GSA monitors and researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. This report confirms that 22,875 LTE user devices have been announced — including commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE — from 1,009 manufacturers, and analyses the main developments and trends.

This report covers LTE frequency-division duplex (FDD) and time-division duplex (TDD) models, as well as LTE-related cellular IoT devices standardised by 3GPP as user equipment Cat-M1 and -M2 and Cat-NB1 and -NB2.

Although 5G grabs the headlines, LTE still dominates global mobile telecom services. There are 814 operators with commercially launched public mobile or broadband fixed wireless access networks (see GSA’s report NTS Database Snapshot: LTE and 5G Market Statistics, November 2022). There were 6.2 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of 1Q21, according to July 2021 figures from Omdia. Given this huge market, it is not surprising that there is a vibrant number of technology suppliers supporting operators with LTE networks and within that, a large number of vendors selling a huge array of devices.

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GSA researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. This report, which provides an update to end of April 2022, confirms that 22,125 LTE user devices have been identified as launched — including commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE — from 990 manufacturers, and analyses the main developments. It covers LTE frequency-division duplex (FDD) and time-division duplex (TDD) models, as well as LTE-related cellular IoT devices standardised by 3GPP as user equipment Cat-M1/M2 and Cat-NB1/NB2.

Although 5G grabs the headlines, LTE still dominates global mobile telecom services. There are 809 operators with commercially launched public mobile or broadband fixed wireless access networks. There were 6.2 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of 1Q21, according to July 2021 figures from Omdia. Given this huge market, it is not surprising that there is a vibrant number of technology suppliers supporting operators with LTE networks and within that, a large number of suppliers selling a huge array of devices.

There are 22,125 LTE-capable user devices including frequency and operator variants from 990 suppliers catalogued in GSA’s GAMBoD database, a 14.5% increase since May 2021.

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GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) monitors and researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. This report confirms 18,801 LTE user devices identified as launched (including 300 commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE) from 828 manufacturers and provides an analysis of the main developments and trends. The increase in manufacturers mostly reflects the addition to the database of a number of small specialist vendors for particular form factors including industrial CPE/routers and asset trackers.

This new total is 19.2% higher than the number of devices identified by GSA in December 2019. This report covers LTE FDD and TDD (TD-LTE) models and LTE-related cellular IoT devices standardised by 3GPP as UE Cat-M1/M2 and UE Cat-NB1/NB2.LTE user devices

While 5G grabs the headlines, LTE still dominates global mobile telecoms. There are 806 operators with commercially launched mobile or broadband fixed-wireless access networks (GSA: NTS Database December 2020). There were 5.82 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of Q3 2020 (source: Omdia, December 2020). LTE accounts for 62.1% of mobile subscriptions globally. Given this huge market, it is not surprising that there is a vibrant technology ecosystem supporting operators with LTE networks and within that, a large number of vendors selling a huge array of devices.

There are 18,801 LTE-capable user devices including frequency and operator variants from 828 suppliers verified in GSA’s GAMBoD database, a 19.2% increase since December 2019. The number of devices has continued to grow rapidly, at an average growth rate of more than 3,000 devices per year for the past four years.

Form factor

The phone form factor has the largest ecosystem with 10,966 phones announced, including operator and frequency variants, giving a 58% share of all LTE devices. This month the number of LTE-capable indoor and outdoor FWA CPE has begun to be tracked separately, standing at 625 devices, while the number of other LTE-capable CPE (including industrial/enterprise CPE, mobile hotspots and other router devices) is 3169 devices. The LTE module and LTE-connected tablet PC segments (1,502 and 1,252 devices respectively) are also large. Other categories being tracked include USB modems (356 devices), asset trackers (213), cameras (168), notebooks (123) and smart watches (85), as well as car hotspots, vehicle on-board units (OBUs), femtocells, fixed wireless terminals/phones, data loggers/IoT sensors, drones, kiosk terminals, PC cards, POS machines, projectors, smart-home devices, vehicle accessories, intercoms, encoders and voice translators.

LTE device frequency bands

Most devices operate in the FDD mode (16,837 devices out of 18,801: 89.6%), while the number of terminals that support LTE TDD (TD-LTE) continues to grow: 8,447 (44.9%) LTE devices support the LTE TDD (TD-LTE) mode.

LTE networks are operating commercially in many bands. Table 1 (LTE-FDD) and Table 2 (LTE-TDD) confirm the frequency bands that are most supported by the device ecosystem.

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Introduction

GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) monitors and researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. This report confirms 16,332 LTE user devices identified as launched (including 61 commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE) from 755 manufacturers and provides an analysis of the main developments and trends. This new total is 19% higher than the number of devices identified by GSA in March 2019. This report covers LTE FDD and TDD (TD-LTE) models and LTE-related cellular IoT devices standardised by 3GPP as UE Cat-M1/M2 and UE Cat-NB1/NB2.

