2G, 3G & 4G Subscriptions, Deployments and Infrastructure Contracts Database Q4'2013

With over 250 commercial network launches and over a thousand LTE-enabled devices available in the market as of December 2013, LTE adoption has considerably gained momentum throughout the globe. Unique market and operator requirements have driven several early LTE launches. Driven by these early launches global LTE subscriptions reached nearly 130 Million in Q4'2013. From an operator viewpoint U.S. operators dominate the market with a 37% market share thanks to the tremendous coverage footprint of tier 1 operators Verizon Wireless & AT&T. The market share of U.S. operators is followed by Japanese and Korean operators NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank, LG Uplus, SK Telecom and KT which represent 38% of all LTE subscriptions worldwide. Going forward, the LTE market is set to grow at a CAGR of 56% over the next 7 years and will eventually represent more than 20% of all mobile connections by 2020. From an infrastructure manufacturer perspective Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent are leading the market and account for a combined market share of 85% of all LTE contracts. Ericsson is also leading the market from a technology neutral perspective with a 24% stake in all global 2G/3G/4G contracts.
Covering over 810 operators, 53 infrastructure vendors and 222 countries worldwide the "2G/3G/4G Subscriptions, Deployments and Infrastructure Contracts Database Q4'2013" tracks global cellular network deployments, infrastructure vendor contracts, and subscriptions by technology, data protocol, category (pre-paid, post paid), region, country, and operator.
The report includes: • Infrastructure contracts by technology, data protocol, region, country, vendor and operator • Infrastructure market share by equipment type, region, country and vendor • Network deployments by technology, data protocol, region, country and operator. • Number of cellular network subscriptions (as of Q4'2013) by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator • Five-year subscriptions forecasts by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator • Subscriptions market share data by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator. • Penetration data by region and country • Population data by region and country
Companies Mentioned AirNet Alcatel Alcatel Shanghai Bell Alcatel-Lucent Alvarion Andrew Corporation Apertio Argent Networks USA BSNL COMSAT RSI Plexsys Systems Datacraft DMC Stratex Networks Ericsson Ericsson Nikola Tesla Fujitsu Harris Hitachi Huawei Huawei; Huawei Hyundai Syscomm interWAVE ip.access Kyocera LG LogicStar Lucent Motorola NEC Nera Nokia Nokia Siemens Nortel Panasonic Plexsys Samsung Siemens Siemens/NEC SK Teletech Starent Networks Stratex Networks Tecnomen Tecore Tellus Radio Timor Telecom UTStarcom WiderThan.com ZTE "3 Australia 3 Indonesia 3G Telecommunications Access Communications limited Aero 2 Afghan Wireless Africell Burundi Africell Gambia Africell Sierra Leone Aircel AIS AkTel Albanian Mobile Communications Alfa Telecom Algérie Télécom Almadar Aljadeed Altel AM Wireless Uruguay Ambitel America Movil Costa Rica America Movil Dominican Republic America Movil Jamaica