DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/807935/long_term_evolutio) has announced the addition of the "Long Term Evolution (LTE) Mobile Broadband Pricing Worldwide - 2012" report to their offering.
A new report published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd (TCL) called LTE Mobile Broadband Pricing 2012 finds that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will fall substantially over the 5-year period to the end of 2016.
LTE Mobile Broadband Pricing 2012 evaluates pricing from around 30 LTE Mobile Broadband providers which are mainly located in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific regions of the world. It finds that LTE is currently being promoted as a premium Mobile Broadband product based on a high theoretical download access speed.
TCL anticipates that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will decline as more operators worldwide adopt the technology worldwide. As of the end of 2011 around 60% of commercial LTE services have been launched so far in Europe. Into 2012 more LTE networks will be launched in other regions including the Asia Pacific and South America with LTE pricing set to become more competitive as LTE becomes a mass market service and enters other consumer segments using increased download access speeds as a key differentiator.
For the LTE Mobile Broadband 2012 report TCL has produced a forecast for LTE Mobile Broadband subscriber numbers and revenues for the 5 year period to the end of 2016. As a result TCL anticipates that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will decline over time as more operators adopt the technology by around 60% from the end of 2011 to the end of 2016.
By the end of 2016 TCL forecasts that there will be over 250 million users of LTE Mobile Broadband services, but average pricing per subscriber will decrease to around 20 Euro per month - a decrease equivalent to more than 60% in LTE pricing over the 5 year period.
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