CDG: CDMA Reaches 420M Subs Worldwide in 3Q 2007
December 5, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The total cumulative CDMAOne and CDMA2000 subscriber base reached 421.4 million and grew by 20 million net subscribers in 3Q 2007, according to the CDMA Development Group (CDG).
The third generation (3G) CDMA2000 subscriber base reached 400.4 million.
Asia Pacific (APAC), North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) account for a growing percentage of worldwide code division multiple access (CDMA) subscribers, said the CDG.
APAC and North America account for the majority of CDMA subscribers with APAC claiming 49% and North America 32% of the worldwide total, said the CDG.
The APAC and EMEA regions experienced the greatest percentage of year-over-year growth with the CDMA footprint increasing by 32% and 44% respectively, said the CDG.
The CDG also reported growth for CDMA2000, which comprises approximately 95% of all CDMA subscribers, up from 93% last quarter and approximately 70% of all 3G subscribers worldwide.
CDMA2000 1x evolution-data optimized (EV-DO) finished the quarter at 83 million subscribers, which is an increase of eight million since last quarter and 38 million since 3Q 2006, said the CDG.
Furthermore, enterprises, small businesses and consumers want the mobile broadband services enabled by CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A (Rev. A), claims the CDG.
The number of operators committed to deploying or who already deployed CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev. A more than doubled in the past eight months, said the CDG.
Source: CDMA Development Group (CDG).