This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market, forecasting growth through 2032. As a medium-speed standard for feature-rich IoT applications, LTE Cat.1 is increasingly replacing 2G/3G modules across Europe and APAC. The study examines market dynamics by type, application, and region, highlighting key opportunities in sectors like smart wearables and payment terminals. Additionally, it evaluates competitive landscapes, manufacturer strategies, and emerging trends to offer a nuanced view of this accelerating industry.

Market Overview

The global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market is projected to experience significant growth from 2025 through 2032, maintaining a steady compound annual growth rate throughout the forecast period.

LTE Cat.1 serves as a medium-speed LTE standard specifically designed for feature-rich IoT applications that necessitate higher data speeds. This report provides an in-depth study of the LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market.

Market Dynamics & Regional Evolution

• Historical Trends: The LTE Cat.1 market experienced a boom in China in 2021. Following its widespread adoption in China, the market saw significant increases in the European market in 2022.
• Future Projections: LTE Cat.1 is expected to continue its expansion across Europe, APAC, and other regions, primarily driven by its role in replacing legacy 2G/3G modules.

Report Scope & Methodology

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) presents its newest research report, the “LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Industry Forecast.” This study reviews total global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets sales in 2025 and provides a comprehensive analysis of projected sales from 2026 through 2032.

Detailed Analysis Includes:

• Sales breakdowns by region, market sector, and sub-sector.
• Financial analysis presented in US$ millions.
• Evaluation of the global landscape, including product segmentation, company formation, revenue, market share, latest developments, and M&A activity.
• Strategic analysis of leading global companies, focusing on their LTE Cat.1 Chipsets portfolios, capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints.
• Assessment of key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook.
• Use of a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs to provide a nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory.

Market Segmentation

By Type

• Single-mode
• Multi-mode

By Application

• Shared Economy
• Security
• Payment Terminal
• Smart Wearable Device
• Others

By Region

• Americas: United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil
• APAC: China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Australia
• Europe: Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia
• Middle East & Africa: Egypt, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, GCC Countries

Competitive Landscape

The following companies have been profiled based on primary expert input and analysis of their market coverage, product portfolios, and market penetration:

• Ziguang Zhanrui
• Qualcomm
• ASR Microelectronics
• Eigencomm
• Xinsheng Technology
• Sequans Communications
• Sony Semiconductor Israel
• MLINK
• AICXTEK

Key Questions Addressed

• What is the 10-year outlook for the global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market?
• What factors are driving LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market growth, globally and by region?
• Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
• How do LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market opportunities vary by end market size?
• How does the LTE Cat.1 Chipsets market break out by Type and by Application?

• 1 Scope of the Report

  • 1.1 Market Introduction

  • 1.2 Years Considered

  • 1.3 Research Objectives

  • 1.4 Market Research Methodology

  • 1.5 Research Process and Data Source

  • 1.6 Economic Indicators

  • 1.7 Currency Considered

  • 1.8 Market Estimation Caveats

• 2 Executive Summary

  • 2.1 World Market Overview

    • 2.1.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Sales 2021-2032

    • 2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for LTE Cat.1 Chipsets by Geographic Region, 2021, 2025 & 2032

    • 2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for LTE Cat.1 Chipsets by Country/Region, 2021, 2025 & 2032

  • 2.2 LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Segment by Type

    • 2.2.1 Single-mode

    • 2.2.2 Multi-mode

    • 2.2.3 LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Type

      • 2.2.3.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales Market Share by Type (2021-2026)
      • 2.2.3.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue and Market Share by Type (2021-2026)
      • 2.2.3.3 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sale Price by Type (2021-2026)

  • 2.3 LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Segment by Application

    • 2.3.1 Shared Economy

    • 2.3.2 Security

    • 2.3.3 Payment Terminal

    • 2.3.4 Smart Wearable Device

    • 2.3.5 Others

    • 2.3.6 LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Application

      • 2.3.6.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sale Market Share by Application (2021-2026)
      • 2.3.6.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue and Market Share by Application (2021-2026)
      • 2.3.6.3 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sale Price by Application (2021-2026)

• 3 Global by Company

  • 3.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Breakdown Data by Company

    • 3.1.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Sales by Company (2021-2026)

    • 3.1.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales Market Share by Company (2021-2026)

  • 3.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Revenue by Company (2021-2026)

    • 3.2.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue by Company (2021-2026)

    • 3.2.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue Market Share by Company (2021-2026)

  • 3.3 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sale Price by Company

  • 3.4 Key Manufacturers LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type

    • 3.4.1 Key Manufacturers LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Location Distribution

    • 3.4.2 Players LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Products Offered

  • 3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis

    • 3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis

    • 3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2024-2026)

  • 3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants

  • 3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy

• 4 World Historic Review for LTE Cat.1 Chipsets by Geographic Region

  • 4.1 World Historic LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Market Size by Geographic Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.1.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.1.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2021-2026)

  • 4.2 World Historic LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Market Size by Country/Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.2.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Sales by Country/Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.2.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2021-2026)

  • 4.3 Americas LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales Growth

  • 4.4 APAC LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales Growth

  • 4.5 Europe LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales Growth

  • 4.6 Middle East & Africa LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales Growth

• 5 Americas

  • 5.1 Americas LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Country

    • 5.1.1 Americas LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Country (2021-2026)

