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Tomi T Ahonen 3G Strategy Consultant's World 3G Commercial Network
Deployment Maps
"Most 3G services will be launched
simultaneously. This means it's going
to be important for operators to get pricing right," Tomi Ahonen
explained. Total
Telecom
Info Updated Jan 7, 2004
Update includes first 3G operators going commercial in
Spain, Germany, Ireland,
Hong Kong, the UAE and Portugal. Also more competitors in Japan,
Italy and Austria.
Both maps have been recoloured
STATUS - 26 commercial launches, in 18 countries on
five continents. Five countries
have competition in 3G. A total of 25
countries in the world have operational 3G
networks whether in commercial use or
awaiting launch. The population of these
countries is 1.2 Billion people, although of course 3G
networks are built first into primary
cities within these countries.
COMMENT: To conform to industry's
majority view of what is 3G, this list has been revised
to define CDMA2000 1x RTT as NOT a 3G technology, but rather a 2.5G or 2.75G technology
that is considered more similar to GPRS than
"true" 3G. There are about 35
CDMA2000 1X RTT launches worldwide and over 220 GPRS launches. Also EDGE
is not
counted in the 3G launches
(there are already several commercial EDGE launches)
The 3G launches tracked from now on will only include "real 3G"
i.e. W-CDMA,
CDMA2000 EV-DO and CDMA2000 EV-DV.
ALSO NOTE: the
3G-ready networks status is now separated into its own map, see below.
3G COMMERCIAL LAUNCHES MAP -
Worldwide 26 Commercial 3G Launches
(most known friendly user trials now incorporated into the
second map below on known
launch-ready 3G networks)
NOTE: SECOND MAP BELOW which
covers now the launch-ready 3G networks awaiting
commercial launch
Commercial
3G network launches
Country
/ Launch Date / Operator / Technical Standard
Japan
October 1, 2001: NTT DoCoMo (W-CDMA) - Commercial
Launch
South
Korea January 25, 2002: SK Telecom (CDMA2000
EV-DO) - Commercial Launch
South
Korea May 1, 2002: KTF (CDMA2000 EV-DO) - Commercial Launch
Isle
of Man (UK) July 1, 2002: Manx (W-CDMA)
- Commercial Launch
USA October 29, 2002, Monet (CDMA2000
EV-DO) - Commercial Launch
Japan December 20, 2002, J-Phone
(W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
UK March 3, 2003, 3 (Hutchison)
(W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Italy March 12, 2003, 3 (Hutchison)
(W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Brazil March 24, 2003 Vesper (CDMA2000 EV-DO) - Commercial
Launch
Australia April 2, 2003, 3
(Hutchison) (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Austria April 25, 2003, Mobilkom
(W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Luxembourg May 1,
2003 Tango (Tele2) (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Sweden May 5,
2003 Hi3G (Hutchison) (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Taiwan July 29, 2003 APBW (CDMA2000 EV-DO) - Commercial
Launch
USA October 2, 2003 Verizon
(CDMA2000 EV-DO) - Commercial Launch
Denmark October 20,
2003 3 (Hutchison) (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Spain November 11, 2003 Telefonica (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch (Note 1)
Japan December 1, 2003 KDDI (CDMA2000 EV-DO) - Commercial Launch
Germany December 9, 2003 Vodafone/D2 (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch (Note 1)
Italy December 9, 2003 Vodafone/Omnitel (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch (Note 1)
Austria December 10, 2003 T-Mobile (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Ireland December 15, 2003 O2 (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Hong Kong December 15, 2003 Hutchison (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
U.A.E. December 24, 2003 Etisalat (W-CDMA) - Commercial Launch
Portugal January 2, 2004 Vodafone (W-CDMA)
- Commercial Launch
NOTE
1 - These launches are commercial but initially only for business users on laptop
PCs using
UMTS modems, as suitable handsets are in short supply.
Tomi Ahonen
has believed in the 3G business case all along.
