• In February 2019 Telstra said it was expanding its eMBMS-based sports streaming, and published usage and performance statistics for the service to date
• In May 2019, Samsung announced it would be expanding KT’s public safety LTE network; the deployment will include eMBMS capability
• In June 2019 BT and Expway provided a demonstration of ‘converged, autonomous MOOD in fixed/mobile networks’, for dynamic delivery of content using multicast/broadcast and unicast based on audience size
• Also in June, it was announced that Italian broadcaster RAI had successfully live tested mobile TV broadcast using a prototype version of Rel-14 eMBMS combined with proprietary Bx-WiFi technology from Global Invacom
• Austrian broadcaster ORF plans a trial of 5G broadcast in early 2020
• Notable recent chipset releases include Mediatek’s HelioP35, and various Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile platforms – most recently, its Snapdragon 855+
• The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Note 9 phones support eMBMS.

As of July 2019:

• forty-one operators are known to have been investing in eMBMS (encompassing those considering, testing, trialling, deploying or piloting and those that have deployed or launched eMBMS)
• five operators state they have now deployed eMBMS or launched some sort of commercial service using eMBMS
• GSA has identified 69 chipsets supporting eMBMS, and there are at least 59 devices that support eMBMS (in some instances after operator-specific upgrades).

These slides contain extracts from the GSA report “LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) Market Update”published in July 2019 and available from https://gsacom.com. Data is drawn from the GSA GAMBoD NTS database, accessible to subscribers at  https://gsacom.com/gambod/

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• 41 operators are known to have been investing in eMBMS
• 5 operators have launched some sort of commercial service using eMBMS
• GSA has identified 69 chipsets supporting eMBMS, and 59 devices

Interest in LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) has continued to grow slowly in the six months since the last edition of this report. While no new operators have launched commercial services using eMBMS, some of those that had already done so have been expanding their use of the technology and at the same time, there has been increasing interest and attention paid to use of broadcast technologies in 5G networks

The chipset ecosystem has evolved to the point where device manufacturers have a choice of chipsets offering eMBMS support. There remains a steady number of LTE-Broadcast-capable chipsets and modules being released and slowly, the range of devices is expanding too. Notable chipset releases in recent months have been Mediatek’s Helio P35, and various Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile platforms including most recently, its Snapdragon 855+ Mobile Platform, plus the addition of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Note 9 phones to the list of those devices supporting eMBMS.

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Interest continues in using LTE Broadcast for terrestrial and mobile TV content delivery as demonstrated by Elisa, Yle and MTV in Finland, and German companies IRT and Bayerischer Rundfunk – all recently engaged in trials.

There has been growing interest, in eMBMS for Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) uses. ENENSYS, Expway, Bittium and ETSI were all demonstrating or trialling the technology.

There was also a demonstration of the technology’s applications for connected cars, showing that the potential applications for LTE-B continue to grow with the technology.

The chipset ecosystem has evolved to the point where device manufacturers have a choice of chipsets offering support. There remains a steady number of LTE-Broadcast-capable chipsets and modules being released, and slowly, the device’s ecosystem is expanding too. Notable releases in recent months have been Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850 mobile platform and the JioPhone 2.

As of January 2019:

• forty-one operators have investing,(encompassing those considering/testing/trialling, deploying or piloting and those that have deployed or launched eMBMS)
• five operators state they have now deployed or launched some sort of commercial service using eMBMS.
• In addition various broadcasters have been testing the technology as a means of content distribution.

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Research continues into eMBMS on 5G networks

• 41 operators are investing in eMBMS
• 5 operators have deployed eMBMS or have launched services based on eMBMS

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Another operator showing continued interest is Reliance Jio in India, which appears to be using eMBMS to deliver content to select users through its JioTV and JioBroadcast apps. Its recently announced JioPhone 2 is also advertised as supporting eMBMS.

Interest continues in using LTE-Broadcast  for terrestrial and mobile TV content delivery as demonstrated by Elisa, Yle and MTV in Finland, and German companies IRT and Bayerischer Rundfunk – all recently engaged in trials.

There has been growing interest in eMBMS for Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) uses. ENENSYS,

In the six months since the March 2018 LTE-Broadcast report interest in eMBMS has steadily increased with investment into the technology from two new operators. The period also saw the launch of a nationwide eMBMS service by Telstra in Australia.

Another operator showing continued interest is Reliance Jio in India, which appears to be using eMBMS to deliver content to select users through its JioTV and JioBroadcast apps. Its recently announced JioPhone 2 is also advertised as supporting eMBMS.

Interest continues in using LTE-Broadcast  for terrestrial and mobile TV content delivery as demonstrated by Elisa, Yle and MTV in Finland, and German companies IRT and Bayerischer Rundfunk – all recently engaged in trials.

There has been growing interest in eMBMS for Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) uses. ENENSYS, Expway, Bittium and ETSI are all continuing to demonstrate and trial the technology.

Interestingly, there was also a demonstration of the technology’s applications for connected cars showing that the potential applications for LTE-Broadcast continue to grow with the technology.

The chipset ecosystem has evolved to the point where device manufacturers have a choice of chipsets offering eMBMS support. Several new LTE-Broadcast-capable chipsets and modules are being released, and slowly, the device ecosystem is expanding too. Notable releases since the last report are Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 850 mobile platform and the JioPhone 2.

As of September 2018:

• Forty-one operators have invested in eMBMS (encompassing those considering/testing/trialling, deploying or piloting  and those that have deployed or launched eMBMS)
• Five operators have now deployed eMBMS or launched some sort of commercial service using eMBMS.

In addition various broadcasters have been testing the technology as a means of content distribution.

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There has been continuing interest in eMBMS for Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) uses. ENENSYS, Expway and ETSI are all demonstrating and trialling the technology.

The chipset ecosystem has evolved to the point where device manufacturers have a choice of chipsets offering eMBMS support. There remains a steady amount of LTE-Broadcast-capable chipsets, modules being released, and slowly, the device’s ecosystem is expanding too. Notable releases since the last report are Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 mobile platform and X24 cellular modem and the MediaTek Helios P60 platform.

As of March 2018:

• thirty-nine operators are known to have been investing in eMBMS demonstrations, trials, deployments or launches
• five operators have now deployed eMBMS or launched some sort of commercial service using eMBMS

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See the list of all LTE Broadcast system investments (deployments, launches, trials, studies) by 37 operators and broadcasters in this status report, which is an extract from the Evolution to LTE report published on January 30, 2017 https://gsacom.com/paper/gsa-evolution-lte-report-january-2017/

Complete details per operator are available in the mentioned Evolution to LTE report.

In November 2015 GSA published a major report: “Evaluating the LTE Broadcast Opportunity”. The report was sponsored by EE, PCCW HKT (CSL), Plus (Polkomtel), Smartfren, Telstra with additional key contributions from the BBC, Ericsson, Expway, Huawei, Institut fuer Rundfunktechnik GmbH, Nokia, and Qualcomm Inc. as well as inputs from other key stakeholders. The report is free to download https://gsacom.com/paper/evaluating-the-lte-broadcast-opportunity/

A related paper “LTE Broadcast – Lessons Learned from Trials and Early Deployments” published by the LTE Broadcast Alliance is also available https://gsacom.com/paper/lte-broadcast-white-paper/

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