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Also see on this page similar surveys for Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa 3G markets

Research carried out for GSA by Ovum Ltd during Q3 2007.]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/surveys.php4 661ee4012de6b0a7d86751a3c673be48 2008-05-07
Also see on this page the surveys for Asia Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and Africa markets

Research carried out for GSA by Ovum Ltd during Q3 2007.]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/surveys.php4 6f98b78535547df4b74a85b7b52fc7dd 2008-05-06 http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 fd47ac1b621791d8af2a46f3d24c398e 2008-04-30
This comprehensive report follows the auction in the US by the FCC of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The 700 MHz band becomes available as a result of the impending transition to digital TV.

The Auction lasted for 38 days and 261 rounds, raising revenues of USD 19.1 billion (excluding D block), which is almost twice the amount that Congress budgeted. 700 MHz is a global band as defined at WRC 2007, which is suitable for wireless broadband multimedia services and allows global roaming, interoperable applications and economies of scale.

The report was prepared for GSA by Mark Racek, Office of Public Affairs and Regulations, Ericsson Inc., and summarizes the background to the sale, what spectrum was offered, license rules and requirements, the detailed Auction results, and provides key conclusions and observations. ]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 e25beb302092cf1d5054b7a2d1eb2e80 2008-04-24
This short report covers the following:

* Market snapshot, statistics
* WCDMA-HSPA mobile broadband success
* LTE
* How GSA is promoting 3GPP systems

The report was presented on behalf of GSA by Mr Jonas Sundborg at 3GPP PCG meeting #20, Juan les Pins, France (April 22, 2008)

3GPP website: www.3gpp.org]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 a059c0b4c38c1734ef63c09f02f6fb6f 2008-04-22
Updated April 17, 2008

Chart: Radio Access Evolution GSM to LTE
http://www.gsacom.com//downloads/charts/3G_GSM_to_LTE_roadmap.php4

Chart (updated): Evolution of Mobile Systems to 3G
http://www.gsacom.com//downloads/charts/Evolution_of_mobile_systems_to_3G.php4]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 a8a8d0db2b6974f30a7e21429f1ca1a4 2008-04-17 http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 988b8629593db4d02da2fc49dc60e248 2008-04-14
These are the Key Findings of GSA's latest HSPA Devices Survey which confirms 637 HSDPA-enabled devices launched in the market by 110 suppliers, comprising handsets, PC datacards and modules, HSDPA-enabled notebooks, USB modems, wireless routers, Personal Media Players, and a digital camera.

Support for all 3G spectrum bands is strongly evident in the survey, not only for the widely-deployed 2100 MHz frequency band, but also for 850 MHz operation to support markets in Australia and the Americas, and 1900 MHz which is also in use in the Americas.

Higher speed HSDPA devices e.g. 3.6 and 7.2 Mbps peak downlink are identified.

The survey also identifies 66 HSUPA-capable products.

Copyright GSA]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/wcdma_databank.php4 d8f82dd5ad43303ad3e9149340be854c 2008-04-07
- These slides are based on research carried out by Ovum Ltd during Q3 2007
- The aim of the research was to highlight and make public good examples of 3G services from operators around the world in a number of categories: mobile broadband, mobile advertising, social networking, place shifting and mobile search
- This research is distributed by exclusive agreement with GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association
- Ovum will be updating the research on a quarterly basis from Q1 2008
- In updating the research we will be looking for new services to expand the scope
- - The key findings of the research were:
* HSPA services finally provide users with a “broadband experience” on mobile
* Together with good devices and flat rate tariffs, this has taken 3G to an inflection point for growth
* We can expect very rapid uptake of mobile broadband services from here on, provided tariffs are reasonable
* There are some good applications already in use and, as take-up and usage increase, we can expect much more energy to go into application development
* There is good evidence that people will largely take their PC-based usage of the web onto mobile, with applications such as social networking and media sharing providing strong drivers
* The bulk of the revenue is so far in access and traffic, with high potential from advertising and search although they are currently in their early stages

These slides are copyright of Ovum ]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/surveys.php4 2b891caf53a6dc3755d355aa90bc0f7d 2008-04-04 http://www.gsacom.com/news/media_coverage.php4 bac749fa14e57ab7ab5e291035834287 2008-03-31

