Sunday, February 08, 2009

GSM mobile phone radio technologies power ahead

GSM mobile phone radio technologies power ahead
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As mobile and mobile telephone communications power ahead with continuing growth, and predictions for growth are commonly reported upto 2015, it is not surprising that, once again, positive *statistics for GSM (family of systems: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA) confirms the digital wireless future. *Market Research: GSA
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- 3.54 billion GSM subs; 89.5% global mobile market (Q4 08)
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- GSM gained 2.7% market share in the year to 31.12.08
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- 264 3G/WCDMA networks are commercially launched in 115 countries
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- 278 HSDPA operator commitments in 118 countries
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- 247 commercial HSDPA networks in 110 countries
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- Over 93.5% of commercial WCDMA networks have also launched HSPA
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- Over 69% of commercial HSDPA networks support peak downlink speeds of 3.6 Mbps or higher
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- Over 34% of commercial HSDPA networks support peak downlink speeds of 7.2 Mbps or higher
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- 79 operators committed to HSUPA
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- 66 HSUPA networks launched in 47 countries
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- At least 13 operators have committed to HSPA+
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- More than 20 operators have committed to LTE
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- 7 UMTS900 networks (WCDMA-HSPA) launched
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- 286.9 million WCDMA subscriptions (Q4 08)
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- HSPA subscriptions represent 31.5% of WCDMA subscriptions (Q3 08)
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- 1,276 HSPA devices launched (January 2009)
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- 192 HSUPA-capable devices launched
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- 231 HSPA devices support GPS (excl. notebooks)
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- 799 HSDPA devices support 3.6 Mbps (peak)(excl. notebooks)

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