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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The Yankee Group Forecasts Global Wireless Users to Exceed 1.75 Billion
in 2007
October 2, 2003
The Yankee Group report, “Data ARPUs Save the Day for Wireless Operators,”
finds that operators in all parts of the globe will be spared a steep
decline in ARPU, and perhaps even in revenue, thanks to increases in both
penetration of data services and ARPU.
Voice ARPU will continue to decline in real terms for all regions. Only
the increase in data revenue will prevent total ARPU from falling as quickly,
and only subscriber growth will prevent revenue from declining. In fact,
global subscribers will grow nearly 9 percent from 2002 to 2007, exceeding
1.75 billion. Revenue will grow 9 percent, on average, but growth will
vary from region to region: less than 5 percent for North America, 7 percent
for EMEA and more than 10 percent for Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
Asia-Pacific will register the strongest revenue growth (nearly 15 percent)
driven by almost 20 percent expected growth in China.
“Our Global Wireless/Mobile Forecast shows penetration will continue
to grow in all regions. As it does, voice ARPU will decline as competition
lowers prices and because late adopters tend to have a less urgent need
for wireless service,” says Wally Swain, Yankee Group Wireless/Mobile
Latin America analyst. “Fortunately, wireless data services also are growing,
both in penetration and ARPU. Data ARPU grows with penetration because
2.5G networks bring new applications to new markets. Not only will business
use of wireless data for enterprise applications increase, but consumers
also will find new sources of entertainment and information.”
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3G Motorola A920
