CDMA2000 Global Subscriber Base Reaches 50 Million

The CDMA2000 global subscriber base surpassed 50 million in May 2003, according to The CDMA Development Group. There are 53 commercial networks in 29 countries on six continents and approximately 17 more networks are scheduled for deployment in the second half of 2003. The number of CDMA2000 subscribers grew by 18 million in the first five months of 2003. The largest market for CDMA2000 is in Asia. In Japan, KDDI is adding an average of 600,000 CDMA2000 subscribers per month and expects that 90% of its customers will have migrated to its CDMA2000 network by March 2004. Lucent Technologies.


Five operators in Asia, North and Latin America are already deploying CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, which delivers average data speeds of 300-600 kbps and peak rates up to 2.4 Mbps.
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