America Movil Peru America Movil Puerto Rico A-Mobile AMX Argentina AMX Paraguay ANCEL Applifone APUA Aquafon Armentel Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications Asiacell ASTCA Astelit AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico AT&T Mobility US Virgin Islands AT&T Mobility USA Atlantic Wireless Liberia Atlantique Cellulaire RCA Atlantique Telecom Cote d'Ivoire AVEA Azercell Azerfon Babilon Mobile Bakcell BakrieTel Batelco Bahamas Batelco Bahrain BayanTel Belau Cellular Belcel Belgacom Mobile Bell Benin Communications Bell Wireless Affiliates BellTell Benin Telecom Benson Informatics Bermuda Digital Communications BeST Bharti Bharti Airtel Burkina Faso B.V. Bharti Airtel Chad Bharti Airtel Congo B.V. Bharti Airtel Gabon B.V. Bharti Airtel Ghana Bharti Airtel Kenya B.V. Bharti Airtel Madagascar B.V Bharti Airtel Malawi Bharti Airtel Niger Bharti Airtel Nigeria Bharti Airtel RDC Bharti Airtel Sri Lanka Bharti Airtel Tanzania B.V Bharti Airtel Uganda B.V. Bharti Airtel Zambia Bhutan Telecom Bité Latvia Bité Lithuania Blue Sky Communications Samoa (American) B-Mobile Brunei B-Mobile Papua New Guinea Botswana Telecom Bouygues Telecom BSNL BTL Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless (St Lucia) Cable & Wireless Anguilla Cable & Wireless Antigua & Barbuda Cable & Wireless British Virgin Islands Cable & Wireless Cayman Islands Cable & Wireless Dominica Cable & Wireless Grenada Cable & Wireless Guernsey Cable & Wireless Isle of Man Cable & Wireless Jamaica Cable & Wireless Jersey Cable & Wireless Montserrat Cable & Wireless Panama Cable & Wireless Seychelles Cable & Wireless St Kitts & Nevis Cable & Wireless St Vincent & The Grenadines Cable & Wireless Turks & Caicos Islands Cabo Verde Telecom Cadcomms CamGSM CAMTEL Canartel Caribbean Cellular Telephone CariGlobe CAT Catel CCT CDMA Ukraine Celcom Côte d'Ivoire Celcom Malaysia Cell C Cell One Cellcom Guinée Cellcom Israel Cellcom Liberia Celtel Centernet CHEO China Mobile China Mobile Pakistan China Telecom China Telecom (Macau) China Unicom Chinguitel Chunghwa Telecom CI Telecom Claro Brazil Claro Chile Claro Panama CMHK Coastal Communications Colombia Movil Comcel Haiti Comium Côte d'Ivoire Comium Gambia Comium Liberia Comium Sierra Leone Comores Telecom Comunicaciones Celulares Colombia Comunicaciones Celulares Guatemala Conecel Corporacion Digitel Venezuela Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile Cosmofon Cosmote Cosmote Romania CSL New World CST Mobicel CTBC Telecom CTE Telecom Personal CTM CYTA Dauphin Telecom Dawamiba Dhiraagu Dialog Axiata DiGi Digicel (Bonaire) Digicel (Curaçao) Digicel Anguilla Digicel Antigua Digicel Aruba Digicel Barbados Digicel Bermuda Digicel British Virgin Islands Digicel Cayman Islands Digicel Dominica Digicel El Salvador Digicel Fiji Digicel French Guiana Digicel French West Indies Digicel Guatemala Digicel Haiti Digicel Honduras Digicel Pacific Vanuatu Digicel Panama Digicel Papua New Guinea Digicel Samoa Digicel St Kitts & Nevis Digicel St Vincent & The Grenadines Digicel St. Lucia Digicel Suriname Digicel Tonga Digicel Trinidad & Tobago Digicel Turks & Caicos Islands Digitel Mobile Digitel Philippines Djibouti Telecom DNA Comms DNA Finland DoCoMo Pacific Guam DoCoMo