While 5G grabs the headlines, LTE still dominates global mobile telecoms. There are 788 operators with commercially launched mobile or broadband fixed wireless access networks (GSA: NTS Database February 2020). There were 4.98 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of Q3 2019 (Ovum WCIS provided to GSA in January 2020). LTE accounts for over 55% of mobile subscriptions globally. Given this huge market, it is not surprising that there is a vibrant technology ecosystem supporting operators with LTE networks and within that, a large number of vendors selling a huge array of devices.

There are 16,332 LTE-capable user devices including frequency and operator variants from 755 suppliers verified in GSA’s GAMBoD database, a 19% increase since March 2019. The number of devices has continued to grow rapidly, at an average growth rate of more than 2,900 devices per year for the past four years.

Form factor

The phone form factor has the largest ecosystem with 10,085 phones announced, including operator and frequency variants, giving a 61.7% share of all LTE devices. The LTE-capable CPE/router, LTE module and LTE-connected tablet PC segments (2,822, 1,164 and 1,159 devices respectively) are also large. Other categories being tracked include USB modems (316 devices), asset trackers (154), notebooks (98), smart watches (62) and cameras (59), as well as femtocells, vehicle on-board units (OBUs), car hotspots, fixed wireless terminals/phones, drones, kiosk terminals, PC cards, POS machines, projectors, smart home devices, vehicle accessories and voice translators.

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15,749 LTE user devices (including 40 commercial 5G devices also supporting LTE) have been identified in the market from 736 manufacturers.

The number of LTE devices has grown 20% since December 2018.

While 5G grabs the headlines, LTE still dominates global mobile telecoms. There are 791 operators with commercially launched mobile or broadband fixed wireless access networks (GSA: NTS Database December 2019). There were 4.7 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of Q2 2019 (Ovum WCIS provided to GSA in September 2019). LTE accounts for just over 53% of mobile subscriptions globally. Given this huge market, it is not surprising that there is a vibrant technology ecosystem supporting operators with LTE networks and within that, a large number of vendors selling a huge array of devices.

There are 15,749 LTE user devices including frequency and operator variants from 736 suppliers verified in GSA’s GAMBoD database – a 20% increase since December 2018. The number of devices has continued to grow rapidly – at an average growth rate of more than 3000 devices per year for the past three years.

9,846 LTE capable phones, 2,738 LTE routers, 1118 LTE modules, and 1088 LTE tablets have been launched

The phone form factor has the largest ecosystem with 9846 phones announced, including operator and frequency variants, giving a 62.5% share of all LTE devices. The LTE router, LTE module and LTE-connected tablet PC segments (2738, 1118 and 1088 devices respectively) are also large. USB modems are the next largest group at 316 devices identifi ed. Other categories being tracked include asset trackers (147), notebooks (98), cameras (59), smart watches (54), femtocells (45), vehicle on-board units (OBUs) (40), car hotspots (33), fixed wireless terminals/phones (26), as well as 5G CPE, drones, kiosk terminals, PC cards, POS machines, projectors, smart home devices, vehicle accessories, and voice translators.

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• 4 commercial 5G modem chipsets and 1 commercial processor/platform; more to follow soon
• 26 discrete cellular modem chipsets supporting LTE (three also supporting 5G)
• 139 mobile platforms or processors supporting LTE (including 1 that also supports 5G)
• 32 modem or platform chipsets supporting 3GPP IoT technologies

Since the last GSA Chipset report there has been further activity in the 5G chipset arena.

Hi-Silicon (Huawei) announced its first generation 5G-only Balong 5G01 cellular modem and, more recently, its second generation LTE/5G Balong 5000 cellular modem. A 5G version of its Kirin processor, the Kirin 990, has also been expected by industry commentators, though no official announcement has been made as far as GSA is aware.

Mediatek has announced the Helio M70 modem and more recently in May 2019 a multi-mode 5G system-on-chip (incorporating the M70 modem).

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform and the Snapdragon X50 and X55 modems. It also recently announced its 8cx 5G platform for laptops.

Samsung has announced its Exynos 5100 (S5T5100) modem

UNISOC (formerly Spreadtrum) has been widely reported for launching its IVY510 5G mobile chipset (also called IVYO510 in some literature). Analysis of company documents suggests this is a baseband chipset only, and so not covered by the analysis in this report.

U-Blox has announced a 5G-upgradeable chipset. Its UBX-R5 IoT chipset will in the future be (but is not currently) capable of supporting 5G with an OTA software upgrade.

Of these, we consider Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 platform and its X50 modem, the Samsung Exynos 5100 and Hi-Silicon Balong 5G01 and 5000 modems to be commercially available; all other 5G silicon listed we consider to be at a pre-commercial stage, though some samples may be shipping. The precise commercial status of these chipsets, and of mobile platforms that contain these modems, is difficult to confirm. MediaTek says that devices using its Helio M70 modem will be commercially available in 2019; samples of its SoC are due in Q3 2019 and the SoC is expected to appear in devices in Q1 2020. The Qualcomm X55 modem is expected to ship in 2H 2019.

