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most cellular operators have largely written-off the billions
of dollars spent on 3G spectrum licenses at the start of
the decade, next generation networks are now widely deployed
and new networks continue to come online.
Initially, CDMA operators migrating to EV-DO enjoyed a technology
head-start over their GSM counterparts - with no better
examples than KDDI in Japan and Verizon
Wireless in the US. However, today, WCDMA accounts
for the lion's share of 3G subscribers, with 36 million
users worldwide.
With the WiMAX threat looming around the corner, 3G operators
are not standing still. Many, such as Vodafone
and T-Mobile in Europe, are looking to
launch HSDPA in 2006 and some operators, like Cingular
Wireless, are moving directly to the 3.5G technology.
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