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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
cdma2000 still growing
CDMA Trade Association reports:
- 185.6M worldwide (up 73M, 27%)
- 68% users worldwide have cdma2000 (as opposed to "normal" CDMA)
cdma2000 is touted as a 3G technology, which is arguable. Yet, cdma2000 1X supports up to 150 kbps, which is enough for downloading Java games and highly compressed audio/music. EDGE is somewhat comparable to 1X. GPRS is considerably slower. EV-DO can go considerably higher than 1X.
Asia-Pacific remains the largest region for CDMA technologies, representing 43 per cent of the total CDMA subscriber base worldwide. The region also leads in CDMA2000 penetration
Not the least Korea and China contributes to this.
Digital Media Europe: News - CDMA2000 base exceeds 185m users in Q2
- 185.6M worldwide (up 73M, 27%)
- 68% users worldwide have cdma2000 (as opposed to "normal" CDMA)
cdma2000 is touted as a 3G technology, which is arguable. Yet, cdma2000 1X supports up to 150 kbps, which is enough for downloading Java games and highly compressed audio/music. EDGE is somewhat comparable to 1X. GPRS is considerably slower. EV-DO can go considerably higher than 1X.
Asia-Pacific remains the largest region for CDMA technologies, representing 43 per cent of the total CDMA subscriber base worldwide. The region also leads in CDMA2000 penetration
Not the least Korea and China contributes to this.
Digital Media Europe: News - CDMA2000 base exceeds 185m users in Q2
