LTE Will Be Launched by 60% of LATAM Operators by 2013

The majority of operators in Latin America plan to launch LTE by the end of 2013, according to a new industry survey by Informa Telecoms & Media. Over 60% of operators plan to launch LTE in the next two years, with 30% launching this year and 32.5% going to market next year.

“The Latin America results are in line with global results, which also point to 60% of operators targeting to launch LTE between 2012 and 2013,”, says Marceli Passoni, senior analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. “This is unprecedented given that previous mobile technologies including 3G were deployed in developed markets first, and then in emerging markets such as Latin America several years later. Our survey finds that LTE will be rolled out in Latin America at the same time as most deployments globally.”

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