Move next year will buy 40 million LTE smartphone

According to sources from Taiwan's suppliers, as the Chinese government will issue 4G licences by the end of this year, the move is expected to start the commercial operation of LTE services in 2014, So the mobile operator may buy 40 million LTE smartphones and 10 million LTE data-communication terminals next year. Mobile has planned to purchase 1 million LTE terminal terminals this year, including smartphones, mi-fi devices. However, the source said that in the first quarter of the move to complete only 200,000 of such terminal equipment procurement, the company is expected in the fourth quarter of this year will be procurement of more than 800,000 LTE terminal equipment. Mobile vice President Zhengmao on August 27 in the CROSS-STRAIT communications industry Cooperation and Exchange conference, said that the mobile has been in the mainland major cities to build LTE network, is expected to complete 200,000 base station construction this year, the end of next year to complete 200,000 base station construction. The vice president also said the company would sell 120 million mobile phones bundled with service contracts this year, mostly smartphones, including about 10 million NFC handsets. According to Taiwanese media reports, more entry-level LTE smartphones are expected to enter the mainland market soon, with average prices falling to 1000 trillion yuan (about $163 trillion) by the second half of next year. Subject to the rapid decline in the price of chip set solutions and from the active promotion of mobile support, the mainland market is expected to be the LTE mobile phone total shipments next year will reach 50 million to 100 million department. Chip set vendors are already actively developing LTE chips, with entry-level and mid-range LTE products expected to be launched by the end of the year. The source said Qualcomm recently launched its Snapdragon-level LTE solution based on its CPU, which has been adopted by mobile phone sellers in the mainland, such as Beijing Tianyu communication Equipment Company. (Tianmen Mountain)