The United States is currently the dominant market for LTE devices and services, but it won't remain that way for long, according to a new report from TeleGeography. The research service found that the U.S. and Canada as a single market remains by far the leading LTE market, with Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) alone accounting for 60 percent, or 3.1 million, of current LTE subscribers worldwide (fitting with a recent Informa Telecoms & Media analysis). However, by 2013 the U.S. is likely to be eclipsed in terms of total LTE subscribers by the Asia-Pacific region as China, Japan and South Korea ramp up their LTE deployments. By 2016, Asia-Pacific will account for almost half of all global LTE subscribers, according to TeleGeography, although the U.S. and Canada will remain second during this period. Article
