Beijing Time December 29 News (ACE) according to the latest report from the GSA, as of the end of November 2018, 886 operators worldwide invested in LTE network, 710 of which launched 745 commercial LTE network
In terms of 5G development, as of mid-December 2018, 197 operators worldwide had tested, tested, planned, deployed, commercial and commercial deployments of 226 5G mobile networks and 5GFWA networks
By the time the report was released, 14 operators around the world had announced that they had tested commercial deployments/very limited availability of 5G services with a non-3GPP standard compatible/3GPP standard compatible
Of these, 212 operators worldwide have TDD service spectrum licences, 148 of which have introduced TDD services. 326 operators have invested in lte-advanced (LTE-A) or lte-advanced Pro (Lte-a Pro) technology, 281 of which have launched LTE-A or Lte-a Pro networks
Critical LTE service features
29 operators are investing in LAA technology (6 of which have launched a network); 11 operators are investing in Lte-u technology (3 have deployed/launched networks); 3 operators are investing in Lwa technology (1 have launched networks);
241 operators are investing in VoLTE, 178 of which have launched a network; 21 operators are investing in enhanced voice services (enhanced voice Services,evs), 18 of which have launched networks;
5 operators have launched/deployed EMBMS services;
130 operators are investing in Nb-iot technology, 74 of which have deployed or launched networks; 57 operators are investing in LTE-M technology, 28 of which have deployed or launched networks
Spectrum distribution According to statistics, 1800MHz (Band 3) remains the most widely used frequency band for LTE networks (324 launched networks use this band); 800MHz (Band 20) second (182 networks); and 2.6GHz (Band 7) is the third most popular band, There are 165 commercial LTE networks that use this band
In addition, GSA statistics show that 1ghz-6ghz is the most used band in 5G deployments, with 89 operators using this range of spectrum for 5G testing, or planning to test, or have obtained a license
