The GSMA research has found that mobile operators around the world will invest up to $72 billion in mobile broadband technologies in 2010. Asia Pacific will see the greatest investment with predicted capital expenditure of up to $34 billion. North America follows with up to $19 billion, with Europe expected to invest up to $14 billion. Mobile Broadband is set to account for 52% of all operator investment in mobile infrastructure globally.
In terms of HSPA subscriber addition, this year is set to end with 342 million connections. Of that number, Europe will lead the way with 120 million connections, with Asia Pacific accounting for 116 million and North America 58 million.
At the moment, there are more than 1,800 HSPA enabled devices available from more than 150 suppliers. Across 123 countries, there are currently 294 commercially live networks, of which 183 currently deliver peak data rates of above 3.6 Mbps, and 37 commercially live HSPA+ networks, each capable of delivering data speeds up to 21 Mbps.