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China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Research Report 2017

March 2017 | 105 pages | ID: C3B82BD0B3BEN
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Sales, means the sales volume of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure

Revenue, means the sales value of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure

This report studies Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure in China market, focuses on the top players in China market, with capacity, production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer, covering
  • Agilent Technologies
  • Airspan
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Aricent Group
  • BridgeWave Communications
  • Broadcom Corporation
  • Cisco Systems
  • Ericsson
  • Fujitsu
  • Hitachi
  • Huawei
  • InterDigital
  • Juniper Networks
  • LG Electronics
  • Motorola
  • NEC
  • Nokia-Siemens Networks
  • Qualcomm
  • Samsung
  • ZTE
Market Segment by Regions (provinces), covering
  • South China
  • East China
  • Southwest China
  • Northeast China
  • North China
  • Central China
  • Northwest China
Split by product Type, with production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, can be divided into
  • Type I
  • Type II
Split by Application, this report focuses on consumption, market share and growth rate of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure in each application, can be divided into
  • Application 1
  • Application 2
China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Research Report 2017

1 LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET OVERVIEW

1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure
1.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Segment by Type
  1.2.1 China Production Market Share of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Type in 2015
  1.2.2 Type I
  1.2.3 Type II
1.3 Applications of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure
  1.3.1 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Market Share by Application in 2015
  1.3.2 Application
  1.3.3 Application
1.4 China Market Size (Value) of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure (2012-2022)
1.5 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Status and Outlook
1.6 Government Policies

2 CHINA LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET COMPETITION BY MANUFACTURERS

2.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production and Share by Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
2.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue and Share by Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
2.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Average Price by Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
2.4 Manufacturers Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Manufacturing Base Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
2.5 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Competitive Situation and Trends
  2.5.1 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Concentration Rate
  2.5.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share of Top 3 and Top 5 Manufacturers

3 CHINA LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MANUFACTURERS PROFILES/ANALYSIS

3.1 Agilent Technologies
  3.1.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.1.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.1.2.1 Product A
    3.1.2.2 Product B
  3.1.3 Agilent Technologies Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.1.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.2 Airspan
  3.2.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.2.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.2.2.1 Product A
    3.2.2.2 Product B
  3.2.3 Airspan Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.2.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.3 Alcatel-Lucent
  3.3.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.3.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.3.2.1 Product A
    3.3.2.2 Product B
  3.3.3 Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.3.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.4 Aricent Group
  3.4.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.4.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.4.2.1 Product A
    3.4.2.2 Product B
  3.4.3 Aricent Group Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.4.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.5 BridgeWave Communications
  3.5.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.5.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.5.2.1 Product A
    3.5.2.2 Product B
  3.5.3 BridgeWave Communications Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.5.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.6 Broadcom Corporation
  3.6.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.6.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.6.2.1 Product A
    3.6.2.2 Product B
  3.6.3 Broadcom Corporation Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.6.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.7 Cisco Systems
  3.7.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.7.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.7.2.1 Product A
    3.7.2.2 Product B
  3.7.3 Cisco Systems Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.7.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.8 Ericsson
  3.8.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.8.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.8.2.1 Product A
    3.8.2.2 Product B
  3.8.3 Ericsson Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.8.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.9 Fujitsu
  3.9.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.9.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.9.2.1 Product A
    3.9.2.2 Product B
  3.9.3 Fujitsu Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.9.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.10 Hitachi
  3.10.1 Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
  3.10.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type, Application and Specification
    3.10.2.1 Product A
    3.10.2.2 Product B
  3.10.3 Hitachi Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015 and 2016)
  3.10.4 Main Business/Business Overview
3.11 Huawei
3.12 InterDigital
3.13 Juniper Networks
3.14 LG Electronics
3.15 Motorola
3.16 NEC
3.17 Nokia-Siemens Networks
3.18 Qualcomm
3.19 Samsung
3.20 ZTE

4 CHINA LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, PRODUCTION, REVENUE, CONSUMPTION, EXPORT AND IMPORT (2012-2017)

4.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production and Growth (2012-2017)
4.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue and Growth (2012-2017)
4.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Export and Import (2012-2017)

5 CHINA LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTION, REVENUE (VALUE), PRICE TREND BY TYPE

5.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
5.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue and Market Share by Type (2012-2017)
5.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Price by Type (2012-2017)
5.4 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Growth by Type (2012-2017)

6 CHINA LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION

6.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption and Market Share by Application (2012-2017)
6.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
6.3 Market Drivers and Opportunities
  6.3.1 Potential Application
  6.3.2 Emerging Markets/Countries

7 CHINALONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET ANALYSIS BY REGIONS (PROVINCES)

7.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Production Value and Price by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
  7.1.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production and Market Share by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
  7.1.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Value and Market Share by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
  7.1.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Sales Price by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
7.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
7.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Export and Import (2012-2017)

8 LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MANUFACTURING COST ANALYSIS

8.1 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Key Raw Materials Analysis
  8.1.1 Key Raw Materials
  8.1.2 Price Trend of Key Raw Materials
  8.1.3 Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
  8.1.4 Market Concentration Rate of Raw Materials
8.2 Proportion of Manufacturing Cost Structure
  8.2.1 Raw Materials
  8.2.2 Labor Cost
  8.2.3 Manufacturing Expenses
8.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure

9 INDUSTRIAL CHAIN, SOURCING STRATEGY AND DOWNSTREAM BUYERS

9.1 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Industrial Chain Analysis
9.2 Upstream Raw Materials Sourcing
9.3 Raw Materials Sources of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Major Manufacturers in 2015
9.4 Downstream Buyers

10 MARKETING STRATEGY ANALYSIS, DISTRIBUTORS/TRADERS

10.1 Marketing Channel
  10.1.1 Direct Marketing
  10.1.2 Indirect Marketing
  10.1.3 Marketing Channel Development Trend
10.2 Market Positioning
  10.2.1 Pricing Strategy
  10.2.2 Brand Strategy
  10.2.3 Target Client
10.3 Distributors/Traders List

11 MARKET EFFECT FACTORS ANALYSIS

11.1 Technology Progress/Risk
  11.1.1 Substitutes Threat
  11.1.2 Technology Progress in Related Industry
11.2 Consumer Needs/Customer Preference Change
11.3 Economic/Political Environmental Change

12 CHINA LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) INFRASTRUCTURE MARKET FORECAST (2017-2022)

12.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue Forecast (2017-2022)
12.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Import, Export and Consumption Forecast (2017-2022)
12.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Forecast by Type (2017-2022)
12.4 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Forecast by Application (2017-2022)
12.5 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Import and Export Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)
  12.5.1 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)
  12.5.2 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)
  12.5.3 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Import and Export Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)
12.6 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Price Forecast (2017-2022)

13 RESEARCH FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

14 APPENDIX

Methodology
Analyst Introduction
Data Source


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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Figure Picture of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure
Figure China Production Market Share of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure by Type in 2015
Figure Product Picture of Type I
Table Major Manufacturers of Type I
Figure Product Picture of Type II
Table Major Manufacturers of Type II
Table Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Market Share by Application in 2015
Figure Application 1 Examples
Figure Application 2 Examples
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue (Million USD) and Growth Rate (2012-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity of Key Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity Market Share of Key Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity of Key Manufacturers in 2015
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity of Key Manufacturers in 2016
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production of Key Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Share by Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Figure 2015 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Share by Manufacturers
Figure 2016 Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Share by Manufacturers
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue (Million USD) by Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue Share by Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Table 2015 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue Share by Manufacturers
Table 2016 China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue Share by Manufacturers
Table China Market Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Average Price of Key Manufacturers (2015 and 2016)
Figure China Market Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Average Price of Key Manufacturers in 2015
Table Manufacturers Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Manufacturing Base Distribution and Sales Area
Table Manufacturers Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Product Type
Figure Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share of Top 3 Manufacturers
Figure Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share of Top 5 Manufacturers
Table Agilent Technologies Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Agilent Technologies Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Agilent Technologies Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Airspan Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Airspan Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Airspan Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Alcatel-Lucent Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Alcatel-Lucent Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Aricent Group Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Aricent Group Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Aricent Group Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table BridgeWave Communications Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table BridgeWave Communications Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure BridgeWave Communications Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Broadcom Corporation Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Broadcom Corporation Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Broadcom Corporation Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Cisco Systems Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Cisco Systems Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Cisco Systems Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Ericsson Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Ericsson Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Ericsson Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Fujitsu Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Fujitsu Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Fujitsu Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Hitachi Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Hitachi Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2012-2017)
Figure Hitachi Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Market Share (2012-2017)
Table Huawei Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table InterDigital Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Juniper Networks Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table LG Electronics Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Motorola Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table NEC Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Nokia-Siemens Networks Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Qualcomm Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table Samsung Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Table ZTE Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production and Growth (2012-2017)
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue (Million USD) and Growth (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Export and Import (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production by Type (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Share by Type (2012-2017)
Figure Production Market Share of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure by Type (2012-2017)
Figure 2015 Production Market Share of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure by Type
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue by Type (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue Share by Type (2012-2017)
Figure Production Revenue Share of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure by Type (2012-2017)
Figure 2015 Revenue Market Share of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure by Type
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Price by Type (2012-2017)
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Growth by Type (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption by Application (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Market Share by Application (2012-2017)
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Market Share by Application in 2015
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Market Share by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Value by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Value Market Share by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Sales Price by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Market Share by Regions (Provinces)(2012-2017)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Export and Import (2012-2017)
Table Production Base and Market Concentration Rate of Raw Material
Figure Price Trend of Key Raw Materials
Table Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
Figure Manufacturing Cost Structure of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure
Figure Manufacturing Process Analysis of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure
Figure Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Industrial Chain Analysis
Table Raw Materials Sources of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Major Manufacturers in 2015
Table Major Buyers of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure
Table Distributors/Traders List
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Capacity, Production and Growth Rate Forecast (2017-2022)
Figure China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Revenue and Growth Rate Forecast (2017-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Import, Export and Consumption Forecast (2017-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Forecast by Type (2017-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Forecast by Application (2017-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Consumption Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)
Table China Long Term Evolution (LTE) Infrastructure Production, Consumption, Import and Export Forecast by Regions (Provinces)(2017-2022)


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