Pacific Northern Marianas Dovetel DSTCom DTAC eAccess Eagle Mobile East Caribbean Cellular ECMS Econet Burundi Econet Telecom Lesotho Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Elisa Estonia Elisa Finland Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company EMT Estonia Emtel Mauritius EMTS eNIC enitel movil Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones E-Plus Equateur Telecom Congo Eritrea Telecom Essar Telecom Kenya Ethiopian Telecom Etihad Etisalat Etisalat Afghanistan Etisalat DB Telecom Etisalat Misr Etisalat Sri Lanka Etisalat UAE ETL Everything Everywhere EVN Telecom ExcellentCom Extelcom AirNet Alcatel Alcatel Shanghai Bell Alcatel-Lucent Alvarion Andrew Corporation Apertio Argent Networks USA BSNL COMSAT RSI Plexsys Systems Datacraft DMC Stratex Networks Ericsson Ericsson Nikola Tesla Fujitsu Harris Hitachi Huawei Huawei; Huawei Hyundai Syscomm interWAVE ip.access Kyocera LG LogicStar Lucent Motorola NEC Nera Nokia Nokia Siemens Nortel Panasonic Plexsys Samsung Siemens Siemens/NEC SK Teletech Starent Networks Stratex Networks Tecnomen Tecore Tellus Radio Timor Telecom UTStarcom WiderThan.com ZTE FarEasTone Faroese Telecom FITEL Free Mobile FSM Telecommunications Corporation Gabon Telecom GAIN Gamcel Gamtel Gemtel Geocell GETESA Gibraltar Telecom Globacom Benin Globacom Nigeria Globe Telecom G-Mobile Golis GrameenPhone GSM BiH GSM Kazakhstan GTA GTEL Mobile GT-TELL Guernsey Airtel Guinetel Guyana Telephone & Telegraph H3G Haitel Hello Axiata Cambodia HFCL Infotel HI3G Hi3G Access Norway HI3G Denmark HiTs Telecom Burundi HiTs Telecom Equatorial Guinea Hola Paraguay Hondutel Hormuud Telecom HPT Mostar Hutchison 3G Austria Hutchison 3G Ireland Hutchison 3G UK Hutchison Hong Kong Hutchison Sri Lanka Hutchison Telecom Hutchison Vietnam Hutchison-CAT ICE Ice.Net Denmark Ice.net Norway Ice.net Sweden IceCell Iceland Telecom iConnect Guam iConnect Northern Marianas Idea Cellular IMC Indigo-Somoncom Indosat Infotel Broadband Innovative Wireless Intelfon El Salvador Intelfon Guatemala Intelsur Intercel Holdings Guinea Republic InterDnestrCom Intergroup Telecom Investcom Guinée Ipko Net Islandcom Wireless ITE Guam i-Tel Itisaluna Ittissalat Al-Maghrib Iusacell Celular Jersey Telecoms Jersey Telenet Kalimat Kar-Tel Kasapa Katel KDDI Kibris Telsim KKTCell Korek Telecom KPN Group Belgium KPN Mobile KT Corp KT Powertel K-Telecom Kuwait Telecom Company Kyivstar Lacell Lao Telecom Latelz LG U+ Libyana LMT Lonestar Communications Corporation Loop Mobile M.Teko Magticom Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Manx Telecom Mara Telecom Mascom Wireless Mattel Mauritel Maxis Communications Médi Télécom Megacom MegaFon Meteor Communications Metro PCS Mfone Millicom Millicom Ghana Milmex MIRS Communications Israel Mobicom Mobiel 4 MobiFone Mobile Norway Mobile Telecom Service Mobile TeleSystems Mobile TeleSystems Belarus Mobile-8 MobileOne Mobilicity mobilkom Austria Mobilkom Czech Republic mobilkom Liechtenstein Mobilna Srpska MobilTel MobIsle Communications Mobistar Mobitel Georgia Mobitel Slovenia Mobitel Sri Lanka Mobyland Mocambique Celular Moldcell MoldTelecom Monaco Telecom Moov Gabon Mossel Grenada Mossel Jamaica Movicel Movil de Entel Movilnet Movistar (Venezuela) MTC