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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Yankee Group Forecasts 154 Million Latin American Mobile Users by 2007
August 26, 2003
Handset sales will follow this growth path, reaching annual sales
of 22 million new units by 2003. From 2004 until 2006, annual sales will
vary from 19 million to 22 million new units.
With many large wireless operators choosing their network migration paths
in the last year, a clear picture of the handset market’s evolution over
the next 4 years has emerged according to the Yankee Group report, “Latin
American Handset Market in Transition.”
Operators owned by America Móvil, TIM, and Telefonica in Mexico are migrating
to GSM/GPRS. However, Vivo, the major operator in Brazil, and operators
owned by BellSouth and Verizon have chosen CDMA2000 1X. Although the future
for TDMA handsets is limited, TDMA will represent the majority of sales
in the short term.
“The Latin American mobile market witnessed the first 2.5G initiatives
in the past year,” says report author Luis Minoru, Yankee Group Wireless/Mobile
Latin America senior analyst. “Although the future of mobile communications
lies with data services, the adoption of such services is still in the
early stages. Data revenue, which comes mainly from messaging services,
accounts for less than 2 percent of total mobile service revenue. Broadband
data transmission is not important and the devices are still too expensive
for the average consumer. This reality, combined with the economic uncertainties
in Latin America, is making operators cautious regarding their investments.”
The report also notes that by 2004, sales of new TDMA handsets will drop
to 3.5 million. After 2004, GSM/GPRS phones will take the sales lead,
thanks to the majority of TDMA operators choosing GSM/GPRS and the entry
of new operators offering mobile services on GSM/GPRS networks.
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3G Motorola A920
