CDG Announces Global Proliferation of CDMA2000 EVDO Revision A
COSTA MESA, Calif., Nov. 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The CDMA
Development Group (CDG) today announced that CDMA2000(r) 1xEV-DO
Revision A (Rev. A) continues to be the most viable and prominent air
interface for today's diverse, broadband-hungry consumer base. There
are now 47 operators in 33 countries that have selected Rev. A to
deliver advanced broadband services, of which 13 of them are
commercial. The number of operators that have decided to deploy Rev. A
has more than doubled within the past 8 months, with the greatest
amount of adoption coming from emerging markets. Rev. A's major
attribute is the superior user experience it delivers based on its
improved performance, giving consumers full mobility with the
bandwidth-heavy applications that have become essential to their
enhanced productivity and lifestyles. Rev. A has enabled a whole new
era of mobile communications practices, in terms of technical
performance and service availability.
"Since operators first began offering EVDO Rev. A services a year ago,
the CDG has witnessed an dramatic increase in Rev. A networks, devices
and subscribers," said Joe Lawrence, vice president of marketing for
the CDG. "Rev. A's versatility and performance make it the most
advanced wireless broadband technology available today. It allows
operators to maximize their return on investments by offering
affordable and compelling services with a significantly enhanced user
experience."
Now that consumers want constant broadband access to the Internet
and value-added services that have become core elements of their
lifestyles-web access, email, multimedia messaging, social networking,
online gaming, audio entertainment and even watching
television-operators have had to move quickly to add broadband capacity
without compromising network access, affordability and customer
satisfaction. Rev. A has allowed operators to offer all of the above to
their subscribers while enhancing connection setup times, data
throughputs (both directions), reducing latencies and enabling advanced
quality of service (QoS) features. So far, CDMA2000 operators have
witnessed double digit growth in data revenues, which account for 20%
of U.S. revenue and 30% percent of revenue in Japan and South Korea. In
Q3 2007, Sprint Nextel generated $1 billion in data revenue (including
SMS) and Verizon Wireless generated $2 billion. Increased data revenues
have allowed CDMA2000 operators to sustain their overall ARPU while 2G
GSM/GPRS/EDGE operators have seen a significant decline.
Within the past year, 13 commercial Rev. A networks have been
deployed in 11 countries -providing access to 412 million people.
Another 34 Rev. A networks are in deployment. Also, there are currently
37 Rev. A devices commercially available.
Rev. A offers average download speeds of 600-1400 kbps with bursts
up to 3.1 Mbps and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps with bursts up
to 1.8 Mbps. Rev. A's average latency is below 50 msec (RTT), which is
critical for delay-sensitive applications like VoIP, push-to-talk and
video telephony. Rev. A offers the highest spectral efficiency
available in the industry, enabling a lower total cost of network
ownership, and greater bi-directional symmetry, making the user
bandwidth experience virtually the same as Wi-Fi for both the uplink
and downlink. Rev. A's all-IP infrastructure affords greater service
flexibility, network control and efficiencies, and supports advanced
QoS for user- and flow-based prioritization to enable different grades
of service based on subscription and applications.
The following operators have deployed or are committed to deploying Rev. A networks:
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Rev. A
Operator Network Status Region
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1 Movicel Telecomunicacoes Pending Angola: Luanda
Lda.
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2 Bermuda Digital Pending Bermuda: Coverage
Communications pending
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3 Caribbean Cellular Pending British Virgin
Telephone (CCT) Islands: Tortola
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4 Bell Mobility Commercial Canada: Coverage
pending
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5 Telus Mobility Commercial Canada: Nationwide
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6 EOCG Wireless Cayman Launch 3Q 2007 Cayman Islands:
Islands Grand Cayman
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7 Arobase Telecom S.A Pending Cote d'Ivoire:
Coverage Pending
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8 Mobilkom A.S. Commercial Czech Republic:
Coverage pending
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9 Tatem Telecom Commercial Dem. Rep. of
Congo: Kinshasa
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10 Etapa Cuenca Pending Ecuador:
Coverage pending
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11 Televork Commercial Estonia
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12 PT Smart Telecom Pending Indonesia:
Coverage pending
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13 Itisaluna Iraq Launch 1Q 2008 Iraq:
Coverage pending
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14 KDDI Commercial Japan: Nationwide
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15 Telkom Kenya Limited Pending Kenya: Coverage
pending
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16 IUSACELL Launch 4Q 2007 Mexico: Nationwide
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17 G-Mobile Pending Mongolia:
Coverage Pending
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18 SkyTel Pending Mongolia:
Coverage pending
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19 EOCG Wireless NV Launch 3Q 2007 Netherlands
Antilles: Bonaire,
Curacao, Saint
Maarten
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20 Telecom New Zealand Commercial New Zealand:
Auckland,
Christchurch,
Wellington
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21 MTS First Wireless Launch 3Q 2007 Nigeria: Abuja,
Limited Lagos, Port
Hartcourt
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22 Starcomms Limited Commercial Nigeria: Various
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23 Visafone Launch 4Q 2007 Nigeria: Coverage
pending
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24 Nordisk Mobiltelefon Commercial Norway: Coverage
Norway pending
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25 Broadband Everywhere Launch 4Q 2007 Philippines:
Coverage pending
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26 Centennial de Puerto Pending Puerto Rico:
Rico Coverage pending
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27 Sprint Puerto Rico Commercial Puerto Rico:
Arecibo, Fajardo,
Mayaguez, Ponce,
San Juan
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28 Delta Telecom Launch 4Q 2007 Russia: Coverage
pending
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29 Saudi Telecom Company Pending Saudi Arabia:
Coverage pending
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30 LG Telecom Launch 4Q 2007 South Korea:
Coverage pending
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31 Sudatel Pending Sudan: Coverage
pending
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32 Telesur Launch 1Q 2008 Suriname:
Coverage pending
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33 Nordisk Mobiltelefon Commercial Sweden:
Sweden Coverage pending
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34 Benson Informatics Pending Tanzania:
Limited Coverage pending
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35 MyCell Company Ltd. Pending Tanzania:
Coverage pending
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36 Telesystems of Ukraine Launch 3Q 2007 Ukraine: Coverage
pending
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37 Ukrainian Mobile Pending Ukraine: Coverage
Communications (UMC) pending
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38 AirCell Pending USA: Coverage
pending
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39 Cellular South Pending USA: Coverage
pending
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40 Leap Wireless (Cricket Launch 1Q 2008 USA: Coverage
Communications) pending
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41 Nex-Tech Wireless Launch 4Q 2007 USA: Coverage
pending
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42 NTELOS Pending USA: VA, WV, KY,
OH, NC
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43 Pocket Communications Pending USA: Laredo and
San Antonio, TX
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44 Sprint Nextel Commercial USA: Nationwide
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45 Verizon Wireless Commercial USA: Nationwide
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46 Movilnet Pending Venezuela:
Nationwide
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About CDMA2000
CDMA2000 is the most widely deployed 3G technology, with 241
operators in 99 countries, including 79 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO systems,
serving more than 377 million subscribers. Counting 2G cdmaOne
subscribers, there are more than 400 million CDMA users worldwide.
CDMA2000 has become the technology of choice for developed and emerging
market operators, and is deployable in the 450, 700, 800, 1700, 1900
and 2100 MHz bands. More than 1,795 CDMA2000 devices from over 92
suppliers have been introduced to the market, including more than 469
1xEV-DO and 37 Rev. A devices. More information on CDMA2000 is
available on the CDG Web site at www.cdg.org.
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