Fast Facts

Mobile subscribers - global and by regions

Market and technology updates and forecasts

3G services, applications and trends

GSM/EDGE/WCDMA-HSPA network deployments globally

WCDMA, HSPA and EDGE Devices launched in the market

HSPA deployments across Europe

GSA Information Papers

GSA Mobile Broadband Forum, including information about 3 events in 2008

Mobile data market, pricing trends

HSDPA market feedback

EDGE Evolution

Evolved HSPA

3GPP Release roadmap

LTE

More GSM/3G resources

]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/market_update.php4#GSM_3G_Market_Update d375275a588abc3fd7636bb3ed1eab33 2008-03-11 http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/wcdma_databank.php4#3G_WCDMA_Fact_Sheet 82207b9061a24c9da1e317a0d2e5b061 2008-03-10
Lists all HSPA deployments worldwide

HSPA - Key Facts:

* 220 HSDPA Operator commitments in 92 countries/territories
* 185 commercial HSDPA operators launched in 80 countries
* Over 62% of commercial HSDPA operators have launched with downlink capability of 3.6 Mbps peak or higher data speeds
* 129 HSDPA networks evolving to 3.6 Mbps peak fast broadband speed or higher, of which 116 operators supporting 3.6 Mbps peak or higher downlink speeds have commercially launched in 58 countries
* 38 HSDPA networks supporting 7.2 Mbps peak or higher have commercially launched in 25 countries
* 58 operators have committed to HSUPA with 34 HSUPA operators commercially launched in 26 countries
* 138 of 220 HSDPA networks (62.7%) combine with GSM/EDGE for service continuity and the best user experience
* 107 of 185 commercial HSDPA operators (57.8%) have also commercially launched EDGE
* Over 1.1 billion GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and HSPA subscribers in commercial HSPA-enabled networks

Numerous HSPA-related charts and maps may be downloaded and used, with accreditation to GSA as the source. See www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4 ]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/wcdma_databank.php4#HSDPA_Operator_Commitments d9ac1d402fc5b694a53c2486a36a4f82 2008-03-07
Source of data: GSA's HSDPA Operator Commitments survey - March 7, 2008
Available at www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/wcdma_databank.php4#HSDPA_Operator_Commitments]]> http://www.gsacom.com/programs/europe.php4 a1d9e3ffb3362d51282b3e4b332f1ef9 2008-03-07
This latest survey (March 7, 2008) confirms:

- 211 commercial WCDMA operators launched in 91 countries
- 185 commercial HSDPA operators launched in 80 countries

The survey confirms that 87.6% of commercial WCDMA operators, i.e. 7 out of 8, have also commercially launched HSDPA

Several WCDMA and HSPA related charts and maps may be downloaded and used, with accreditation to GSA as the source, see www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/wcdma_databank.php4#3G_WCDMA_HSDPA Launches Worldwide Sept 13 2007 676cb713ea9e2e4b40857aed2a89d19e 2008-03-07
• The aim of the research was to highlight good examples of 3G services from operators around the world in a number of categories: mobile broadband, mobile advertising, social networking, place shifting and mobile search
• This research is distributed by exclusive agreement with GSA - Global mobile Suppliers Association
• Ovum will update the research quarterly from Q1 2008 and look for new services to expand the scope
• The key findings of the research were:
- HSPA services finally provide users with a “broadband experience” on mobile
- Together with good devices and flat rate tariffs, this has taken 3G to an inflection point for growth
- We can expect very rapid uptake of mobile broadband services from here on, provided tariffs are reasonable
- There are some good applications already in use and, as take-up and usage increase, we can expect much more energy to go into application development
- There is good evidence that people will largely take their PC-based usage of the web onto mobile, with applications such as social networking and media sharing providing strong drivers
- The bulk of the revenue is so far in access and traffic, with high potential from advertising and search although they are currently in their early stages

Part 2 (below): Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, UK]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/surveys.php4 3669037bf13100d454996abbbf56cd29 2008-02-21
Research carried out by Ovum Ltd during Q3 2007.]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/surveys.php4 3669037bf13100d454996abbbf56cd29 2008-02-21 Mobile Broadband Breakthrough in 2007 with HSPA
WCDMA-HSPA deployments
WCDMA/HSPA-GSM/EDGE combination
User devices
Evolution of Network Speeds, including Evolved HSPA. EDGE Evolution, LTE
GSM subscriptions performance globally and by region
GSA Activities, including GSA Mobile Broadband Forum, Information Papers, Market Intelligence
]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/market_update.php4#GSM 3G Network Update ce8e0f38964716e5d9bcf4f7572db8d0 2008-02-05
This interview first appeared in Mobile Communications Europe, published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com)]]> http://www.gsacom.com/media/featured_articles.php4 ad9828a5c1888817d0ad312261a3504a 2008-02-05
This paper provides an overview of current network capabilities and the evolution path, including EDGE Evolution and Evolved HSPA.

