Articles tagged with: 3G Americas and Edge

3G Americas Publishes Research Report on Trust and Security in Mobile Applications

3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies has published a research report which uncovers the issues for consumers and application providers about attempts to compromise services and applications through such trust and security issues as identity theft, phishing and pharming.  more

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Forecast: Half a Billion GSM/UMTS Subscriptions in the Americas by Year End

Trade group, 3G Americas says that by the end of 2008, there will be more than half a billion mobile wireless subscriptions to the GSM technology family including EDGE and UMTS/HSPA in the Americas, according to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media. Tremendous growth was posted in the year 2007, as the GSM family of technologies once again grew its market share as the number one mobile wireless technology in the Western Hemisphere, with a 64% regional share of market.  more

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GSM Market Share Grows to 62% in Western Hemisphere

3G Americas, an organization representing GSM technology in the Americas, has announced that the GSM technology family's market share in the Western Hemisphere -- North America, Central and South America, and the Caribbean -- has grown nine percentage points in the past twelve months, to 62%, up from 53% at the end of third quarter 2006. The GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA deployment strategy is gaining global traction, with nearly 150 joint EDGE/UMTS networks commercially available. 3G Americas also reports almost 200 commercial UMTS networks, 150 of which are enhanced by HSDPA, and most UMTS operators are expected to upgrade network services with HSPA (HSDPA+HSUPA).  more

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Latin America: 3G should reach mass market by 2010

Many operators should start offering 3G networks in 2008, initially competing for postpaid customers in the region. However, by 2010 operators will start offering 3G to prepaid customers, which make up the vast majority of mobile phone users in Latin America, according to Rojas. more

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