Dell'Oro: CDMA infrastructure market took a hit in 2Q

Lynnette Luna — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:19:52 -0400

The Dell'Oro Group says that the worldwide CDMA infrastructure market fell more than 25 percent from the year ago quarter as Verizon Wireless and Sprint cut back on CDMA spending. The firm says Verizon Wireless' capex was down about $150 million, while Sprint's capex was down nearly $1 billion. "As a result of this contraction in North America, North America's share of the CDMA market fell to approximately two-thirds share, from over three-quarters share in the second quarter last year. Growth in Asia Pacific, particularly in India, helped to offset these declines," said Scott Siegler, analyst with the group's Mobility Infrastructure group. "In the quarter, Reliance, Tata and BSNL continued to see solid CDMA subscriber growth and continued to invest in the growth of their CDMA networks. However, we believe the region will experience declines in the second half of the year, as we expect all three operators to begin to focus more capital towards their GSM networks." Release

Report: 133M WiMAX subscribers by 2012

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:59:54 -0400

The WiMAX Forum today released its projections for global WiMAX subscribers. The forum estimates more than 133 million WiMAX subscribers by 2012. The forum commissioned an independent research study that will be published next month.

In addition, the study estimates that about 70 percent of the forecasted WiMAX subscribers will use mobile and portable WiMAX devices to access the Internet by 2012. According to the study, the key driver of WiMAX subscriber growth will be adoption of the technology in Asia Pacific and the Americas. -Lynnette