Intense competition in the global LTE phone 2012 -2012, LTE, mobile phones
Around the world this year over 100 mobile telecommunications operators start LTE commercial operations, Nokia, Sony Mobile Communications and China's ZTE, Huawei and other companies will launch LTE handsets, which will accelerate in 2012 the global LTE handset market competition.South Korean companies, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Pantech, together accounted for 68% of the global LTE handset sales, mainly in the U.S. and South Korean markets. In the fourth quarter of 2011, the Taiwanese manufacturers HTC and Motorola's market share of 17% and 10% respectively.The sources pointed out that in 2012, the mobile telecommunications operator in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Western Europe will begin to offer LTE services, which will allow the LTE handset market demand is increasing.Addition to cooperation with the U.S. market, Verizon and AT & T, HTC launched the HTC Velocity4G and local telecom operators in Australia, Hong Kong and Germany.The sources pointed out, ZTE and Huawei may take the initiative to launch a relatively inexpensive LTE handsets.
