Mobile Connectivity
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According to Wireless Intelligence, the following regions are driving global HSPA connection growth:
- AsiaPac accounts for almost 50 million live HSPA connections today and will have over 56 million by this September
- EMEA HSPA connections will pass the 50 million mark any day and will have reached almost 60 million by the end of September this year
- The US currently has almost 32 million HSPA connections with the number expected to rise to nearly 37 million by this September
- The Americas will have just over four million connections by the end of September
- "The tremendous success of HSPA demonstrates the enormous ongoing demand for truly mobile broadband access, said Dan Warren," Director of Technology, GSMA. "HSPA's leading position is not just important to the mobile industry - by using a single technology for mobile broadband services globally, we avoid the fragmentation that limits its potential to improve the quality of people's lives."
- The phenomenal growth of HSPA is set to continue, with 200 million connections expected by Q1 2010.
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"Mobile Broadband is like a home or office broadband connection with one crucial difference: freedom. Freedom from hot spots, freedom from complexity and freedom from security concerns." Michael O'Hara, CMO of the GSMA. |
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Global broadband subscribers are expected to grow from 208 million at the end of 2005 to more than 477 million by the end of 2011. Broadbrand Trends March 31 2006 |
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The worldwide FMC (Fixed mobile convergence) market is forecast to grow to USD$46.3 billion by 2010, while the number of worldwide FMC subscribers is expected to increase from 188,000 in 2006 to 38.2 million in 2010. Infonetics Research, FMC Equipment, Phones and Subscribers Market Outlook 10/07 report |
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The European Mobile Broadband market is expected to grow at an annual compound growth rate of 22.9 percent during the next five years to reach USD 4.1 billion. Berg Insight, Mobile Broadband adoption, June 28, 2007 |
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Today, more than 55 million people subscribe to Mobile Broadband services in 91 countries -- a number expected to grow by four million per month by the end of 2008. Wireless Intelligence. |
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