The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) presents this latest GSM/3G Market Update (published August 9, 2010). Mobile broadband continues as the major trend. The world’s first LTE networks are launched in Sweden and Norway. 110 operators are investing in LTE comprizing 80 firm commitments to deploy networks in 33 countries, plus 30 pre-commitment trials and studies. 116 operators have committed to HSPA+ deployments with 63 HSPA+ networks (that's almost 1 in every 5 HSPA networks) now launched. Almost 99% of WCDMA operators have launched the HSPA upgrade for mobile broadband. HSUPA is commercially launched on a third of 353 commercial HSPA networks and is available now in 60 countries on 118 networks. The number of HSPA user devices is rapidly growing, as is the number of suppliers participating in this market. The latest GSA survey identified 2,579 HSPA devices launched by 235 suppliers.
Stats at a glance can be found HERE
