Fast Facts
- Fast Facts - Updated August 26, 2010
- Over 4.45 billion GSM, WCDMA-HSPA subscriptions (Q2 10 - Informa Telecoms and Media figures, data as at July 23, 2010)
- According to analysis by GSA: GSM/WCDMA has 89.7% worldwide mobile subscriptions market share
- The BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India, and China together account for over 1.632 billion GSM subscriptions
- China: 700 million GSM, WCDMA subscriptions milestone passed in Q2 2010
- India: 500 million GSM, WCDMA subscriptions milestone passed in Q2 2010
- APAC: 2 billion GSM, WCDMA subscriptions milestone passed in April 2010
- Americas (Central, Latin, and Caribbean): 500 million GSM, WCDMA subscriptions milestone passed in June 2010
- 529.6 million WCDMA subs globally including HSPA including an estimated 380 million HSPA subs
- Key Facts from latest GSA surveys and reports:
- 543 GSM/EDGE network commitments in 198 countries; 531 networks launched in 196 countries (GSA survey: August 19, 2010)
- 3G/WCDMA: 357 operators launched in 148 countries (GSA survey: June 30, 2010)
- 98.8% of commercial WCDMA operators also launched HSPA
- 401 HSPA operator commitments in 154 countries (GSA survey: June 30, 2010)
- 353 HSPA operators commercially launched in 147 countries
- 18 UMTS900 i.e. HSPA900 networks commercially launched (GSA survey: July 12, 2010)
- 288 HSDPA networks have launched 3.6 Mbps (peak) downlink service or higher = 81.5% of commercial HSDPA operators (GSA)
- 205 commercial HSDPA networks, i.e 58%, support 7.2 Mbps (peak) or higher (GSA)
- 116 HSPA+ network commitments in 54 countries (GSA survey: June 30, 2010)
- 63 HSPA+ networks have entered commercial service in 35 countries
- 50 HSPA+ devices launched in the market (GSA survey, July 12, 2010)
- 2,579 HSDPA devices launched by 235 suppliers (GSA survey, July 12, 2010)
- 1,893 devices support 3.6 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,158 devices support 7.2 Mbps peak or higher (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 118 HSUPA networks launched in 60 countries, plus another 8 network commitments/deployments (GSA survey: June 30, 2010)
- 724 HSUPA devices launched (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 1,957 HSPA devices (93%) operate in 2100 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 940 HSPA devices operate in 850 MHz band (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 690 tri-band HSPA devices 850/1900/2100 MHz (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 401 HSPA devices operate in 900 MHz band (UMTS900) (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 735 HSPA devices incorporate 802.11 WiFi (excl. notebooks, e-book readers)
- 663 HSPA devices incorporate GPS/positioning functionality
- Over 70% of HSPA network operator commitments also committed to EDGE
- Around 83% of HSDPA devices also support GSM/EDGE
- 101 LTE network commitments in 41 countries (GSA survey: August 26, 2010)
- Includes 3 commercially launched LTE networks, in Norway, Sweden and Uzbekistan
- 31 additional pre-commitment operator trials
- Up to 22 LTE networks expected to be in commercial service by end 2010
- Around 50 LTE networks expected to be in commercial service by end 2012
- Over 2.5 billion GSM, WCDMA and HSPA subscriptions in commercial HSPA-enabled networks worldwide
- NOTES
- 1/ Key Facts are also summarized in a convenient downloadable chart at www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4
- 2/ GSA surveys and primary research are referenced extensively. Subscriptions data (only) is sourced from Informa Telecoms and Media. Q2 10 subscriptions data is at July 23, 2010.
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