UMTS - leading global 3G technology: reports 3G Americas

More than half a billion new customers were connected with all technologies of mobile wireless service in the year preceding September 2006. This increased the global wireless market to more than 2.5 billion total users of various technologies. The GSM family of wireless technologies dominated the marketplace, growing its customer base by 497 million new customers and increasing its global market share to 83%, according to the research of Informa Telecoms & Media. Over the same twelve months, CDMA technology also added customers - nearly 50 million - while other technologies showed a decline, including TDMA and analog.

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