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How to join- Fast Facts - Updated October 1, 2012
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- Key facts from the latest GSA surveys and reports:
- 472 HSPA operators commercially launched in 183 countries (GSA survey: July 18, 2012)
- 100% of WCDMA operators worldwide have also deployed HSPA
- 367 commercial HSPA networks (over 77%), support 7.2 Mbps (peak DL) or higher
- 232 HSUPA networks commercially launched in 108 countries, which means 49% of HSPA operators have launched HSUPA
- 167 HSUPA networks support up to 5.8 Mbps peak UL and another 12 networks support 11.5 Mbps peak
- HSPA Evolution (HSPA+) is mainstream. There are 279 HSPA+ network commitments globally
- 234 HSPA+ networks have entered commercial service in 112 countries, which means that almost 50% of HSPA operators have commercially launched HSPA+
- Evolution to DC-HSPA+ technology is a main trend; 90 DC-HSPA+ networks are commercially launched
- Market outlook: GSA forecasts at least 115 DC-HSPA+ networks will be in commercial service by end 2012
- 44 commercial UMTS900 operators are launched i.e. HSPA, HSPA+ or DC-HSPA+ deployed in the 900 MHz band (UMTS Global Status report - August 28, 2012)
- 561 GSM/EDGE network commitments in 198 countries; 545 networks launched in 198 countries (GSA survey: April 8, 2011)
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- Mobile HD Voice (W-AMR): 45 commercial networks launched in 33 countries (GSA report - August 31, 2012)
- More than 80 phone models (including carrier and frequency variants) support HD Voice (W-AMR) (GSA HSPA Devices survey - August 19, 2012)
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- 3,847 HSDPA devices launched by 285 suppliers (GSA HSPA Devices survey - August 19, 2012)
- 620 new products added to GSA's HSPA devices database over the past 12 months
- 3,119 devices support 3.6 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 2,265 devices support 7.2 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,696 HSUPA devices announced(excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 3,011 HSPA devices (92%) operate in the 2100 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,545 HSPA devices operate in 850 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,120 tri-band HSPA devices 850/1900/2100 MHz (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 978 HSPA devices operate in 900 MHz band (UMTS900). Over 29% of HSPA devices operate in the 900 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 442 HSPA+ devices announced (compared to 182 one year previously)
- 172 devices support 42 Mbps DC-HSPA+
- 289 dual-mode LTE-HSPA devices are announced
- 39 phone models (including carrier and frequency variants) support LTE and HSPA+
- 417 LTE user devices have been announced by 67 manufacturers (GSA report: July 3, 2012)
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- LTE NETWORKS (FDD and TDD)
- 299 LTE network commitments in 93 countries (GSA Evolution to LTE report: October 1, 2012)
- Includes 105 commercially launched LTE networks in 48 countries (excluding MVNOs)
- 52 additional pre-commitment operator trials in 11 more countries
- Taken together it means 351 operators are investing in LTE in 104 countries
- 11 commercial LTE TDD (TD-LTE) systems are launched
- 38 commercial LTE1800 systems are launched i.e. LTE networks deployed in 1800 MHz (3GPP Band 3) spectrum - either as single band or as part of multi-band networks. (Included in the above total of 105 commercial LTE networks)
- It means LTE1800 is deployed in more than one third of commercial LTE networks
- GSA forecasts 159 LTE networks in commercial service in 68 countries by end 2012, rising to 195 commercial LTE networks in 72 countries by end 2013
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- Mobile subscriptions - Q2 2012
- (source: Informa Telecoms and Media - provided to GSA on August 21, 2012)
- Mobile subscriptions worldwide - all technologies: 6.28 billion
- 3GPP-family (GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA/HSPA+ and LTE): 5.64 billion subscriptions = 89.9% global market share
- Included in the above 3GPP figure:
- WCDMA: 1.01 billion subscriptions including over 750 million HSPA subscriptions
- LTE: 27.6 million subscriptions
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