INFORMATION PAPER

April 7, 2010

In addition, as highlighted earlier, several LTE trials The Growing LTE eco-system
are on-going throughout the world. In many cases a
Mobile phones, computer and consumer electronic
trial is a scheduled activity which precedes a planned
devices including notebooks, netbooks, UMPCs,
commercial deployment. In other cases an operator
gaming devices, cameras, and PMPs will have
has agreed to undertake a trial, but has not decided
embedded LTE connectivity. A huge growth in M2M
i.e. committed to launch a commercial service.
applications enabled by LTE is forecast. Since the
The Table below lists those cases where a trial has LTE standard supports hand-over and roaming to
been announced, but a clear commitment from the existing mobile networks, most devices will ensure
operator confirming post-trial commercial rollout is not ubiquitous mobile broadband coverage from day one.
available at this time. Examples of LTE devices and platforms include:
Supplier Model name Form factor
Country Operator 4M Wireless PS100 UE protocol stack Software
Argentina Telefonica Altair Semi FourGee™ 3100/6200 Chipset
Australia Optus Altair Semi FourGee™ 6150 for TDD Chipset
Belgium Telenet Beceem BCS500 LTE FDD/TDD and Chipset
Brazil Telefonica WiMAX
Chile Entel PCS Continuous LTE femtocell reference Chipset
Chile Movistar Computing, design reference
Czech Republic O2 (Telefonica) picoChip, Cavium design
France Bouygues Telecom Networks
Germany O2 (Telefonica) Huawei E398 LTE/GSM/HSPA USB modem
Hungary Pannon 2.6 GHz, 900 MHz
Hungary Magyar Telekom (T-Mobile Hungary) Icera Dual mode HSPA/LTE soft Chipset
Indonesia Telkomsel modem
Kazakhstan Vimpelcom Infineon SMARTi™ LU LTE / 3G / 2G Chipset
Russia MTS multimode RF Transceiver
Russia Vimpelcom LG LD100 USB modem
Russia Tele2 Russia LG M13 test device CDMA EV- USB modem
DO/LTE dual mode band 13
Russia Megafon
LG LTE handset modem chip Chipset
Singapore SingTel
Nokia RD-3 multi mode USB modem
Slovak Republic O2 (Telefonica)
Qualcomm MDM9200 (WCDMA-HSPA, Chipset
Spain Telefonica
HSPA+ and LTE)
The Philippines Globe Telecom
Qualcomm MDM9600 (CDMA2000 1X, Chipset
The Philippines Smart
EV-DO Rev. B, SV-DO, SV-
UK O2 (Telefonica) LTE, WCDMA-HSPA,
Ukraine MTS-Ukraine HSPA+ and LTE)
24 LTE trials (pre-commitment stage) Qualcomm MSM8960 (CDMA2000 1X, Chipset
© Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) www.gsacom.com EV-DO Rev. B, WCDMA-
HSPA, HSPA+ and LTE)
Samsung GT-B3710 (2.6 GHz) USB modem
Samsung LTE, 3G and 2G compatible USB modem
Will HSPA+ deployments delay LTE rollout?
Samsung N150 10 inch with Kalmia Netbook
Many operators will invest in both HSPA+ and LTE. LTE chipset
Samsung SCH-r900 multi-mode Handset
GSA sees no evidence of HSPA+ uptake delaying
CDMA-LTE handset
commitments to deploy LTE. The success of Sequans SQN3010 TD-LTE being Chipset
HSPA/HSPA+ in delivering mobile broadband will fuel prepared for sampling
demand to support more customers and for even ST-Ericsson M700 Chipset
higher data throughputs including for new LTE quad band
applications, which LTE delivers. LTE brings the ST-Ericsson M710 multi mode LTE quad Chipset
band
opportunity for additional spectrum in Digital Dividend
Toshiba T130 13.3 inch: choice of 4 Notebook
(700, 800 MHz) and 2.6 GHz bands, initially giving Intel LTE ULV processors
comparable throughput capacity and performance, ZTE AL600 LTE/UMTS/EV-DO USB modem
and will continue to improve and also benefit from ZTE AL620 LTE/UMTS/EDGE USB modem
larger bandwidth deployments (up to 20 MHz). ZyXEL ZLR-2070S Router