GSM trends

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