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Friday, 06/09/2006 9:36:25 AM

Friday, June 09, 2006 9:36:25 AM

DD Global 3G subscribers pass 100 million
09 June 2006

http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/news/articles/20017356597.html

More than 100 million mobile phone subscribers have signed up for 3G, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics on Thursday.

According to the report, around 70 million subscribers have signed up for WCDMA technologies, with another 30 million using CDMA2000 EV-DO systems. It is widely acknowledged that EV-DO entered the market significantly later than WCDMA.

The research firm said that "finally, 3G has become a want-item for the user.

Sara Harris, who authored the report, said "Much of this success is due to the strong pushes by influential carriers like NTTDoCoMo, Hutchison 3G and SK Telecom... and more recently Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, who have worked hard to drive 3G uptake among their subscribers."

Strategy Analytics believes the US market is set for rapid growth during 2007 when the country's largest mobile phone provider Cingular Wireless launches its HSDPA technology.

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