Namibia MTC Touch MTCE MTEL MTL MTN MTN Afghanistan MTN Cameroon MTN Congo MTN Cote d'Ivoire MTN Cyprus MTN Ghana MTN Irancell MTN Nigeria MTN Rwanda MTN Sudan MTN Swaziland MTN Syria MTN Uganda MTN Yemen MTN Zambia MTNL MTS Mobility MTS-Turkmenistan MTS-Ukraine MTS-Uzbekistan Multi-Links MundoStartel Myanmar P&T Natcom National Telecommunications Authority Nationlink Nationlink Somalia Natrindo Telepon Seluler Nawras Ncell NEAT&T Neotel South Africa Nepal Telecom Net* One Netcom Network Norway Nexi Next Mobile Nextel Argentina Nextel Chile Nextel Mexico Nextel Peru Nextel Telecomunicacoes Nizhegorodskaya Cellular Communications Nova NTT DoCoMo Núcleo NuevaTel Nur Telecom O2 (UK) O2 Germany O2 Ireland Oasis Telecom Omantel Omnitel Onatel Burkina Faso Onatel Burundi Open Mobile OPT New Caledonia Optus Orange (Poland) Orange Armenia Orange Austria Orange Bissau Orange Botswana Orange Cameroon Orange Caraibe French Guiana Orange Caraibe French West Indies Orange Central African Republic Orange Côte d'Ivoire Orange Dominicana Orange France Orange Guinee Orange Jordan Orange Kenya Orange Liechtenstein Orange Luxembourg Orange Madagascar Orange Mali Orange Mauritius Orange Mayotte Orange Moldova Orange Niger Orange Réunion Orange Romania Orange Senegal Orange Slovak Republic Orange Spain Orange Switzerland Orange Tunisie Orange Uganda Orascom Bangladesh Orascom Telecom Algeria Orascom Telecom Tunisia Oricel Otecel Other Others Outremer Telecom French Guiana Outremer Telecom French West Indies Outremer Telecom Mauritius Outremer Telecom Mayotte Outremer Telecom Reunion P&T Luxembourg P4 Pacific Telecom Northern Marianas Palestine Cellular Communications Partner Communications PBTL PCCW Mobile Pelephone PMCL PNCC Polkomtel Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa ProGroup Holding Estonia Proxtel Wireless PTC Saudi Arabia PTML Public Mobile Q-TEL QuantumNet Radiomóvil Dipsa RCS&RDS Reliance Communications Reliance Communications Uganda Reliance Telecom Nigeria Robi Axiata Rogers Wireless Communications Romtelecom Roshan Rubicon Wireless Communications RwandaTel S Tel Safaricom Sahelcom SamoaTel Sampoerna (STI) Sanatel SaskTel Mobility Saudi Telecom Company SCO Sentel Sercom de Honduras Sercom Guatemala Sercomtel Celular SETAR Setel Netherlands Antilles Sferia S-Fone SFR SFR Mayotte SFR Reunion Shaw Inc Shyam Si.mobil Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company SingTel Mobile SK Telecom Sky Mobile Skytel Smart Communications Smart Telecom Indonesia Smart Telecom Nepal SmarTone SmarTone-Vodafone SMARTS Smile Telecom SMTC Saudi Arabia Softbank Mobile Solomon Telekom Somafone Sonaecom Servicos Comunicacoes Sonatel SONITEL Sotel Sotelco Sotelgui SOTELMA Spacetel Spacetel Benin Speednet Sprint Nextel Puerto Rico Sprint Nextel US Virgin Islands Sprint Nextel USA SPTC STA Standard Telecom Democratic Rep of Congo Star Telecom Starcomms StarHub Sudatel Senegal Sudatel Sudan Sunbeach Communications Sunrise Supercell Swisscom Mobile Swisscom Mobile Liechtenstein Syriatel T-2 Tacom Taiwan Mobile Company Taliya Tamin Telecom Tango Liechtenstein Tango Luxembourg Tashi Infocomm Tata Teleservices TCI TDC Mobil TelCell Telcom Tele2 Tele2 Croatia Tele2 Estonia Tele2 Latvia Tele2 Lithuania Tele2 Sweden