Roaming Hubs for CDMA: Rapid Roaming Expansion Made Possible - white paper

Sep 01 2010

International roaming began as a GSM-only service. As CDMA networks expand beyond North America, however, the number of CDMA subscribers traveling internationally is rapidly increasing.

An estimated 13% of global mobile subscribers used roaming services in 2008 and projected to reach 600 million roamers globally by 2013. Africa and the Middle East will grow fastest, with the number of roamers doubling each year between 2008 and 2013.

At the time of this writing, there are more than 250 CDMA mobile operators in 84 countries, serving 500 million subscribers, half of which reside in emerging markets (Latin America, Africa/Middle East, and Asia). CDMA subscriber growth continues rapidly: subscriber counts are projected to reach nearly 700 million by 2013.

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