Articles tagged with: CDMA and Latin America

CDMA Subscriber Base Passed 480 Million Worldwide

The cdma Development Group (CDG) has announced that high-growth markets such as Africa, China and India are raising the number of cdma subscribers worldwide closer to half a billion. At the end of the first quarter of 2009, there were 480 million subscribers to the cdma family of technologies worldwide, including 472 million 3G cdma2000 and 120 million EV-DO broadband users.  more

Related Tags: cdma-development-group, cdma2000, 1xev-do, ev-do, africa, caribbean


Caribbean & Latin America - CDMA Enters its "Sunset" Phase

The technology story in the Caribbean & Latin America (CALA) region is simple: most US based technologies are in full retreat, while the international GSM/W-cdma standards are proliferating. During the quarter, the number of customers connected to AMPS, TDMA and cdma systems declined by 4.4m overall, bringing the number of disconnections so far this year to 19.9m, or 5.2% of the starting base.  more

Related Tags: 3g, sim, w-cdma, ict, rural, tim, iden, gsm, vivo, tdma, caribbean


2008 Mobile Base Station Contracts Reach 550, Led by Nokia Siemens Networks

Total contracts awarded within the wireless industry for 2008 reached 550 as activity surged in Q4 according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research.  more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, nokia, base-station, motorola, wcdma, edge, huawei, zte, alcatel-lucent, hspa, ericsson, nortel, nokia-siemens-networks, cdma2000, siemens, nokia-siemens, motorola,


Mobile Phone Subscribers Pass 4 Billion Mark

GSM focused trade body, 3G Americas says that a historic milestone was achieved for the wireless industry in December 2008 with 4 billion connections to mobile devices worldwide.  more

Related Tags: lte, core-network, mts, hspa, mobile-broadband, compete, telstra, 3g-americas, gsm, hspa+, bandwidth, downlink, caribbean


Ericsson Profit Margins Under Pressure - But Better Prospects than Rivals

Fitch has affirmed the debt ratings for Ericsson as stable and the Issuer Default rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating of 'BBB+.' Fitch said that the affirmation of Ericsson's ratings reflect the company's leading industry position in mobile network equipment, a growing Professional Services business, which should provide some earnings protection in light of the coming industry downturn, healthy liquidity and strong balance sheet. more

Related Tags: nokia, wcdma, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, gsm, weather, fitch, debt-ratings, chipset, nokia,, target, backup


Telefónica Considering Shut Down of Brazilian CDMA Network

Telefƒ³nica has outlined plans to spend upwards of US$17-$20 billion on its Latin American networks over the next five years - and plans to shut down its cdma networks eventually.  more

Related Tags: telefonica, portugal-telecom, gsm, caribbean, Brazil


Caribbean & LatAm - GSM total increases 40%, as CDMA declines 21.6%

The mobile market in the Caribbean & Latin America further polarised towards GSM technology in Q2 2008, as the total number of customers using the technology and its 3G derivative W-cdma increased by 6.9% to almost 360m. At the end of June 2008, the GSM/W-cdma base made up 86.3% of the regional total, up from 84.6% three months earlier.  more

Related Tags: w-cdma, iden, ev-do, caribbean


EV-DO Mobile Broadband Tops 100 Million Subscribers Worldwide

..ave surpassed 450 million and 100 million users, respectively, worldwide. The total cumulative cdmaOne and CDMA2000 subscriber base has reached 463 million, growing by 12 million net subscribers during the second quarter of 2008. The CDG says th more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, driving, cdma-development-group, cdma2000, cdg, 1xev-do, ev-do, pace


Over One Million New GSM Subscriptions a Day Worldwide

3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association is reporting that in the year ending June 30, 2008, GSM/HSPA networks added over 115 million subscriptions in the Americas region with a market share of 67%. According to industry research firm, Informa Telecoms & Media, global GSM/HSPA wireless subscriptions as of June 30, 2008 totaled 3.2 billion adding more than a million new subscriptions for the GSM family of technologies per day worldwide.  more

Related Tags: social-networking, mts, hspa, 3g-americas, hsdpa, value-added-services, music, caribbean


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