Apparently GSM will provide worldwide next month, four billion mobile connections. That says a study by the research group ahead of 3G Americas. Equally strong on the rise is even less common UMTS HSPA standard. By 2012, Informa Telecoms and Media's World expects an increase to one billion connections.
800 networks in 219 countries
Cars and telephones, followed by television and computers have undoubtedly influenced the world and the way we live, "said Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas. Wireless mobile telephony in some countries had an equally influential invention. GSM technologies are today in approximately 800 networks in 219 countries is available.
2012 one billion UMTS HSPA connections
Equally noteworthy is the growing number of 3G subscribers for UMTS HSPA with a worldwide increase of 57 percent in the twelve months to June 2009, has registered the Informa Telecoms & Media World Cellular Information Service. Thus UMTS HSPA has 377 million subscribers worldwide by the end of the second quarter of 2009. Today, there is to offer the world's 277 commercial HSPA networks in 116 countries. According to Informa Telecoms and Media's World, there will be one billion by 2012 UMTS HSPA customers.
