Over 200 Cdma2000 Devices Now on the Market

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has reported that there are now 200 commercially available CDMA2000 devices providing consumers access to a wide array of 3G services. The CDMA2000 devices include handsets, PDAs and wireless modems, and are supplied by more than 30 leading manufacturers such as AnyDATA, Audiovox, Ericsson, GTRAN Wireless, Hitachi, Hyundai CURITEL, Kyocera, LG Electronics, LG Infocomm, Motorola, Nokia, Novatel Wireless, Samsung, Sanyo, Sierra Wireless, SK Teletech, Sony Ericsson and Wavecom.

Today, CDMA2000 devices are available in 450 MHz, 800 MHz, 1700 MHz and 1900 MHz frequencies for markets in Asia, the Americas and Europe, and several vendors have already committed to supplying 2100 MHz phones in the near future.

Economies of scale driven by the wide adoption of CDMA2000 are already benefiting operators and consumers with wholesale prices dropping more than 57% since 2000. Analysts expect that prices will fall below US$100 in 2003, and by 2004 they will be competitive with handset prices for any 2G technology.

"The availability of a wide range of low-priced devices has been a key factor for the commercial success of CDMA2000," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "CDMA2000 has the largest number of manufacturers and the broadest selection of phones available of any advanced technology. With such strong support, we expect that CDMA2000 will continue to lead in 3G and the delivery of advanced services to the consumer."'"

Posted to the site on 18th October 2002