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By: sanal Kontör

sanal Kontör — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:06:07 +0000

GSM isn’t a family in the chart, but I suspect 3G networks such as UMTS were counted as GSM. right

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By: Atish

Atish — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:34:14 +0000

W-CDMA (includes UTMS) is part of the GSM family.
GSM family market share is close to 90% as per 3GSM and other surveys.

There are six major carriers that account for 70% of CDMA susbcribers (two of them are Reliance and Tata telecom in India).

CDMA has lost and is fast loosing market share with more and more carriers including Reliance Teleocm switching to or offering dual services with GSM.

http://www.gsacom.com/gsm_3g/market_update.php4

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:40:09 +0000

@tom

I bet a lot of that “Other” is AMPS. In very rural markets there was never any need to turn this off to reclaim frequencies — especially for CDMA carriers. That said don’t underestimate iDEN. Aren’t there like 3 million Boost Mobile subscribers? I’m sure there are still a bunch of (like a few million) hardcore push-to-talk users who have no desire to get rid of their perfectly functional iDEN devices and test the unknown quantity of CDMA PTT.

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By: tom

tom — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:05:00 +0000

what is this ‘other’ with over 5% or the USA/Canada market? surely iDEN does not still have that much usage. does TDMA even exist anymore?

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:01:45 +0000

@Sergey

No, UMTS is part of what’s listed as the WCDMA family.

By: Sergey Panfilov

Sergey Panfilov — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:32:07 +0000

GSM isn’t a family in the chart, but I suspect 3G networks such as UMTS were counted as GSM.

By: Petabro

Petabro — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:52:41 +0000

Stacey,
Global mobile subs are 20% over stated. More in emerging markets. I urge you not to use their figures. I have been following wireless subs for over 10 years.
If you wish to chat – Om can tell you how to reach me.