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Market Research Estimates Global Cellular Network Subscriptions at 6.1 Billion

ROCKVILLE, MD — (Marketwire) — 01/09/12 — MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report “2G, 3G & 4G Cellular Network Subscriptions Database Q1-2012” to their collection of Wireless market reports. For more information, visit

With 6.1 billion global cellular network subscriptions, the year 2011 has seen mobile penetration levels reach over 87 %. From an operator perspective, China Mobile is leading the market with over 650 million subscriptions. Indian operators (primarily Bharti, Vodafone, Reliance, Idea Cellular, BSNL, etc.) also constitute a considerable market share with over 928 million subscriptions. Mobile broadband has also seen considerable growth with 3.5 G HSPA subscriptions reaching 566 million, EV-DO subscriptions reaching 272 million, and 4G LTE subscriptions reaching 6.4 million. LTE subscriptions that currently comprise only 0.1 % of the market will significantly grow over the next 5 years, eventually representing more than 8 % of the market in 2016. Presently, U.S. operator Verizon Wireless and Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo are leading the LTE market with market shares of 63 % and 22 % respectively, driven by their early adoption of LTE technology.

Covering over 810 operators and 222 countries worldwide, the “2G, 3G & 4G Cellular Network Subscriptions Database Q1-2012” summarizes global cellular network subscriptions by technology, data protocol, category (pre-paid, post paid) region, country, and operator. The report includes:

Number of cellular network subscriptions (as of Q4-2011) by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator

Five-year subscriptions forecasts by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator

Market share data by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator

Penetration data by region and country

Population data by region and country

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