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, "4G LTE tablet plans: Can BlackBerry Playbook take on Apple and Samsung?" by Baburajan K.

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