDD mode. LTE is becoming more common in mid-tier devices. LTE devices address all segments see chart below.

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.

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LTE networks are deployed globally in many ban The table confirms which www.gsacom.com LTE bands are m supported by the devices ecosystem: LTE FDD 2600 MHz band 7 1800 MHz band 3 800 MHz band 20 700 MHz bands 12, 17 2100 MHz band 1 700 MHz band 13 800/1800/2600 tri-band AWS band 4 900 MHz band 8 850 MHz band 5 LTE TDD 2600 MHz band 38 2300 MHz band 40 1900 MHz band 39 2600 MHz band 41 324 devices 284 devices 243 devices 224 devices 215 devices 211 devices 209 devices 203 devices 105 devices 80 devices 153 devices 137 devices 45 devices 37 devices

Includes FDD and TDD

948 LTE User Devices www.gsacom.com

948 LTE user devices - form factors

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July 2013

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 fastgrowing device segment as is the personal hotspot. 200 devices can operate in TDD mode. Detailed analysis of all 948 LTE devices is available 100 manufacturers 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 Analysis using GSAs GAMBoD-LTE tool * registered users from network operators * registered users from Associate of GSA enterprises

Note 1: Manufacturers have not declared operating frequen LTE newproducts devices in past year or fallback 531 modes for some Note 2: Several devices are multi-band

ofbands manufacturers Note 3: 3GPP definesNumber a number of 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 MH Band 14: (Upper D 700 MHz) 316 788 MHz-798 MHz /758 MHz-768 MH LTE smartphones Band 17: (Lower B, C 700 MHz) 704 MHz-716 MHz /734 MHz-746 including and APAC Digital Dividend operator (APAC700): 698 frequency - 806 MHz variants

expanded by 50% in same period

Note 4: Certain products are carrier or country specific and not available in all markets

Almost 4x growth YoY

3G interworking/fallback

200 LTE TDD user devices

658 LTE devices also operate on either Source : Status of the LTE Ecosystem report HSPA, HSPA+ DC-HSPA+ GSAor July 5, 2013 networks 302 LTE devices support DC-HSPA+ www.gsacom.com 243 LTE devices support EV-DO network