Qualcomm and Teleepoch
Enter Into a 3G CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement, October
6, 2007
MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband
Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6,
2007
Brazilian government to
publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007
KTF 3G service suffers
from technical problems, October 6, 2007
Argentina’s Personal
lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007
Russia has it's first 3G
network, October 6, 2007
AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent
as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007
Enea Extends License Agreement
with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007
LG to unveil premium handsets
in Brazil, October 2, 2007
KTF 3G subscribers doubled
in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007
3G policy in India will
be non-uniform, October 2, 2007
- previous news
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CDMA2000 dominates the 3G market in Japan
August 17, 2003
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) congratulates KDDI on the commercial
success of their 3G services. Since the deployment of CDMA2000 1X in April
2002, KDDI has added more than nine million subscribers and introduced
a broad range of advanced multimedia services that has significantly increased
the use of the wireless Internet. Driven by a strong demand for its "au"
3G services, the operator captured the lead in subscriber growth in Japan
for the three consecutive months, April through June.
"The inherent benefits of CDMA2000 have greatly contributed to the success
of "au" services," said Hideo Okinaka, vice president and general manager,
Strategic "au" Business Development Division for KDDI. "Rapid deployment,
backwards compatibility with the existing system and high data speeds
allows us to offer new services and improve customer experience."
"Japan is a prime example of the global success of CDMA2000," said Perry
LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "In a highly competitive market
where all top operators offer 3G, KDDI capitalized on the benefits of
CDMA2000 to build significant competitive advantage. The CDG congratulates
KDDI on this achievement."
KDDI clearly dominates 3G in Japan. Despite being second to market with
3G, launching CDMA2000 six months after DoCoMo introduced FOMA, KDDI has
captured 93 percent of the market and is adding 600,000 3G subscribers
per month. More than 62 percent of its subscriber base use CDMA2000 1X,
and 90 percent of them subscribe to EZWeb Internet services. CDMA2000
subscribers generate 18 percent more in revenue than 2G users, and data
makes up 23 percent of their monthly bill. With CDMA2000 1X, KDDI significantly
expanded their EZWeb Internet services; today the EZweb portfolio includes
eznavigation (location-based services), ezmovie (video distribution),
EZweb@email (multimedia messaging) and ezplus (high-speed web access).
One of KDDI's most popular multimedia messaging (MMS) offerings is Movie
Mail, which allows users to film and attach a video clip of up to 15 seconds
to an e-mail. In July, the operator reported that there were almost four
million Movie Mail users.
KDDI's CDMA2000 1X network covers more than 90 percent of the Japan population.
The operator will launch CDMA2000 1xEV-DO capable of delivering data at
speeds of up to 2.4Mbs, in the fall of this year.
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