In 2019, there will likely be over two billion 4G subscriptions worldwide, according to ABI Research. The firm notes that the growth rate of ultra-high-speed mobile subscriptions is likely to accelerate due to the rollout of new, even faster standards, starting with LTE Advanced. ABI Research estimates that there were 229.7 million LTE subscriptions in 2013 (all standards combined) and that subscriber numbers will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 43.6%, reaching two billion by the end of 2019. The firm also predicts that 750 million of these subscribers will be using the LTE Advanced standard, which offers speeds twice as high as ordinary 4G networks.
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