LTE in Year-End 2012 - The End Result

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LTE and HSPA+Global Statistics Year-End 2012

•6.4 billion total cellular connections
•5.8 billion 3GPP subscriptions (90 percent market share)  (3GPP includes GSM, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+ plus LTE)
•More than 1.2 billion HSPA-LTE mobile broadband subscriptions
•506 commercial HSPA networks in 188 countries
•291 HSPA+ networks in 123 countries
•68.3 million LTE subscriptions; up from 45.1 million LTE subscriptions at the end of 3Q 2012
•151 commercial LTE networks in 67 countries

So in 2014 there will be LTE-only phones in most of markets and expect device subsidies to decrease in the next few years.