The power of the cellular handset is really very impressive when one considers that the device in your pocket or purse literally unifies the world.
The 3Q10 Cellular Subscription report is a PowerPoint presentation that takes an involved look at the cellular subscriber ecosystem and the factors that influence the growth or decline of a given technology.
Global cellular subscribers are covered and forecasted by region (North America, Caribbean and Latin America, Asia/Pacific, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Middle East and Africa) for the years 2007-2014. There is a further segmentation by airlinks: 2G subscribers (CDMA2000 grouped with CDMA One, and 2G GSM, GPRS, and EDGE/EDGE+ subscribers). 3G subscribers (CDMA2000 EV-DO Rel 0+, and WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+) are presented for each region. Lastly, WiMAX 802.16e and LTE subscribers are forecast.
Key findings include: -GSM, GPRS, EDGE/EDGE+ subscribers expected to crest in 2012 -In-Stat has CDMA 2000 & CDMAOne subscribers expected to peak in 2012. New subscribers in China and India are being offset as North American mobile operators migrate their customers to 3G services -In the 3G world, CDMA Rel.0 platforms are likely to plateau in 2013.
The Cellular Subscription Report is sold in conjunction with the 3Q10 Cellular Contracts, Deployments, and Subscriptions Database.
2Q10 2G/3G/4G Contracts, Deployments, and Subscriptions Database
This report provides an in-depth look at the wireless technologies being deployed around the world. It provides summary data by bandwidth, technology, and region in pivot tables for quick analysis of trends using a combination of subscriptions, contract awards, and deployments. Furthermore, detailed data on contract awards for upcoming networks and new network deployments are provided in pivot tables for targeted views by country, service provider, and infrastructure vendor for in-depth analysis. This report includes: -Five-year subscriptions forecasts by wireless technology and region (CDMA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, 802.16e, and LTE) -Contract awards and deployments by wireless technology, region, country, service provider, infrastructure vendor, date, availability, and value.
1Q10 2G/3G/4G Contracts, Deployments, and Subscriptions Database
This report provides an in-depth look at the wireless technologies being deployed around the world. It provides summary data by bandwidth, technology, and region in pivot tables for quick analysis of trends using a combination of subscriptions, contract awards, and deployments. Furthermore, detailed data on contract awards for upcoming networks and new network deployments are provided in pivot tables for targeted views by country, service provider, and infrastructure vendor for in-depth analysis. This report includes: -Five-year subscriptions forecasts by wireless technology and region (CDMA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, 802.16e, and LTE) -Contract awards and deployments by wireless technology, region, country, service provider, infrastructure vendor, date, availability, and value.
4Q09 2G/3G/4G Contracts, Deployments, and Subscriptions Database
This report provides an in-depth look at the wireless technologies being deployed around the world. It provides summary data by bandwidth, technology, and region in pivot tables for quick analysis of trends using a combination of subscriptions, contract awards, and deployments. Furthermore, detailed data on contract awards for upcoming networks and new network deployments are provided in pivot tables for targeted views by country, service provider, and infrastructure vendor for in-depth analysis.
This report includes: -Five-year subscriptions forecasts by wireless technology and region (CDMA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, 802.16e, and LTE) -Contract awards and deployments by wireless technology, region, country, service provider, infrastructure vendor, date, availability, and value.
3Q09 2G/3G/4G Contracts, Deployments, and Subscriptions Database
This report provides an in-depth look at the wireless technologies being deployed around the world. It provides summary data by bandwidth, technology, and region in pivot-tables for quick analysis of trends using a combination of subscriptions, contract awards, and deployments. Furthermore, detailed data on contract awards for upcoming networks and new network deployments are provided in pivot-tables for targeted views by country, service provider, and infrastructure vendor for in-depth analysis.
This report includes: -Five-year subscriptions forecasts by wireless technology and region (CDMA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, 802.16e, and LTE) -Contract awards and deployments by wireless technology, region, country, service provider, infrastructure vendor, date, availability, and value.
1Q/2Q09 2G/3G/4G Contract, Deployment, and Subscriptions Database
This report provides an in-depth look at the wireless technologies being deployed around the world. It provides summary data by bandwidth, technology, and region in pivot-tables for quick analysis of trends using a combination of subscriptions, contract awards, and deployments. Furthermore, detailed data on contract awards for upcoming networks and new network deployments are provided in pivot-tables for targeted views by country, service provider, and infrastructure vendor for in-depth analysis.
This report includes: -Five-year subscriptions forecasts by wireless technology and region (CDMA, GSM/EDGE, CDMA EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, 802.16e, and LTE) -Contract awards and deployments by wireless technology, region, country, service provider, infrastructure vendor, date, availability, and value.
Looking forward over the next few quarters, it appears that WiMAX and HSPA will be the dominant wireless technologies being deployed worldwide as there appears to be a steady flow of contract awards for the two technologies and a significant slowdown in contracts for WCDMA and CDMA EV-DO equipment. HSPA deployments were strong in Eastern and Western Europe as well as Asia/Pacific. WiMAX deployments were strong in both Asia/Pacific as well as the Middle East and Africa.
Continuing economic uncertainty appears to be taking its toll on cellular infrastructure deployments in 3Q08. There were a total of three HSPA deployments, two in Asia Pacific and one in Western Europe, and there were no deployments for new WCDMA and CDMA EV-DO networks in 3Q08.
In-Stat only identified five new deployments for the second quarter of 2008. There were three WiMAX deployments in Bolivia, Algeria, and the US and two cellular deployments in Saudi Arabia and Slovenia. During this period In-Stat did identify thirty new contract awards, so deployments should be increasing the second half of 2008.
Likely due to poor economic conditions, cellular deployments slowed considerably for 1Q08, despite consistent quarterly growth over the past few years. During 1Q08, there were four cellular deployments, half EV-DO and the other HSPA. On the other hand, there were 12 deployments of Mobile WiMAX in 1Q08, which were evenly scattered across the globe.
In-Stat expects 3G-4G subscriptions will grow in a very healthy manner throughout the forecast period. Over the course of 2007, 3G-4G subscriptions grew 94%. In-Stat expects an increase of 47.5% in subscriptions during 2008, bringing 3G-4G subscriptions to over 400 million worldwide. By the end of 2012, In-Stat expects 3G-4G subscriptions to rise to 1.4 billion. In-Stat defines WCDMA/HSPA, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, Mobile WiMAX, and LTE as 3G-4G technologies.
4Q07 Global 3G/4G Deployments & Subscribers Tracker
4Q07 was another strong quarter for HSPA deployments, with 8 HSDPA and 9 HSUPA deployments. More than half of the HSUPA deployments for the quarter were in Western Europe, which is no surprise, given that Western Europe is a hotbed for WCDMA/HSDPA, and Western European operators are now embracing HSUPA to add throughput on the uplink. Comparatively, there were 6 EV-DO Rel 0 and 6 EV-DO Rev A deployments, with most of these deployments occurring in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East & Africa regions. There were 6 Mobile WiMAX deployments, with half of these occurring in the Latin & South America geographic segment.
3G/4G subscribers (i.e., those subscribers to WCDMA/HSPA, EV-DO, TD-SCDMA, Mobile WiMAX, and LTE networks) grew 91% over the course of 2007, and In-Stat expects a 63% growth rate over the course of 2008, with subscribers expected to rise from 230 million in 2007, to 375 million in 2008.
