Date: 17/04/2011

Cellular subscriptions in Asia/Pacific to cross 3 Billion in 2015

According to In-Stat the Asia/Pacific region will surpass 3 billion cellular subscriptions by 2015.

In-stat research highlights include:
FDD-LTE subscription in North America will exceed 10 million in 2012.
Eastern Europe will realize their 100 millionth 3G cellular subscription in 2013.
2011 is the last year that 2G GSM North American subscriptions will be greater than 50 million as operators in the region move their subscriptions to 3G and pre-4G airlinks.
In 2015, the Asia/Pacific region reaches 500 million combined WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+ subscriptions.
2012 will be the peak of CDMA Rev A, with almost 130 million subscriptions worldwide. Rev A subscriptions are forecast to decline through the remainder of the forecast period. And It's worth noting that CDMA Rel 0+ and Rev B are both predicted to increase subscriptions over that same period.

"Perhaps no global business model is more fluid than cellular communications," says Chris Kissel, Analyst. "Depending upon market conditions, mobile operators can offer simple 2G analog services or extremely sophisticated mobile networks capable of delivering 40-60Mbps downlink speeds, with many additional offerings in between."