Art,
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In it's 1998 Forecast Cahners In-Stat gave these subscriber figures for 96/97 (US Only).
Total Subscribers End 1996
TDMA 800 - 1,249,000
TDMA 1900 - 0
CDMA 800 - 57,000
CDMA 1900 - 68,000
GSM 1900 - 927,000
Total Subscribers End 1997
TDMA 800 - 2,194,000
TDMA 1900 - 727,000
CDMA 800 - 1,327,000
CDMA 1900 - 1,620,000
GSM 1900 - 1,134,000
If I recall the 1998 forecast was based on actual subscriber figures through end Q2 1997 so the 1997 numbers are in fact forecasted year ending figures. The 1997 GSM numbers look a bit low. I think GSM Alliance reported 1,500,000 year ending 1997. These are US totals only.
There are some good slides of more recent subscriber data excerpted from a presentation given by Julian Herbert of EMC World Cellular Database at the GSM North America Conference in Boston in November 1998 located at:
- World -
gsmdata.com
- North America -
pcsdata.com
- Eric - |
