LTE Growth Rate: 141 Percent in One Year, Report Says

North America continued to set the pace for the rapidly growing worldwide base of 4G wireless broadband network connections in 2Q’15, according to the latest market data from 4G Americas. Nearly half (47.5 percent) of the mobile wireless network connections in North America are now LTE-based as compared to 10 percent worldwide. Globally, the number of LTE network connections rose 141 percent year-over-year to reach nearly 755 million as of end-2Q, according to 4G Americas’ market research report, which was produced by Ovum. Key North America takeaways from 4G Americas´latest report on 4G LTE uptake include:

• 68 commercial LTE networks deployed in US and Canada, plus 7 LTE-Advanced networks
• 198 million LTE connections as of June 2015; net gain of 65 million new LTE subscribers during the last 12 months
• LTE connections are forecast to reach 206 million by year-end 2015 and nearly 400 million by year-end 2020