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14th November - The CDMA Development Group (CDG)
announced today that the number of CDMA2000® subscribers
surpassed 200 million worldwide in September, only 18 months
since the industry celebrated the 100-million milestone in
June 2004. The 1xEV-DO subscriber base expanded to 18 million
users. CDMA2000 continues to strengthen its lead over WCDMA
in regards to number of 3G and broadband subscribers; WCDMA
base reached 35 million and the broadband solution equivalent
to 1xEV-DO will not be commercial until 2006. CDMA2000 is
also driving the overall growth of CDMA technologies, which
reached 286 million users, a 26% increase over the past 12
months. Close to 70% of CDMA subscribers use 3G technologies
today.
“CDMA2000 is the most successful wireless technology
in the history of wireless services in regards to growth and
impact on the market,” said Perry LaForge, executive
director of the CDG. “Looking at the first five years
of deployment, you can see it is expanding faster than any
other technology, including GSM and WCDMA, and it has a broader
reach, serving both developed and developing regions. CDMA2000
is by far the most successful 3G technology, leading the industry
in transition to data and now broadband wireless services.
This is a tremendous achievement for the industry.”
CDMA2000 controls 85% of the 3G market and adds 15 million
new users per quarter—three times as many as WCDMA. CDMA2000
is available in 61 countries across six continents. More than
21 million (>10%) of CDMA2000 subscribers reside outside
Asia and North America, and this nu mber is growing rapidly,
especially in Latin America. CDMA2000 has had a significant
impact in markets where it is deployed. In Asia, with 92 million
users, CDMA2000 commands 12% market share; in North America,
CDMA2000 has 77 million subscribers, or 35% of the market
share, and in Latin America, with 15 million users, the technology
has captured 7% market share.
CDMA2000 also leads in commercialization of broadband 3G
technologies. CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, which delivers the fastest
data rates of any wireless technology deployed today, added
2.2 million subscribers in the past three months and 8 million
in the past year. This is the biggest quarterly growth to
date, and is the result of the broader deployments worldwide
and accelerating demand for advanced wireless services.
The combined number of cdmaOne and CDMA2000 subscribers increased
by 15.5 million in 3Q 2005 to reach 285.7 million. This represents
60 million new adds for the year and a 26% annual growth rate.
With 125 million users, Asia Pacific remains the largest region
for the CDMA technologies, and that base is expanding at 30%
per year. In North America, CDMA has 102.6 million subscribers
and now accounts for 48% of the wireless market. Caribbean
and Latin America continues to be the fastest-growing region
for CDMA with 53.4 million users and a 37% annual growth rate,
and controls 25% of the total market.
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