For an Executive Summary of this report please contact ediz.ibrahim@visiongain.com (+44 (0)20 7549 9976) or refer to our website: https://www.visiongain.com/Report/1361/LTE-Advanced-(LTE-A)-Mobile-Technologies-Market-Report-2015-2020

2. www.visiongain.com
Contents
1 Executive Summary
1.1 Market Definition
1.2 Market Segmentation
1.3 LTE-A Drivers & Constraints
1.4 Benefits of This Report
1.5 Methodology
1.6 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1.7 Associated Reports
1.8 About Visiongain
2 The Evolution of Mobile Telecoms Systems
2.1 First Generation (Analog) or 1G
2.2 Second Generation (Digital) or 2G
2.3 Third Generation (WCDMA in UMTS, CDMA2000 & TD-SCDMA) or 3G
2.4 Fourth Generation (All-IP) or 4G
2.4.1LTE Is Not 4G?
2.4.2 LTE-Advanced
2.4.2.1 Carrier Aggregation (CA)
2.4.2.2 Enhanced MIMO
2.4.2.3 Relays
2.4.2.4 Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets)
2.4.2.5 Small Cells
2.4.3 LTE-B The Second Phase of LTE-A
2.4.3.1Expected Improvements
3. Global Trends and Drivers of Next Generation Network
3.1 Increasing Adoption of Mobile Broadband Devices
3.2 M2M Connections Forecast 2015-2020
3.2.1 Growth in Global Connected Cars Sales
3.3 Changing Consumer Habits and Preferences
3.3.1 The Global Shift Towards VoD
3.3.2 OTT Voice/Message Consumption
3.4 Dramatic Increase in Data Consumption
4 Global LTE & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast2015-2019
4.1 Global LTE Subscriptions Forecast

3. www.visiongain.com
Contents
4.2 Global LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2015-2019
5 Regional 4G& LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2014-2019
5.1 Regional 4G Subscriptions Forecast 2014-2019
5.2 LTE-Advanced Subscriber Forecast 2014-2019
5.3 North American 4G & LTE-A Subscription Forecast 2015-2020
5.3.1United States 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2014-2019
5.4 Asia Pacific 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2015-2019
5.4.1Japanese 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2015-2019
5.4.1.1The Japanese Connected Cars Market Driving the Adoption For LTE-A
5.4.2 South Korean 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscription Market Forecast 2015-2019
5.4.3 Chinese LTE & LTE-Advanced Subscription Forecast 2015-2019
5.5 European 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2014-2019
5.5.1 The Need for LTE-A to Unleash the Potential of IoT in Europe
5.6 Rest of the World (ROW) 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2014-2019
5.7 LTE & LTE Advanced Handsets Shipments Forecast 2015-2019
6. Global Mobile Operators Revenues & Subscriptions Forecast 2015-
2020
6.1Global 2G Subscriptions & Revenues Forecast 2015-2019
6.2 Global 3G Revenues and Subscriptions Forecast 2015-2019
6.3 Global 4G Subscriptions and Revenues Forecast 2015-2019
6.4 The Consequences of OTT Media Delivery Services on Global Mobile Revenues
6.4.1 Decreasing Revenues for Voice and SMS
6.4.2 Increasing Revenues from Upgrading Customers
6.4.3 Decreasing Churn Rate
7. An Introduction to 5G
7.1 5G Technology Drivers
7.1.1 Internet of Things
7.1.2 M-Health and Telemedicine
7.1.3 Extreme Video, virtual Reality and Gaming Applications
7.1.4 Public Safety
7.1.5 Education
7.2 5G requirements
7.2.1 User Driven Requirements

4. www.visiongain.com
Contents
7.2.1.1 Improved Battery Life
7.2.1.2 Per-User Data rate and Latency
7.2.1.3 Resilience
7.2.1.4 Mobility
7.2.1.5 Intelligent Networks
7.2.2 Network Driven Requirements
7.2.2.1 Scalability
7.2.2.2 Large Network Capacity and Cost Efficiency
7.2.2.3 Network Flexibility
7.2.2.4 Energy & Coverage Efficiency
7.3 Expected Technological Developments for 5G
7.4 Current Research and Standards Projects on 5G
8. Leading Companies in the Global LTE-A Market
8.1 Ericsson
8.1.1 Ericsson’s RBS 6000 Series eNodeB
8.1.2 Recent LTE-A Trials & Contracts
8.1.3 Ericsson LTE Broadcast Solution Awards
8.2 Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN)
8.2.1 NSN Debuts Smallest 4G Small Cells
8.2.2 NSN LTE Contracts In 2013
8.2.3 NSN LTE-A Contracts & Trials
8.3 Alcatel-Lucent
8.3.4 Recent Alcatel-Lucent LTE Contracts
8.4 Huawei
8.4.1 Huawei Won a Total of 241 LTE contracts by 2013
8.4.2 Huawei LTE-A Contracts & Trials
8.5 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
8.5.1 Samsung 4G Base Stations
8.5.2 Samsung Macro Base Stations
8.5.3 Small Cell Range
8.5.4 Samsung Electronics and KT Join Forces
8.5.5 Samsung Mobile Connected Devices
8.6 SK Telecom
8.7 LG U+
8.8 Royal KPN N.V.
8.9 EE Limited (Formerly Everything Everywhere Limited)

