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Japan Posts 3G Growth
By Susan Rush
April 7, 2005
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http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=document&doc_id=1340004320&verticalID=34&ve....

The outlook for Japan's 3G outlook is steady, yet moderate, according to an analyst report.

NTT DoCoMo recorded 3G W-CDMA subscriber growth of 1.2 million in March, up from 724,000 additions a year ago. DoCoMo is approaching 11.5 million W-CDMA subscribers, according to a Lehman Brothers report.

Rival KDDI added 541,000 CDMA 1X customers during March. The company has roughly 1.954 million CDMA 1X and CDMAone subscribers, according to the report.

Vodafone Japan, meanwhile, picked up roughly 241,000 W-CDMA customers in March, to end the month with 917,000 W-CDMA subscribers.

Lehman Brothers analysts said the growth makes the longer-term outlook for CDMA pioneer Qualcomm for full-year 2006 and beyond look "impressive."