CDMA Catching Up On GSM As Bluetooth Is Born - Report
TEMPE, ARIZONA, U.S.A., 2000 JAN 18 (NB) -- By Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes. While GSM is the dominant standard in the global wireless market, CDMA (code division multiple access) technology is growing very rapidly, according to a report released today.
The Micrologic Research report, entitled "Wireless 2000," also says that Bluetooth technology - the wireless local area network (LAN) for mobile phones and other mobile devices - still needs some work if it is to take off as some experts say.
The study reports that shipments of cdmaOne telephones grew 166 percent in 1999 to 42.3 million units. However, despite this, the report says GSM's head start in the market gives it a much larger presence and practically guarantees that GSM will continue to lead the digital cellular market during at least the next five years.
In its report, entitled "Wireless 2000) Micrologic says that GSM cellular phone shipments totaled 125.6 million units in 1999, up 42 percent from 1998.
Wireless 2000 forecasts that 254 million GSM telephones will be sold worldwide in 2004, compared to 180 million cdmaOne telephones and 48 million TDMA phones.
The report projects sales of the emerging third-generation (3G) phones in 2004 at 10.6 million in Europe, 6.8 million in Japan, and 6.8 million in the Americas.
Jack Quinn, the $2,850 report's author, is cautious on Bluetooth. He argues that the Bluetooth market cannot take off until it is reduced to a single, inexpensive semiconductor chip. "I don't see that happening before 2002," he said.
Forward Concepts, which is marketing the report, has details of the study on its Web site at forwardconcepts.com .
Reported by Newsbytes.com, newsbytes.com .
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