In Japan, South Korea and the U.S., LTE subscribers outnumbered...
In Japan, South Korea and the U.S., LTE subscribers outnumbered WiMAX subscribers in Q4 2011 and through the first two quarters this year, ABI Research reported Wednesday. Those three markets “used to have strong mobile WiMAX proponents, so while the…
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momentum and future of WiMAX and LTE are clear, it is somewhat surprising to see how long the subscriber crossover has actually taken,” it said. By mid-2014, “even subscribers to LTE in TDD mode will have surpassed WiMAX subscribers at which point WiMAX subscribers will begin their permanent, slow decline,” it said. While TD-LTE growth is currently slow, it will accelerate at the end of 2013 into 2014 as larger operators like China Mobile begin adding LTE subscribers, it said (http://xrl.us/bnrh48).