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4 Billion Cellphone Subscriptions Worldwide! 81% GSM

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I read this report on GigaOm and it really sent my head spinning. There are 4 billion mobile subscriptions currently according to Wireless Intelligence (owned by the GSM Association). This is scheduled to hit 5 billion by the end of this year. Talk about impressive numbers considering the last billion were added in the end of 2007 until the end of 2008!

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The most interesting part in my opinion is the breakdown between GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA. GSM owns the world with 81% of the worlds mobile subscriptions. CDMA has a marginal 10.28%, which explains why many CDMA devices come out months if not years after their GSM variants.

via Wireless Intelligence via GigaOm

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3 Comments to “4 Billion Cellphone Subscriptions Worldwide! 81% GSM

  1. Posted by: DavidB

    You’re surprised by this? Why? Does t everyon know CDMA is essentially exclusive to North America?

    I’ll bet 90% of that 81% or dumb candybars and flips.

  2. Even more interesting is the breakdown in the US, where more than 50% is CDMA (i.e., Verizon and Sprint).

  3. CDMA is bad…..sorry to say it sucks….GSM is the way to go….