Juniper Predicts 24m LTE Subscribers by 2012

Subscriber numbers for LTE wireless mobile network technology will approach 24 million by 2012, according to Juniper Research. That’s just two years after the early versions of the technology are expected to be deployed. The company warns that LTE, perhaps the single greatest competitor to WiMAX, needs to continually evolve to remain competitive in cost and performance. Juniper Research says HSPA will dominate mobile broadband network deployments, consistently accounting for about 70% of the total subscriber base until 2012. Mobile WiMAX is expected to achieve only a single digit share of the subscriber base by 2012.