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According to Informa’s World Cellular Information Service quarterly subscriber reports, with 117 million subscribers UMTS/HSDPA is commercially available through twice as many operators as other 3G technologies -– 167 operators in 69 countries, compared to 71 operators in 44 countries offering CDMA EV-DO. In other words – of the 172 million mobile broadband 3G subscribers worldwide as of Q1 2007, 68% use UMTS/HSDPA.
The greatest quarterly growth of UMTS/HSDPA took place in North America, where this technology experienced an unprecedented 614% growth — from 350,000 subscribers to 2.5 million subscribers in three months ending March 2007.
“UMTS/HSDPA technology in North America will continue its steady growth as subscribers become aware of the tremendous applications and devices that make full use of these high speed wireless data networks,” Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas stated.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