The LTE radio access and the core network specifications have been specified by 3GPP as the next step in the 3G evolution. LTE is described in a separate Information Paper "Long Term Evolution of the 3GPP Radio Technology" which can be downloaded at http://www.gsacom.com/cgi/redir.pl5?url=http://www.gsacom.com/downloads/pdf/lte_3gpp.php4 ]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 ad4f496fdd739af0b94039c39606bdc4 2008-02-04
This article first appeared in Mobile World Focus 2008 published by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com) ]]> http://www.gsacom.com/media/featured_articles.php4 fd88caf06ba5e275c97867697d49739f 2008-01-31
This short paper provides an overview of the present spectrum situation including developments in the 700, 850, 900 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands, and summarizes the additional spectrum identified by WRC '07

Useful additional resources/links:

GSA Information Paper “UMTS 900”
www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4

GSA 3G/WCDMA-HSPA Fact Sheet
www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/wcdma_databank.php4#3G_WCDMA_Fact_Sheet

WRC 07 Outcome and some views
www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4

GSA submission to Ofcom 2GHz, 2.6 GHz spectrum consultation
http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/consultation_responses.php4

FCC Auction 73 Fact Sheet
http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_factsheet&id=73#Licenses Offered]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 2c905fd6dbc4e38edc5dcb94772c1e5e 2008-01-30
Several GSM/EDGE-related maps/charts are available at www.gsacom.com/news/statistics.php4

GSA Information Paper EDGE Evolution available at www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/edge_databank.php4#EDGE_Fact_Sheet c02b9bb66546ed5d3aa0dd7eb7ea0ede 2008-01-10 http://www.gsacom.com/programs/europe.php4 bf355beb9a430778162af9a312dc072e 2007-12-14 http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 f34568d78efd61275db76cc27ebd6d64 2007-12-11
Kindly prepared for GSA by Håkan Ohlsén and Lasse Wieweg, Ericsson AB]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 1ce6b56c35a7c679d85e849008ef7e95 2007-12-07 http://www.gsacom.com/programs/latin_america.php4 8045c5df1892fdfbf51aa9806cb581cc 2007-10-29
Mobile Broadband success stories from HSPA network operators (HSDPA, HSUPA) globally, featuring in this update:

KTF, South Korea
Mobitel, Slovenia
3, UK
Vodafone, Spain
Telia, Sweden
Telstra NextG™, Australia
M1, Singapore
Maxis, Malaysia
MTN, South Africa
SmarTone-Vodafone, Hong Kong

+ GSA’s Q2 07 survey of commercial HSDPA operators]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/market_update.php4#HSPA Success Stories bead77f3aa5218c7578fe8463570794c 2007-10-11 Background and membership, sponsors
Vision and target
Activities
]]> http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 98d5c238677615a1d3910dea52ab240d 2007-07-19 http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/info_papers.php4 b3b704b1c35ed7cb33f4f841398836e4 2007-07-02 Press Release: Fast Factshttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_fastfacts.php42010-10-10 Press Release: GSA Publishes Report on US 700 MHz Spectrum Auction Outcomehttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_245.php42008-04-25 Press Release: GSA Survey Confirms 637 HSPA Devices Launched and 150% Annual Growthhttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_244.php42008-04-06 Press Release: GSA Survey Confirms 7 in 8 WCDMA Operators have launched HSPAhttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_243.php42008-03-10 Press Release: GSA Publishes New Survey on 3G Applications and Serviceshttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_242.php42008-02-21 Press Release: Latest GSA Market Update Confirms GSM Market Share Gains and Mobile Broadband Breakthrough with HSPA in 2007http://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_241.php42008-02-05 Press Release: LTE Standard Now Approvedhttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_240.php42008-01-22 Press Release: GSA's latest GSM/3G Market Update (January 15, 2008) is available for downloadhttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_239.php42008-01-15 Press Release: GSA Survey Confirms HSPA as Global System of Choice for Mobile Broadband; 166 HSDPA networks launched in 75 countrieshttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_238.php42008-01-08 Press Release: Global mobile Suppliers Association Launches GSA Mobile Broadband Forumhttp://www.gsacom.com/news/gsa_237.php42007-12-10