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 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.
About CDG
The CDMA Development Group is a trade association formed to foster the worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA2000 technologies. The more than 130 member companies of the CDG include many of the world's largest wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers. The primary activities of the CDG include development of CDMA2000 features and services, public relations, education and seminars, regulatory affairs and international support. Currently, there are more than 500 individuals working within various CDG subcommittees on CDMA2000-related matters. For more information about the CDG, contact the CDG News Bureau at +1-714-540-1030, or visit the CDG Web site at www.cdg.org.
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