Telecel Benin Telecel Bolivia Telecel Burkina Faso Telecel Burundi Telecel CAR Telecel Niger Telecel Paraguay Telecel Togo Telecel Zimbabwe Telecom Cook Islands Telecom Italia Telecom Malagasy Telecom Namibia Telecom New Zealand Telecom Niue Telecom Personal Telecom Seychelles Telecom Vanuatu Telecommunicacoes de Mocambique Telecomunicaciones Celulares del Caribe Telecsa Telefonía Celular de Nicaragua Telefonica Móviles Telefónica Móviles Telefónica Móviles Argentina Telefónica Móviles Chile Telefonica Moviles Colombia Telefónica Móviles Costa Rica Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay Telefonica Moviles El Salvador Telefónica Móviles Guatemala Telefónica Móviles Mexico Telefónica Móviles Panamá Telefonica O2 Czech Republic Telefonica O2 Slovak Republic Teléfonos Celulares de Cuba TeleGreenland Telekom Baltija Telekom Networks Malawi Telekom Srbija Telemar PCS (Oi) Telemobil Telemóvil Telenet NV Telenor Denmark Telenor Hungary Telenor Mobil Telenor Montenegro Telenor Pakistan Telenor Serbia Telenor Sweden Telesur Telesystems Ukraine Teletalk Televorgu TeleYemen Telia Denmark TeliaSonera Finland TeliaSonera Sweden Telkom Indonesia Telkom South Africa Telkomsel TelOne Telsom Mobile Telstra Telus Mobility The Bermuda Telephone Company Tibet Telecom Tigo Laos Tigo Rwanda Tigo Tanzania Tikiphone TIM Brasil Timor Telecom TK Mobile TM Cell T-Mais TMN T-Mobile Austria T-Mobile Croatia T-Mobile Czech Republic T-Mobile Germany T-Mobile Hungary T-Mobile Macedonia T-Mobile Montenegro T-Mobile Netherlands T-Mobile Puerto Rico T-Mobile Slovak Republic T-Mobile USA TMP Uganda TogoCel Tonga Communications TOT TRICOM Dominican Republic Trilogy Dominicana True Corp True Move TSKL TSTT Trinidad & Tobago TT Mobile TTCL Tunisie Télécom Turkcell Tus Mobil Two Degrees Mobile TWT Guyana U Mobile Malaysia UCell Uganda Telecom Ukrtelecom Umniah UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones Unicel Unitech Wireless Unitel Angola Unitel Mongolia Unitel Uzbekistan Unitel Yemen Uralsvyazinform USAN-Gabon UTL Nepal UzMobile Vala Velcom Verizon Wireless VIBO Videocon Videotron Viettel Cambodia Viettel Vietnam VimpelCom VinaPhone VIP Vip Mobile VIPnet Visafone Communications Viva Bahrain Vivacell Sudan Vivacom Vivo Vodacom Congo Vodacom Lesotho Vodacom Mozambique Vodacom South Africa Vodacom Tanzania Vodafone Albania Vodafone Australia Vodafone Czech Republic Vodafone D2 Vodafone Egypt Vodafone Espana Vodafone Essar Vodafone Faroe Islands Vodafone Fiji Vodafone Ghana Vodafone Greece Vodafone Hungary Vodafone Iceland Vodafone Ireland Vodafone Italia Vodafone Libertel Vodafone Malta Vodafone New Zealand Vodafone Portugal Vodafone Qatar Vodafone Romania Vodafone Turkey Vodafone UK VTR Cellular Wana Warid Bangladesh Warid Congo Warid Pakistan Warid Telecom Uganda Wasel Telecom Wataniya Maldives Wataniya Palestine Mobile Telecommunications Company Wataniya Telecom Wataniya Telecom Algerie Wave Telecom Willcom Wind WIND Hellas Wind Mobile XL Axiata XPress XPress Palestine Yemen Mobile Phone Company Yoigo Zain Bahrain Zain Iraq Zain Jordan Zain Kuwait Zain Sierra Leone Zain Sudan Zamtel Zanzibar Telecom Source: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/19/6014379/2g-3g-4g-subscriptions-deployments.html  

