North America Leads World in LTE Connections, Says 5G Americas

LTE is becoming the most used wireless cellular technology, with 38.5 percent share in Q1, 5G Americas said Friday. North America leads the world with 76 percent of connections LTE, the group said. “Latin America and the Caribbean had significant growth of LTE market share to 31.5 percent at the end of 1Q,” 5G Americas said. “5G is on the horizon and will be built upon the most solid of foundations -- LTE,” said President Chris Pearson. “We are already hearing news of planned 5G deployments beginning later in 2018 and early 2019, however, LTE will continue to grow until 2022, when we will begin to see some substantial uptake in 5G connections.”