LTE the Only Road to Wireless 4G in China

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 28, 2009 - Although competing 4G technologies will come to the fore in other countries, LTE will be the only route to 4G wireless service in China, reports In-Stat http://www.in-stat.com [1]. TD-LTE, one of the two flavors of LTE, will receive much more support than LTE-FDD in China. In 2010, China Mobile will use TD-LTE to construct a pre-commercial LTE network.

“China Mobile will be the first operator to launch commercial LTE operation,” says Anty Zheng, In-Stat analyst. “This will happen in limited areas in 2011. China Telecom and China Unicom will, we believe, follow China Mobile’s lead.”

Recent research by In-Stat found the following:

• 2009 is the first year of China’s 3G era in which three 3G technologies (WCDMA, CDMA2000, and TD-SCDMA) have been adopted by separate operators.
  
• In-Stat predicts that China’s LTE subscribers will number no more than 500,000 by 2013, and that 80% of these will be China Mobile subscribers.
  
• China Unicom and China Telecom will begin LTE network construction later than China Mobile, likely in 2012.

Recent In-Stat research, LTE in China—The Next Gold Mine After 3G [2] (#IN0904599CCM), covers the market for wireless service in China. It includes:

 

• Forecasts of Chinese mobile subscribers including breakouts for 3G and LTE through 2013.
• Analysis of LTE technology and of the Chinese market for it.
• Analysis of Chinese mobile operators’ strategies.
• Profiles of LTE vendors: Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, Qualcomm, ZTE.

For more information on this research or to purchase it online, please visit: http://www.instat.com/catalog/apcatalogue.asp?id=240 [3] or contact a sales representative: http://www.instat.com/sales.asp [4]

The price is $3,495 (US).

This research is part of In-Stat’s China Multimedia service, which provides insight into video services and device markets in China, and is focused on four big trends in 2008: Internet video, Mobile Video, TD-SCDMA, and Digital cable.

Related In-Stat research:

Generation Data—Global 3G Market Review [5]

4Q08 3G/4G Deployment & Subscriptions Database [6]

The Road to 4G: LTE and WiMAX Lead the Way Worldwide [7]

For more information, contact:

Anty Zheng, Managing Director - In-Stat China
Phone: 86-10-66421812
Email: anty.zheng@instat.com.cn [8]

Elaine Potter, Marketing Coordinator
Phone: 480-483-4441
Email: epotter@reedbusiness.com [9]