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Samsung to dominate LTE base stations across Asia Pacific

tower_ml-21_l The market for LTE base stations in the Asia Pacific region is set for a new top dog this year, according to a report from NPD In-Stat. The region has seen the markets seven largest players – Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), Ericsson (ERIC), Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks, Samsung and ZTE – dominate with a combined 94% of the market.
The report found that Samsung will garner the largest market share for LTE infrastructure in the region for 2011, with more than one-fourth of base stations coming from the South Korean company. NPD In-Stat predicts that Samsung will have deployed 10,000 LTE base stations across Asia Pacific by the end of the year, with a high concentration in its home market with operators LG Uplus, KT (KT) and SK Telecom.


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