3G Americas

GSM Technologies on Track to Break Half a Billion Subscriptions in the Americas by End of 2008

Bellevue, WA, May 21, 2008 - 3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies including LTE, has announced total market share for the GSM family equal to 66% of the entire cellular market in the Western Hemisphere.

This represents a 9% percent increase in market share since the first quarter of 2007, according to Informa Telecoms and Media’s World Cellular Information Service. With nearly 450 million subscriptions at the end of the first quarter of 2008, Informa forecasts that GSM and UMTS/HSPA are on track to break 500 million subscriptions in the Western Hemisphere by the end of this year with a 70% share of market.

3G Americas Applauds Standards Progress of LTE

Bellevue, WA, January 21, 2008 - With the recent approval of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology specifications by the leading global wireless standards organization 3GPP, LTE is on target and continuing its momentum as the next phase of technology development for the GSM family of technologies, according to industry association 3G Americas.

“3G Americas has consistently supported the 3GPP standards for the GSM family of technologies and we applaud the progress of the LTE standard. LTE is a dynamic OFDM-based next generation technology with a great future. 3G Americas is committed to not only today’s global leading standards of GSM, EDGE and UMTS/HSPA but also to the innovation that LTE provides our industry,” stated Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas.

Nearly 310 Million GSM Customers in the Western Hemisphere

Bellevue, WA, March 01, 2007 - 3G Americas today announced that the GSM family of technologies again took the largest market share in the mobile wireless industry in 2006, with 100 million new GSM subscriptions in the Western Hemisphere, including more than 27 million new subscribers in the 4Q alone. GSM continues to be the number one mobile wireless technology in the Western Hemisphere, with nearly 310 million customers, and is the only mobile wireless technology available in every country of the region.

The GSM family of technologies achieved significant milestones in 2006 throughout the Americas:
• HSDPA service reaches not only the US, but also Canada, Puerto Rico and Chile
• GSM attains an market share of 56% in the Western Hemisphere and growing