Smartphone growth and network capacity

Smartphone continues to grow 50% year over year and 20% over Q1 of 2010. This is a tremendous growth amid the condition of the overall economy. One note about the growth is that the network capacity of various carriers continue to under heavy pressure. With LTE arriving, the technology is supposed to alleviate the network by utilizing the spectrum more efficiently. It is likely a 2011 and 2012 event even VZN is committed to the 38 market launch this year.

The smartphone growth is expected to slow down by 2011 to 25%, ABI anaylst Michael Morgan predicts after the carrier have already fulfilled the demand side.