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World CDMA subscribers exceed 200 mil.

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Global mobile-phone users subscribed to code division multiple access services broke the 200 million mark as of September, riding rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific region, according to an industry lobby yesterday.
The CDMA Development Group reported that 29 million new code division multiple access subscribers were added in the third quarter of 2004, bringing the worldwide customer total to 227 million.

Among the 29 million added in the third quarter, 15 million accounted for 2.5-generation and third-generation CDMA2000 services, which provide data applications atop of voice services.

Asia-Pacific remained the largest and fastest growing region for code division multiple access services with 96 million subscribers, accounting for 42 percent of the subscriber total. Korea led all countries in the region with 36 million subscribers, followed by China with 25 million subscribers and Japan with 18 million subscribers.

North America also experienced good customer growth, with code division multiple access operators adding 17 million subscribers during the third quarter to pull up the overall customer base to 88 million. Subscriber totals in Latin America and the Caribbean combined to total 39 million as of September, up 28 percent year-on-year.

The CDMA Development Group, established in 1993, is an international consortium of services providers and equipment makers who have joined together to lead the adoption and evolution of code division multiple access wireless systems around the world.

Developed by U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., code division multiple access is the No. 2 industry standard for wireless services, provided by 90 operators in 46 countries.

The alternative global system for mobile communications platform, developed by European operators, accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's digital wireless market.

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By Kim Tong-hyung





2004.11.10