In 2009, only a minority of operators around the globe were early adopters of Long Term Evolution (LTE) as an initial trial. However, the commercial development of LTE had entered an embryonic stage by the end of 2010. Leading operators from various regions of the world have put a stake in the ground on LTE from laying inflated expectation and well-publicized concept on LTE. Our market tracker shows that up to the end of 2010, there are 18 LTE networks of 12 countries rolled out in commercial.

The LTE industry chain is under gradual improvement as well. Commercially available products have been launched by key players like Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Alcatel-lucent (ALU), etc. In terms of terminal, 2 new types of handsets have been introduced by Samsung and over 10 kinds of multi-mode datacards are commercially available in the market. The maturity of industry chain marks a significant prelude to LTE products entering into an initial phase.

In this annual report, Open Vista Consulting  evaluates and analyses the leading vendors of LTE network infrastructure by tracking the performance in various aspects of the key operators in the long run.

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