New WCDMA, HSDPA And EDGE Surveys By GSA Confirm Accelerating Mobile Broadband Growth
2006-09-06 13:00:00 | Viewed 1577 times
GSA published today its latest GSM/3G Market Update, incorporating findings from newly completed surveys of WCDMA, HSDPA and EDGE mobile network deployments globally.
Key findings include:
122 commercial WCDMA networks in 55 countries and over 70 million subscriptions, which confirm WCDMA as the leading 3G standard, by a huge margin
119 operators are deploying HSDPA (the first evolution of WCDMA) in 55 countries, of which 57 HSDPA networks - an increase of 72% in 3 months, have entered commercial service in 36 countries.
407 WCDMA models of user devices launched in the market, including 51 supporting HSDPA. 221 WCDMA devices were launched in the year to August 2006.The GSA survey found that 18 devices also support WCDMA in the 850 MHz
band
70 WCDMA operators, i.e. the majority, are also deploying EDGE for service continuity and the best user experience outside WCDMA coverage areas. The latest GSA survey confirms 45 combined WCDMA-EDGE networks have launched
commercial services
213 GSM/EDGE network deployments in 118 countries, of which 156 networks are
delivering commercial service in 92 countries. This compares to 139
commercial networks in 78 countries 6 months previously. Europe has the highest number of countries with EDGE in service today (67), followed by the Americas (47), APAC (21) and the Middle East/Africa (21).
307 EDGE models of user devices launched in the market, with at least 77 also supporting WCDMA. EDGE is standard in most new data-capable GSM phones.
28 CDMA operators migrating to GSM either as an overlay or as its replacement
Visit the GSA website www.gsacom.com for:
GSM/3G Market Update – September 6, 2006
3G/WCDMA-HSDPA Fact Sheet – September 5, 2006
HSDPA Operator Commitments – September 5, 2006
HSDPA Devices – August 8, 2006
EDGE Fact Sheet – September 5, 2006
CDMA TO GSM/WCDMA Migration – August 16, 2006
Updated Charts www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4
About GSA
GSA represents leading GSM/3G suppliers world-wide, with over 80% of GSM/3G
market share globally. The member companies are Aeroflex, Agere, Broadcom,
Business Logic Systems, CCww, Comsys Communication & Signal Processing,
Ericsson, EVI Technology, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola TTPCom Product
Group, Nokia, Openwave, Panasonic, Philips Semiconductors, Radixs, Siemens,
Talking Eye, Tekelec, Telcordia, and Wavecom.
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