CDMA Wireless Technology Surpasses 120 Million Global Subscribers; CDMA Penetration in North America and Asia is on the Rise; Latin America Shows Strong Subscriber Growth.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)--May 22, 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 announced that there were more than 120 million CDMA subscribers worldwide at the end of the first quarter of 2002; of the 120 million, nearly 8 million were using CDMA2000 1X, the leading 3G technology. The CDMA subscriber base has grown by 30 million, or 33 percent in the past year. "CDMA continues to expand rapidly around the world and is leading in 3G adoption," said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. "The upcoming months look very promising for CDMA, and we expect to see a significant increase in subscribers with the continued commercial deployment of 3G CDMA2000 services." The largest CDMA subscriber base was 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. , where there were nearly 53 million users, representing more than 60 percent of the total number of subscribers in the region. 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. reached more than 22 million subscribers, a 39 percent growth over the past year, and CDMA penetration in Asia grew to nearly 44 million subscribers. CDMA2000 subscribers are growing at a rate of more than 1 million per month and, in March, they accounted for more than 98 percent of the total number of 3G subscribers in the world. With additional deployments planned this year, CDMA2000 will continue to lead in delivering 3G. The CDMA Development Group is a non-profit trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA technologies. 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 cdmaOne(TM) and CDMA2000 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 http://www.cdg.org. Note to Editors: cdmaOne is a trademark of the CDG. |
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