Intel meanwhile has confirmed its withdrawal from the 5G mobile modem market. Its previously announced XMM8060 and XMM8160 cellular modems will not now be produced.

Information on performance of pre-commercial 5G chipsets is partial, but the peak downlink speeds for the commercial modems range from 4700 Mbps (for Mediatek’s Helio M70) to 6.5 Gbps (for Hi-Silicon’s Balong 5000). Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 is expected to have a peak theoretical throughput of 7 Gbps; Intel says its XMM 8160 will have a downlink speed of 6 Gbps, likewise the Samsung Exynos 5100. Maximum peak theoretical uplink speeds (where we have data) range from 1.5 Gbps to 3.5 Gbps. At least half the commercially available 5G-capable chipsets can support LTE as well as 5G services.

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There are 752 operators with commercially launched mobile or broadband fixed wireless access networks (GSA: NTS Database June 2019). There were 4.4 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of Q1 2019 (Ovum WCIS provided to GSA in June 2019). LTE accounts for just over 50% of mobile subscriptions globally.

There are 14,520 LTE user devices including frequency and operator variants from 710 suppliers verified in GSA’s GAMBoD database – a 25% increase since June 2018. The number of devices has continued to grow rapidly – at an average growth rate of 2,975 devices per year for the past three years.

The phone form factor has the largest ecosystem with 9,230 phones announced, including operator and frequency variants, giving a 63.6% share of all LTE devices. The LTE router, LTE-connected tablet PC and LTE module segments (2,570; 1,016 and 959 devices respectively) are also large. USB modems are the next largest group at 307 devices identified. Other categories being tracked include asset trackers (98), notebooks (94), cameras (49), smart watches (48), femtocells (41), fixed wireless terminals/phones (25), as well as car hotspots, drones, indoor and outdoor CPE, kiosk terminals, PC cards, POS machines, projectors, smart home devices, vehicle accessories, vehicle on-board units and voice translators.

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GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) monitors and researches worldwide mobile broadband developments and publishes facts, statistics and trends. This report confirms 13,700 LTE user devices identified as launched, from 705 manufacturers, and provides an analysis of the main developments and trends. This new total is 26% higher than the number of devices reported by GSA in March 2018. This report covers LTE FDD and TDD (TD-LTE) models and LTE-related cellular IoT devices standardised by 3GPP as UE Cat-M1/M2 and UE Cat-NB1/NB2.

The LTE Ecosystem report references 13,700 LTE user devices have been identified in the market from 705 manufacturers

The number of LTE devices has grown 26% year-on-year

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5G devices

Also in the LTE Ecosystem Report we note that while 5G trials have used prototype user equipment (UE), commercial services need commercial devices. Consequently, the 5G device ecosystem rapidly started to emerge as the first (limited) commercial 5G services were announced. As more services go live during 2019, so we can expect the device ecosystem to grow quickly. GSA will be tracking and reporting regularly on 5G device launch announcements. Its GAMBoD database will contain key details about device form factors, features and support for spectrum bands. Summary statistics will be released in this report and a new monthly publication 5G Device Ecosystem which will be available on the GSA website starting in March 2019. As of mid-March GSA had identified:

• seven announced form factors (phones, hotspots, indoor CPE, outdoor CPE, modules, snap-on dongles/adapters and USB terminals)
• nineteen vendors that have announced available or forthcoming 5G devices
• thirty-four devices (counting regional variants separately):
• eleven phones
• six hotspots
• nine CPE devices (indoor and outdoor)
• five modules
• two snap-on dongles / adapters
• one USB terminal.

Not all these devices are available immediately and specification details remain limited for some devices.

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5G devices

The 5G device ecosystem is starting to build as the first commercial 5G services (for FWA applications) are switched on. While 5G trials have used prototype user equipment (UE), commercial services need commercial devices. As these are not being produced in large volumes, details are limited, but GSA has identified the following 5G devices:

Huawei 5G CPE mmWave (router)

Huawei 5G CPE sub-6 GHz (router)

Samsung SFG-D0100 (router)

Motorola 5G Mod (smartphone clip-on 5G module/adapter)

Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot (router).

Other vendors are signposting devices to be available in 2019, including HTC (with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X50-based ‘smart hub’ router for US operator Sprint). Verizon is expected to launch a  5G NR hotspot in 2019; we understand its 4G hotspot devices are manufactured by Inseego (formerly Novatel Wireless). We expect that as the industry gears up for major trade shows in early 2019, many more 5G devices will be announced.

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There are 681 LTE commercial networks (GSA: NTS Database August 2018). There were 3.2 billion LTE subscriptions globally by the end of Q1 2018 (Ovum WCIS provided to GSA on 20 July 2018). LTE accounts for 38.5% of mobile subscriptions globally.

There are 12,235 LTE user devices including frequency and operator variants from 670 suppliers verified in GSA’s GAMBoD database – a 6% increase since the last report in May 2018. The number of devices continues to grow steadily.

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