Articles tagged with: 3G Americas and Long Term Evolution
72% Share of Market for GSM Technologies in Western Hemisphere
Wireless industry trade association, 3G Americas has announced that GSM-HSPA has captured 72% of the entire cellular market in the Western Hemisphere. With nearly 555 million subscriptions in the Americas at the end of the first quarter of 2009, GSM achieved an annual growth of 25%, adding 110 million new connections in 12 months. more
3G Americas Reiterates Need for Industry to Move Towards IPv6 Addressing
Industry trade body, 3G Americas has published a white paper which is outlining the needs in the Americas region to plan a transition to the internet addressing system, IPv6. The explosive growth in the wireless industry has created a requirement for always-available IP addresses. IPv4 addresses are rapidly diminishing and are likely to exhaust by 2012. more
Related Tags: 3g, voip, lte, mobile-broadband, 3gpp, ip-multimedia-subsystem
Growing Support for GSM/HSPA in 1700/2100 MHz Band
The trade group, 3G Americas has expressed confidence in the growing ecosystem of leading wireless technology manufacturers that will support UMTS/HSPA for the 1700/2100 MHz spectrum band. This band is known in the USA as the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) frequency band. Not only is this band important in the USA, but there is great potential for the continued allocation of 1700/2100 MHz spectrum throughout the Americas, with several auctions scheduled in 2008 in other countries in the region. more
Related Tags: mobile-wimax, 3gpp, advanced-wireless-services, aws, USA
