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RIM launches 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in Canada

August 01, 2012

Asia Pacific will lead the 4G LTE market by 2016. Large gains will be in South Korea and Japan. The Asia & Pacific region will overtake North America in number of 4G/LTE subscribers. Asia & Pacific will have more than 53 percent of 4G/LTE subscribers. Globally, the total number of subscribers will be over 560 million by 2016.

Fifteen carriers in Asia & Pacific now have live LTE services, with affordable pricing models that prompt robust subscriber growth in this region. 4G/LTE subscribership will increase from 9 million in 2011 to over 560 million in 2016. In 2016, 4G/LTE subscribers will account for 8.8 percent of worldwide mobile subscriptions, according to Parks Associates

From the article, "RIM launches 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in Canada."

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