March 2010 GSA GSM/3G Market Update - GSM/EDGE, WCDMA-HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, Spectrum re-farming, Digital Dividend

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published its latest GSM/3G Market Update. The world’s first LTE networks are now launched in Sweden and Norway, the number of operators committed to LTE deployments has grown to 59 in 28 countries, 80 operators have committed to HSPA+ deployments with 41 networks now launched, and the number of commercial HSPA networks has more than tripled in 3 years. HSUPA is now commercially launched in 52 countries by 98 operators. The number of HSPA user devices is rapidly growing, reaching 2,137 from approaching 214 suppliers. This issue covers:

Fast Facts
Mobile subscribers update (Q4 09)
Mobile data growth
Market and technology updates and forecasts
GSM/EDGE/WCDMA-HSPA network deployments globally
UMTS900 and UMTS850 updates
WCDMA-HSPA user devices launched in the market
Information about GSA GAMBoD Analyzer for HSPA devices
EDGE Evolution
HSPA Evolution i.e. HSPA+ including operator commitments, deployments and commercial launches
LTE and SAE status including world’s first commercial launches, and worldwide operator commitments
Update from LSTI
LTE-TD
LTE-Advanced
Spectrum re-farming
Digital Dividend update – status worldwide
Mobile industry actions towards sustainability
Additional resources
GSA Group on LinkedIN
Key events supported by GSA, including LTE Forum 2010 (Stockholm, April 27-28)
Reports from Mobile World Congress 2010 (Barcelona)
The March 2010 GSA GSM/3G MArket Update is available at http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/market_update.php4#GSM_3G_Market_Update