    • 5.1.2 Americas LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue by Country (2021-2026)

  • 5.2 Americas LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 5.3 Americas LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 5.4 United States

  • 5.5 Canada

  • 5.6 Mexico

  • 5.7 Brazil

• 6 APAC

  • 6.1 APAC LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Region

    • 6.1.1 APAC LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Region (2021-2026)

    • 6.1.2 APAC LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue by Region (2021-2026)

  • 6.2 APAC LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 6.3 APAC LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 6.4 China

  • 6.5 Japan

  • 6.6 South Korea

  • 6.7 Southeast Asia

  • 6.8 India

  • 6.9 Australia

  • 6.10 China Taiwan

• 7 Europe

  • 7.1 Europe LTE Cat.1 Chipsets by Country

    • 7.1.1 Europe LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Country (2021-2026)

    • 7.1.2 Europe LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue by Country (2021-2026)

  • 7.2 Europe LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 7.3 Europe LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 7.4 Germany

  • 7.5 France

  • 7.6 UK

  • 7.7 Italy

  • 7.8 Russia

• 8 Middle East & Africa

  • 8.1 Middle East & Africa LTE Cat.1 Chipsets by Country

    • 8.1.1 Middle East & Africa LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Country (2021-2026)

    • 8.1.2 Middle East & Africa LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Revenue by Country (2021-2026)

  • 8.2 Middle East & Africa LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 8.3 Middle East & Africa LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 8.4 Egypt

  • 8.5 South Africa

  • 8.6 Israel

  • 8.7 Turkey

  • 8.8 GCC Countries

• 9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends

  • 9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities

  • 9.2 Market Challenges & Risks

  • 9.3 Industry Trends

• 10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis

  • 10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers

  • 10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of LTE Cat.1 Chipsets

  • 10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of LTE Cat.1 Chipsets

  • 10.4 Industry Chain Structure of LTE Cat.1 Chipsets

• 11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer

  • 11.1 Sales Channel

    • 11.1.1 Direct Channels

    • 11.1.2 Indirect Channels

  • 11.2 LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Distributors

  • 11.3 LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Customer

• 12 World Forecast Review for LTE Cat.1 Chipsets by Geographic Region

  • 12.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Market Size Forecast by Region

    • 12.1.1 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Forecast by Region (2027-2032)

    • 12.1.2 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2027-2032)

  • 12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2027-2032)

  • 12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2027-2032)

  • 12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2027-2032)

  • 12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2027-2032)

  • 12.6 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Forecast by Type (2027-2032)

  • 12.7 Global LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Forecast by Application (2027-2032)

• 13 Key Players Analysis

  • 13.1 Ziguang Zhanrui

    • 13.1.1 Ziguang Zhanrui Company Information

    • 13.1.2 Ziguang Zhanrui LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.1.3 Ziguang Zhanrui LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.1.4 Ziguang Zhanrui Main Business Overview

    • 13.1.5 Ziguang Zhanrui Latest Developments

  • 13.2 Qualcomm

    • 13.2.1 Qualcomm Company Information

    • 13.2.2 Qualcomm LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.2.3 Qualcomm LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.2.4 Qualcomm Main Business Overview

    • 13.2.5 Qualcomm Latest Developments

  • 13.3 ASR Microelectronics

    • 13.3.1 ASR Microelectronics Company Information

    • 13.3.2 ASR Microelectronics LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.3.3 ASR Microelectronics LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.3.4 ASR Microelectronics Main Business Overview

    • 13.3.5 ASR Microelectronics Latest Developments

  • 13.4 Eigencomm

    • 13.4.1 Eigencomm Company Information

    • 13.4.2 Eigencomm LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.4.3 Eigencomm LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.4.4 Eigencomm Main Business Overview

    • 13.4.5 Eigencomm Latest Developments

  • 13.5 Xinsheng Technology

    • 13.5.1 Xinsheng Technology Company Information

    • 13.5.2 Xinsheng Technology LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.5.3 Xinsheng Technology LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.5.4 Xinsheng Technology Main Business Overview

    • 13.5.5 Xinsheng Technology Latest Developments

  • 13.6 Sequans Communications

    • 13.6.1 Sequans Communications Company Information

    • 13.6.2 Sequans Communications LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.6.3 Sequans Communications LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.6.4 Sequans Communications Main Business Overview

    • 13.6.5 Sequans Communications Latest Developments

  • 13.7 Sony Semiconductor Israel

    • 13.7.1 Sony Semiconductor Israel Company Information

    • 13.7.2 Sony Semiconductor Israel LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.7.3 Sony Semiconductor Israel LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.7.4 Sony Semiconductor Israel Main Business Overview

    • 13.7.5 Sony Semiconductor Israel Latest Developments

  • 13.8 MLINK

    • 13.8.1 MLINK Company Information

    • 13.8.2 MLINK LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.8.3 MLINK LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.8.4 MLINK Main Business Overview

    • 13.8.5 MLINK Latest Developments

  • 13.9 AICXTEK

    • 13.9.1 AICXTEK Company Information

    • 13.9.2 AICXTEK LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.9.3 AICXTEK LTE Cat.1 Chipsets Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.9.4 AICXTEK Main Business Overview

    • 13.9.5 AICXTEK Latest Developments

• 14 Research Findings and Conclusion