CDG: CDMA Continues Expansion in Asia Pacific Region
December 16, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The Asia Pacific (APAC) region continued code division multiple access (CDMA) subscriber growth and network deployments, according to the CDMA Development Group (CDG).
Claiming 49% of the world's CDMA subscribership, APAC witnessed network expansions and deployments in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Mongolia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, said the CDG.
From 3Q 2006 to 3Q 2007, APAC experienced a 32% increase of its CDMA footprint bringing the region to 49% of CDMA subscribers worldwide, said the CDG.
While CDMA expanded across Asia, most of the growth occurred in several geographies. China Unicom will roll out its first third generation (3G) CDMA2000 1x evolution-data optimized (EV-DO) high-speed broadband data network.
Similarly, PCCW-HKT Telephone won a 15 year CDMA2000 license from the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) to operate CDMA2000 in the 800 MHz band, said the CDG.
LG Telecom is into the final stages of its nationwide 1x EV-DO Revision A (Rev. A) upgrade. The process began several months ago in greater Seoul and is nearly complete in 84 cities covering 93% of South Korea's population, said the CDG.
In South Korea, Smart Telecom launched a CDMA2000 network in Indonesia using the 1900 MHz band. By the end of 2007, the operator plans to upgrade to Rev. A and will be the first Indonesian service provider to offer advanced mobile broadband services, according to the CDG.
G-Mobile in Mongolia and Dialog Telekom in Sri Lanka launched CDMA450 networks in their respective markets. G-Mobile offers both 1X voice and 1x EV-DO mobile broadband data services while Dialog Telekom offers wireless local loop (WLL) telecommunication services using 1X technology.
In Vietnam, SK Telecom witnessed success with its investment in S-Fone, Vietnam's first CDMA service. The operator has more than 3 million subscribers in the region. The service covers all 64 provinces with EV-DO service in five of its major cities. SK Telecom aims to help S-Fone increase its Vietnamese market share to more than 20% in the coming years, said the CDG.
India's CDMA2000 subscriber base grew and surpassed 52.5 million fixed and mobile device users in October 2007, said the CDG.
Source: CDMA Development Group (CDG).