CDMA Development Group (CDG) - Market Trends

CDMA Development Group (CDG) leads the rapid evolution and deployment of 3G CDMA-based systems, based on open standards and encompassing all core architectures, to meet the needs of markets around the world.

The CDG and its members work together to:

• Accelerate the definition of requirements for new CDMA features, services and applications
• Promote industry and public awareness of CDMA capabilities and developments through marketing and public relations activities
• Foster collaboration and the development of consensus among carriers on critical issues to provide direction and leadership for the industry
• Define the evolution path for current and next-generation CDMA systems
• Establish strategic relationships with government ministries, regulatory bodies, and worldwide standards and industry organizations to promote cooperation and consensus on issues facing the CDMA community
• Serve as the worldwide resource for CDMA-related information
• Minimize the time-to-market of new CDMA-based products and services
• Enable global compatibility and interoperability among CDMA systems worldwide
• Create global economies of scale to make CDMA the preferred choice of operators and end users

CDMA Quick Market Facts

• 259 commercial operators
• 98 countries
• 254 commercial 1X networks
• 24 1X networks in deployment
• 101 commercial 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 networks
• 44 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 networks in deployment
• 35 commercial 1xEV-DO Rev. A network
• 34 1xEV-DO Rev. A networks in deployment
• 417,500,000 CDMA2000 subscribers (4Q 2007)
• 90,534,000 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO subscribers (4Q 2007)
• 1,980 devices have been introduced in to the market including 515 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 and 56 1xEV-DO Rev A devices
  (as of May 7, 2008)

For more details visit: http://cdg.org/