Long Term Evolution 4G subscribers are growing, and now represent about 13 percent of global mobile subscriptions, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).
GSM subscriptions are falling, while LTE grows at about 130 percent rates, year over year.
LTE gained almost 152 million connections in the third quarter of 2015, which was 83 percent higher than growth of 3G/HSPA accounts.
The number of GSM subscriptions fell 117 million in the third quarter.
The Asia Pacific region grew its share of global LTE subscriptions to 53 percent. North America remains the second largest LTE market with 219 million, though its share further declined to 24 percent of the global total.
European share was steady at 15 percent.
Strong growth was again seen in the Latin America and Caribbean region which now has 36 million 4G/LTE subscriptions and almost 28 million higher than a year ago, equivalent to 346 percent annual growth.
In the Middle East where more than one million LTE subscriptions were added monthly. The region has 25.7 million LTE subscriptions and an annual growth rate of 144 percent.
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