Growth Returns ・Worldwide Mobile Subscriber Forecasts 2004 - 2009

SUMMARY

Worldwide, wireless subscriber growth is experiencing robust expansion, after several years of slower growth, due to the economic downturn of the last few years. By 2009, In-Stat/MDR forecasts the worldwide wireless market will grow to more than 2.5 billion subscribers. Through 2007 GSM will see steady growth as it expands its worldwide footprint and as customers continue to migrate from older airlink technology. However, from 2008 GSM growth will begin to decline as operators move subscribers to WCDMA. While GSM (including GPRS & EDGE) will remain the dominant airlink throughout most of the forecast, CDMA airlink standards (CDMA & WCDMA) will pass GSM in 2009 to claim the largest share of the market, in terms of number of subscribers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
• Introduction or Overview
• Alphabetic Subscriber Forecast
• Subscriber Forecast by Region
  • The Americas
    • The Caribbean
    • Latin America
    • North America
  • Europe and Scandinavia
    • Eastern Europe
    • Western Europe
    • Scandinavia
  • Rest-Of-World (ROW)
    • Africa
    • Central Asia
    • Eastern Asia
    • Far East
    • Middle East
    • Oceania
    • Southern Asia
    • Southeast Asia
    • Southwest Asia
• Subscriber Forecast by Air Link & Region
  • The Americas
    • United States
    • Canada
    • Latin America
    • Americas Total
  • Europe
    • Western Europe
    • Eastern Europe & Russia
    • European Total
  • Japan
  • ROW
  • Worldwide Totals

List of Tables

• Table 1. Subscriber CAGR by Primary Geographic Region (%)
• Table 2. Subscriber Forecast by Country (Afghanistan – Czech Republic) (x 1,000)
• Table 3. Caribbean Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 4. Latin America Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 5. North American Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 6. Eastern Europe Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 7. Western Europe Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 8. Scandinavian Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 9. Africa Subscriber Forecast (Algeria – Rwanda) (x 1,000)
• Table 10. Central Asia Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 11. Eastern Asia Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 12. Far East Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 13. Middle East Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 14. Oceania Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 15. Southern Asia Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 16. Southeast Asia Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 17. Southwest Asia Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Table 18. US Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 19. Canada Subscriber Forecast by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 20. Latin America Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 21. Americas Total Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 22. Western Europe Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 23. Eastern Europe & Russia Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 24. European Total Subscribers Forecast by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 25. Japanese Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 26. ROW Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Table 27. Worldwide Total Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Worldwide Subscriber Forecast, 2004 – 2009 (x 1,000)
• Figure 2. Wireless Infrastructure Covered in this Report
• Figure 3. Americas Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Figure 4. The Americas 2009 Geographic Share-of-Market (%)
• Figure 5. European and Scandinavian Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Figure 6. European and Scandinavia 2009 Geographic Share-of-Market (%)
• Figure 7. ROW Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)
• Figure 8. ROW 2009 Geographic Share-of-Market (%)
• Figure 9. US Subscriber Forecast by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 10. Canada Subscriber Forecast by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 11. Latin America Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 12. Americas Total Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 13. Western Europe Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 14. Eastern Europe & Russia Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 15. European Total Subscribers Forecast by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 16. Japanese Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 17. ROW Subscriber Forecast, by Air Link (x 1,000)
• Figure 18. Worldwide Total Subscriber Forecast (x 1,000)