From 2005 until 1H 2011, Ericsson has made the most approved contributions to the LTE RAN standard, according to ABI Research. Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks together had the second highest number of contributions, followed by Huawei. Companies work within standards groups to make contributions, which are approved through voting.

According to ABI Research at least half a million base stations will be installed or upgraded for TD-LTE by the end of 2016.

According to ABI Research, LTE subscriptions are racing ahead of expectations and point to strong demand for fast wireless data connections.

As commercial LTE being rolled out across the globe and LTE expected to gain momentum through rest of year, ABI Research has predicted that by the end of the year there

Nokia Siemens Networks is the top ranked Vendor in a LTE Base Station Matrix released by ABI Research.

WiMAX’s growth has not been as early or as strong as many would have hoped several years ago says ABI Research in an new report.

Mobile data offloading is expected to increase to 48% by 2015 from 16% of mobile data as currently diverted from mobile networks.

At least a million femtocells are expected to have been shipped by the end of 2010, says ABI Research. This forecast indicates that femtocell rollouts have more than doubled in the last year.

According to a new ABI Research report 2011 will be the year of LTE, as both Verizon Wireless in the United States and NTT DoCoMo in Japan are expected to begin wide-scale roll-outs by the end of 2

The compact base station market opportunity for 3G/4G networks is expected to reach $13 billion by 2015 with initial deployments being set up in the 2011-12 timeframe, according to a ABI Research w