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

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CDMA reaches record number in 2Q

August 10, 2004

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported that the CDMA industry added nearly 10.5 million subscribers in 2Q 2004, reaching 212.5 million users worldwide, and in the first six months of 2004, the subscriber base grew by a record 24 million users. CDMA continues to be the fastest-growing wireless standard of all leading cellular technologies. From 2002 through the first half of 2004, the CDMA subscriber base increased by an average of 30% per year versus 21% for the total wireless market.

CDMA2000 added 14 million users in 2Q to reach 112 million subscribers, including 8.3 million CDMA2000 1xEV-DO users. More than 52% of the global CDMA subscriber base use CDMA2000 technologies.

"The phenomenal momentum of CDMA continues," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "The broad acceptance of CDMA2000 in all regions of the world demonstrates tremendous opportunity for the technology and all next-generation CDMA-based systems in the future. A recent forecast from InStat/MDR predicts that CDMA2000 and WCDMA technologies together will capture the largest market share (in terms of number of subscribers) by 2009."

Asia-Pacific is the largest and fastest-growing region for CDMA with 88.8 million users, or 42% of total CDMA subscribers. Today, 66% of CDMA subscribers in the Asia region use CDMA2000, and in Japan and Korea, over 84% of the CDMA base use CDMA2000. The demand for advanced CDMA2000 1xEV-DO services is growing rapidly, with more than 2 million new subscribers added in the past quarter. There are 26 CDMA2000 operators in 12 countries throughout the region.

In the Americas, the subscriber base grew by more than 21 million in the year June 2003 to 2004, bringing the total number to more than 120 million. CDMA has clearly become the dominant technology in the region.

CDMA expanded in North America, reaching more than 85.6 million users, and increasing market share to 4%7, up from 43% one year ago. With 24% annual growth, CDMA outpaces the overall market 2:1. More than 55% of CDMA subscribers in the region use CDMA2000.

Latin America and the Caribbean have nearly 35 million CDMA users and 40 CDMA operators in the region. With 26 CDMA2000 1X and two CDMA2000 1xEV-DO networks in 16 countries, Latin America has more commercially deployed CDMA2000 networks than any other region.