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CTU awards 4G spectrum to Czech incumbents, but newcomers miss out

National regulator the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU) yesterday issued a press release confirming that the country’s three incumbent mobile network operators – Telefonica O2 CR, T-Mobile Czech Republic and Vodafone Czech Republic – each secured frequencies allowing them to offer fourth-generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) services in the country. However, the tender failed in its primary task of bringing new competition to the market as two would-be newcomers – Revolution Mobile, previously a subsidiary of the financial groupPPF, and Sazka Communications (formerly known as Tasciane), which is understood to be controlled by local entrepreneur Karel Komarek’s KKCG Group – failed to take frequencies, despite taking part.

The industry watchdog had seen the auction as the ideal vehicle to bring in much needed competition to a sector long dominated by the three big hitters. In its statement yesterday though, it noted that: ‘Despite the fact the fact that CTU created ideal conditions for a third operator to enter the market, both new interested parties, in the end, decided not to join the Czech mobile market’. TeleGeography notes that in the run-up to the auction,PPF agreed a deal to acquire control of one of the mobile incumbents, Telefonica O2 CR, subject to European Commission (EC) approval.

The CTU confirmed that Telefonica O2 CR and T-Mobile CR each purchased two 800MHz blocks of spectrum, with the former paying CZK2.386 billion (USD119.2 million) for two ‘A2’ blocks, and T-Mobile paying CZK2.231 billion for blocks in ‘A1’ and ‘A2’. Meanwhile, Vodafone CR bought one 800MHz block of ‘A3’ spectrum forCZK2.664 billion, in a tender that yielded a total of CZK8.529 billion for state coffers to support the 2014 budget. Each of the three companies also acquired part of the so-called ‘B2’ block of spectrum in the 1,800MHz band, and four blocks in the 2,600MHz FDD band, the watchdog added.

source: http://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2013/11/20/ctu-awards-4g-spectrum-to-czech-incumbents-but-newcomers-miss-out/

The best public broadband network: BT, O2 or The Cloud

We took to the streets to find out just how useful is public Wi-Fi. We paired up with our friends at Broadband Genie and signed up to the three major public Wi-Fi networks: BT Wi-fi, O2 and The Cloud. Armed only with a laptop, we sent five testers on to the streets of London, setting them a series of timed web-based challenges, each to be completed at the same time in the same place. For the full story read: How good is public Wi-Fi? We test The Cloud, BT and O2 to find out if you really need 3G or 4G connectivity.

The five contenders included three testers who were allowed only to use their chosen public Wi-Fi network, BT Wi-fi, O2 or The Cloud. We also had a wildcard tester who was signed up to no accounts, but able to use any public Wi-Fi network that didn’t require direct payment. As a control we had one tester using 3G, with a dongle from Three.

This was not a scientific test. To an extent it required ingenuity and flexibility on the part of the individual tester. Consider this more of an anecdotal piece: in part we wanted to test just how much thought was required to find a usable connection. The user experience is an important part of all consumer tech, after all.

Our nine tests took us all over London, and involved tasks as varied as streaming video, finding turn-by-turn navigation and download image files. So how did we get on?

How good is BT public Wi-Fi

In general our BT tester thought connectivity was okay, but the user experience wasn't great.

We weren’t impressed with the apps – the hotspot map wasn’t very good, for instance. And, on a laptop, it seemed as though you couldn’t go back to BT page if you’d already been there but failed to login. It would open the first time you opened the browser, but if you didn’t sign in and restarted the browser it disappeared.

Our BT tester found he had to log in too many times, and there were too many different networks to choose from. He thought it should be much simpler. But crucially he could get online almost every time.

How good it O2 public Wi-Fi

O2 Wi-Fi was generally good. Setup online was easy, but adding a laptop as a second device proved a pain. From then on, when in range both our tester's smartphone and laptop connected to networks and the performance was great, just like being at home.

Coverage was consistently good in London, although when you’re not near a hotspot the smartphone app and mobile data is required to find one.

How good  is The Cloud public Wi-Fi

Since The Cloud boasts of thousands of hotspots around the country. Frequently, though, it seemed that major areas were bereft of connectivity, even when other networks were available.

The Cloud generally was nearby, but this almost always involved walking to a café or restaurant. That’s fine if it’s not raining and you can stand outside, or get away with sitting in there while checking your email, but not many restaurants will let you take up a seat without paying for something.

The Cloud smartphone app proved useful for quickly locating hotspots and seemed generally accurate. One oddity of The Cloud network highlighted by the app is the clustering of the connections – you can walk for ages and not find anything, then there will be three or four in a very small area, often in adjoining coffee shops. It would be more useful if they were spread out, although it does mean that if the place you’re in is very busy you can try next door’s connection.

All devices should be registered with The Cloud ahead of time as this part of the process can be painful on a busy connection. The device-management screen can take a little while to load up and behaved strangely when the link was slow. Once that was done, though, both smartphone and laptop instantly latched on to the hotspots instantly without any further fuss. See also: The UK's best mobile networks revealed: mobile broadband group test.

source: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/videos/3490222/whats-the-best-public-broadband-network-bt-o2-or-the-cloud/