LTE Early Leader in 4G Wireless Race, But Others Gain, Visant Strategies Report Finds

NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
The early favorite in 4G wireless is the long-term roadmap for
UMTS, LTE, but other technologies are now gaining support, according
to a new study by Visant Strategies.

"We see LTE as the leading OFDM-based platform in 2014, accounting
for 39 million subscribers and $9 billion in equipment revenues, with
the market accelerating the next three years after that as far as
subscribers and infrastructure sales go," said Andy Fuertes of Visant
Strategies. "These next six years will lay the foundation for 4G with
the market really growing in earnest during the years after that."

Three-billion plus GSM and UMTS/HSPA subscribers in 2008 will lead
to LTE being utilized by hundreds of carriers during 2014, according
to "4G Wireless - From 2008 to 2014: LTE, UMB, HSPA+, WiMAX and
802.20."

HSPA+ will also be widely utilized, the study finds, with it being
very competitive with mobile WiMAX as both technologies are rolled out
in 2009. HSPA+ will account for more than twice the subscribers as any
other 4G alternative in 2014, the report finds, as well as for half of
all 4G femtocell subscribers that year. "We see HSPA+ being widely
used during the next years in many instances as a final step before an
OFDM-based solution is deployed," Fuertes said.

WiMAX will continue to be mostly used for fixed applications, the
report finds, seeding the market for the next revision of WiMAX,
802.16m. 802.16m and 802.16e devices are expected to account for over
20 million device shipments in 2014, according to the report.

Other 4G wireless paths will fare well too, the report finds.
"It's too early to rule out a market for UMB beginning in 2009 since
there exists such a strong CDMA2000 and EV-DO subscriber base," said
Larry Swasey of Visant Strategies.

The report includes annual base station shipments and deployments
as well as client, femtocell, device and CPE shipments and revenues
through 2014 for each 4G technology as well as yearly subscribers and
revenues for each.

Visant Strategies
Larry Swasey, 631-893-3028
info@visantstrategies.com
www.visantstrategies.com

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