The widespread adoption of LTE for fast internet access on smartphones and tablets will have a knock on effect on the broadband wireless market.
That’s according to ABI Research, which foresees the widespread adoption of LTE making it easier for people without DSL, cable or fibre optic broadband to have fast internet connections in their home.
And a number of chipset and other vendors will accelerate that push, according to Jake Saunders, 4G director at the market research company.
Those include vendors including Huawei, ZTE, and Netgear, which are all readying routers based on LTE that will let people have 4G connections at home. Chipsets from Intel, Sequans, Qualcomm and GTE are all competing in this space.
Shipment numbers for residential and commercal LTE gateways is set to grow to 44 million units by 2019. Many people living in rural areas who have been excluded from fast net access are likely to have an answer to their problems sooner rather than later.
