Global HSPA connections will pass the 150 million mark by the end of the summer, the GSM Association has announced. With more than 300 networks across 127 countries and approaching 1500 HSPA enabled devices readily available, HSPA has firmly established itself as the world’s dominant mobile broadband technology and the fastest adopted mobile technology of all time.
According to Wireless Intelligence, the following regions are driving global HSPA connection growth:
- AsiaPac accounts for almost 50 million live HSPA connections today and will have over 56 million by this September
- EMEA HSPA connections will pass the 50 million mark any day and will have reached almost 60 million by the end of September this year
- The US currently has almost 32 million HSPA connections with the number expected to rise to nearly 37 million by this September
- The Americas will have just over four million connections by the end of September
The phenomenal growth of HSPA is set to continue, with 200 million connections expected by Q1 2010.
These stats really just back up a lot of the stories I have written regarding HSPA and its growing (and continuing) success – it’s proving to be a great fill-in technology whilst the ins and outs of 4G (LTE) are being sorted out…
If you aren’t yet satiated on this topic and want to know more, you can check out http://hspa.gsmworld.com