CDMA Technology Exceeds 127 Million Subscribers Worldwide; CDMA2000 Captures 99 Percent of 3G Market.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. Development Group (CDG (CDMA Development Group, Costa Mesa, CA, www.cdg.org) A membership organization founded in 1995 that promotes CDMA wireless systems worldwide. It is involved with developing new features and services and promoting standards that provide global compatibility and interoperability. ) (www.cdg.org) today reported that there were more than 127 million CDMA subscribers at the end of the second quarter of 2002 and 15 million 3G CDMA2000 subscribers worldwide as of July 2002. Over the past year, CDMA subscribers grew by 32 percent, while the CDMA2000 base increased nearly 21 times. "The CDG is very pleased to see another quarter of strong growth for CDMA and the phenomenal advancements of CDMA2000," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "We anticipate this growth will continue with the expansion of a number of markets and the rapid adoption of CDMA2000." CDMA is the leading technology in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . With 55.3 million subscribers, CDMA increased its market share from 43 to 47 percent. In Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , the number of CDMA subscribers grew by more than 40 percent in the past year, reaching 24 million in 15 countries. The 3G CDMA2000 base has nearly doubled in the past four months and is now growing at a rate of 1.8 million per month. With 99 percent market share, CDMA2000 dominates 3G today. The adoption rate of the technology is especially impressive in Asia: In Korea, 38 percent of subscribers use CDMA2000 technology and in Japan, KDDI has signed on 1.67 million CDMA2000 customers in only five months. KDDI adds on average 10,000 new CDMA2000 subscribers a day, and expects to have 7 million, or 40 percent of their base, using 3G services by March 2003. During the first seven months of 2002, 11 CDMA2000 networks were launched in Asia and the Americas bringing the total number of CDMA2000 service providers to 18. As industry-leading operators accelerate plans to deploy 3G networks, CDMA2000 is expected to remain a leader in the delivery of 3G services. Subscriber statistics and CDMA2000 deployment information are available on the CDG Web site at www.cdg.org. The CDMA Development Group is a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of cdmaOne(TM) and CDMA2000. The 110 member companies of the CDG include many of the world's largest wireless operators and equipment manufacturers. The primary activities of the CDG include development of CDMA features and services, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , education and seminars, regulatory affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: For more information about the CDG, contact Valerie Christopherson of the CDG News Bureau at 714/540-1030, Ext. 14, e-mail vchristopherson@bockpr.com, or visit the CDG Web site at www.cdg.org. |
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