CDMA2000 Growth Rises Sharply

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) has said that the 3G CDMA2000 subscriber base reached 54 million in June, an increase of nearly four million from the previous month. CDMA2000 and cdmaOne carriers combined added nearly 10 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2003, bringing the total number of users to 164 million.

"3G CDMA2000 continues to dominate the global market for advanced wireless services," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "Operators worldwide recognize CDMA2000's competitive advantage and one-third of cdmaOne subscribers have already migrated to CDMA2000 services."

"The CDMA market share will continue to expand rapidly, doubling within the next four years," said Ken Hyers, senior analyst, In-Stat/MDR. "As the single most dominant airlink in the United States, coupled with the advances in Southern and Southeast Asia, the future looks very bright for CDMA."

Asia Pacific is the fastest growing CDMA2000 region in the world, fueled by subscriber expansion in the key markets of Japan, China and India.

North America, which is the largest market for CDMA, continues to grow with nearly 69 million subscribers, increasing at 24% per year. There were 21 million CDMA2000 subscribers in North America at the end of June. Sprint reported that at the end of 2Q 2003, nearly 2.1 million of its CDMA2000 customers were subscribers of PCS VisionSM, its advanced wireless data service."

Posted to the site on 12th September 2003