5. www.visiongain.com
Contents
8.10 Other Key Players in the LTE-A Value Chain

6. Page 90www.visiongain.com
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Mobile Technologies Market
2015-2020: The Leading Companies Developing Next
Generation Networks & The 5G Roadmap
Table 5.29: Japanese LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2015-2020 (Millions, AGR
% and CAGR)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Japanese LTE-A
subscriptions 21.8 42.4 75.5 88.4 95.7 100.8
AGR % 94.6% 77.9% 17.1% 8.3% 5.3%
CAGR (%) 2014-
2016 86.0% 2016-2019 10.1%
CAGR (%) 2014-
2019 35.8%
Source: Visiongain 2015
Chart 5.30: Japanese LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast 2015-2020 (Millions,
AGR % and CAGR)
Source: Visiongain 2015
For the Japanese market, Visiongain expects the number of LTE-A subscriptions to represent a
larger share of 4G subscriptions from 2017 onwards (Chart 5.31). However, from 2019 to 2020 the
growth in the overall number of 4G subscriptions will have the slowest pace since 2012; this will be
caused by the saturation levels reached on the number of LTE-A subscriptions.
Between 2015 and 2017 Visiongain expects the number of LTE-A subscriptions to increase
surprisingly fast, as they will increase their share of 4G subscriptions from 22% in 2015 to 59% in
2017. This will be motivated not only by the growth in LTE-A subscriptions and the availability of
more LTE-A handsets, but also by the decreasing number of LTE subscriptions, which will pass
from being 68.5 million in 2015 to be 50.5 million in 2017. For 2020, LTE-A will have 70% of the
total 4G connections in Japan, with a further decrease in the number of LTE subscriptions to 43.2
million (Chart 5.32).
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
AGR%
SubscriptionsinMillions
Japanese LTE-A subscriptions AGR %

7. Page 111www.visiongain.com
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Mobile Technologies Market
2015-2020: The Leading Companies Developing Next
Generation Networks & The 5G Roadmap
Chart 5.57 and Table 5.58 provide a regional break down of Internet of Things revenue forecasts.
They show how the region with the largest chunk of the revenue in 2015 will be Europe at $298.2
billion, growing to 674.6 billion by 2020. The rest of the global regions will not be able to match the
strong market opportunity that Europe represents for IoT.
This will attract operators to increase their deployments of LTE-A to serve these types of devices
and diversify their revenue models away from mobile communication services. However, LTE-A
technology will not provide coverage for all IoT sectors, as in most cases such as wearable
technology and smart grids, these devices will only require a 2G connection to work efficiently.
Table 5.58: Global and Regional IoT Market Forecast 2015-2020 ($ Billion in N.A,
APAC, Europe, MEA and LATAM)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
North America 227.4 271.5 321.8 380.4 450.3 540.8
Asia Pacific 277.5 305.3 343.1 394.3 459 533.8
Europe 298.2 339.5 392.6 467 553.5 674.6
MEA 24.9 28.1 32.4 36.9 40.9 46.1
Latin America 33.3 34.1 35.5 37.8 39.9 43.8
Global 861.3 861.3 978.5 1,125.40 1,316.40 1,543.60
Source: Visiongain 2014
5.6 Rest of the World (ROW) 4G & LTE-Advanced Subscriptions Forecast
2015-2020
The Rest of the World is expected to have the smallest number of 4G connections between 2015
and 2020. Nonetheless, this region will have the fastest growth from 2017 onwards as this is when
4G technology is adopted more strongly in all the other regions in the world.
It is widely known that there are a large number of countries with commercial 4G LTE deployments
already working, but due to the price of LTE handsets and the low purchasing power in most of the
countries in the developing world, the number of 4G connections is only expected to be 21.1 million
in 2015.
Between 2015 and 2017, the number of 4G connections in the RoW regions is expected to grow
with a CAGR of 73.9% as the number of subscriptions will increase from 21.1 million to 63.8
million. Similarly, for the latter period 2017-2020 the number of 4G subscriptions will increase at
dramatic rate from 63.8 million to 372.6 million representing a CAGR of 80.1%.

8. Page 145www.visiongain.com
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Mobile Technologies Market
2015-2020: The Leading Companies Developing Next
Generation Networks & The 5G Roadmap
8. Leading Companies in the Global LTE-A Market
Overall, there exist a large number of submarkets and regional industries behind the development
of LTE-A. Visiongain presents a detailed description of the main companies in terms of LTE-A
infrastructure and those mobile operators investing heavily in LTE-A deployments. Additionally,
this section will present a list of all other infrastructure providers and handset manufacturers which
present the greatest potential to develop the technology even further thanks to their devices.
8.1 Ericsson
Ericsson is a market-leader in LTE and LTE-A infrastructure equipment. Ericsson has supplied the
large majority of the commercial 4G networks already deployed and has signed contracts with the
leading operators. For a brief company overview please see Table 8.1 below.
Table 8.1 Ericsson Company Overview (Revenues, IR Contact, Total Employees,
Employees in R&D, Number of Patents, Headquarter, Ticker and Website)
Total company revenue $bn USD 34.9 billion(FY 2013)
IR Contact investor.relations@ericsson.com
Total Employees 117,655
Employees in R&D 25,300
Number of Patents 35,000
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Ticker ERIC
Website www.ericsson.com
Source: Visiongain 2015, Ericsson 2015
Ericsson is the undisputed leader in development of 4G and offers networks with superior
performance when it comes to stability, throughput, and latency – the most important key factors
for end-users of 4G. Ericsson offers LTE in both technology tracks; LTE FDD and TD-LTE and
collaborates with all leading players in the industry to secure the eco system. The company has
also been present in different tests of LTE-A, and has been the partner of the large majority of
MNOs launching LTE-A.
Today, 50% of the world's 4G smartphone traffic is served by Ericsson networks, which is more
than double the traffic of their closest competitor. Ericsson also powers the two world's first