Verizon activated 500m LTE devices in Q1.
A new report from ABI Research reflects the growth of the 4G mobile broadband tech, adding that in addition to Verizon's activations, NTT DoCoMo added 25,000 LTE subscriptions.
It believes LTE will grow faster than many thought, not least because of the migration away from wired connectivity.
ABI Research analyst Fei Feng Seet said: "As mobile data speeds increase, the idea of replacing fixed lines with wireless connections becomes more popular among consumers.”
It reports that North America is forecast to reach 387 million mobile subscriptions by 2016, out of which close to 85 million could be LTE-enabled.
Elsewhere it says there are more than 100 million Indian 3G users, and that total 3G subscriptions in Asia are set to cross 1.2 billion by 2016.
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