See his stand on the debate on the 3G
business
case back in December 2001 with this column "Enough
with the Despair, Already", see
his full commentary
at the website of the3Gportal [Link to the3Gportal]. He
continues his stand with
his
latest article published in February issue of Telecommunications entitled: "3G at your Service"
which can
be viewed here [Link
to Telecommunications]
COUNTRIES WITH LAUNCH-READY 3G NETWORKS (also same definition
of 3G, as being WCDMA,
CDMA2000 EV-DO, and CDMA200 EV-DV)
NOTE 1: this
information collected from public domain info, it is likely that more
launch-ready networks
exist but info is not yet
in public domain
NOTE 2:
Typically a launch-ready network covers between 20% - 30% of a nation's
population; very
roughly it typically means a
network of the size of about 1,000 base stations
(Only first network in any country listed)
Already
25 significant countries (excluding Monaco, Luxembourg etc) have either launched,
or have
launch-ready 3G networks. The total population of the countries covered is
about 1.2 Billion people
and covers most of the
world's advanced mobile penetration countries. Of course the 3G launch-ready
networks tend to be built
into the biggest cities initially, so only a part of the population is covered
with
the coverage being
spread out ever more.
Country
/ Mobile Penetration / Population / First Date of Commercial Launch or
Launch-Ready Network / Operator / Standard
(note change - The countries have now been rearranged
into alphabetical order)
Australia 70%, 18 Million, April 2, 2003, 3 Hutchison (W-CDMA) - has
launched commercially
Austria 90%, 8 Million, April 25, 2003: Mobilkom (W-CDMA) - has 3
operators in 3G competition
Belgium 75%, 10 Million, July 29, 2003, Proximus
(W-CDMA)
Brazil 20%, 160 Million, March 24, 2003 Vesper (CDMA2000
EV-DO) has launched commercially
Croatia 80%, 4
Million, May 8, 2003: VIPnet (W-CDMA)
Denmark 85%, 5
Million, September 2,
2003, 3 Hutchison (W-CDMA) - has launched commercially
Finland 95%, 5
Million, December 31,
2001: Sonera (W-CDMA)
Germany 70%, 80 Million, October
2002: MobilCom (W-CDMA) - Vodafone has launched commercially
Greece 65%, 10
Million, July 10, 2003: Telestet (W-CDMA)
Hong Kong 95%, 6 Million, April 7, 2003, Sunday
(W-CDMA) - Hutchison has launched commercially
Indonesia 7%, 235
Million, June 1, 2003 PT Wireless (CDMA-2000 EV DO)
Ireland 85% 4
Million, May 2, Vodafone, (W-CDMA) - O2 has launched commercially
Isle of
Man (UK) n/a, n/a December
6, 2001: Manx (W-CDMA)
- has
launched commercially
Italy 95%, 55 Million, March 10, 3 Hutchison (W-CDMA) - has 2 operators in 3G competition
Japan 60%, 125
Million, May 1,
2001: NTT DoCoMo (W-CDMA) - has 3
operators in 3G competition on 2 standards
Luxembourg 90%, 1
Million, May 1, 2003, Tango Tele2,
(W-CDMA) - has launched commercially
Malaysia 20%, 19 Million, Sept 3, 2003, Maxis &
Telecom Malaysia (W-CDMA)
Monaco n/a, n/a Approx December 2001: Monaco
Telecom/Vivendi (W-CDMA)
Norway 85%, 5
Million, November 29,
2001: Telenor (W-CDMA)
Portugal 90%, 10 Million, January 2, 2004, Vodafone (W-CDMA) - has
launched commercially
Singapore 85%, 4 Million, January 15, 2003, M1 (W-CDMA)
Slovenia
90%, 2 Million, December 17, 2003, Mobitel (W-CDMA)
South
Korea 65%, 45 Million, January
25, 2003: SK Telecom
(CDMA2000 EV-DO) - has 2
operators in 3G competition
Spain 80%, 40 Million, October 4, 2002: Telefonica (W-CDMA) - has
launched commercially
Sweden 90%, 8 Million,
May 5, 2003: Hi3G
Hutchison (W-CDMA) - has
launched commercially
Taiwan 105% 21 Million, April 30, 2003: FarEastOne (W-CDMA) -
APBW has
launched commercially (on CDMA2000 EV-DO)
UK 80%, 60 Million, March 3, 3 Hutchison (W-CDMA) - has launched commercially
USA 50%, 270 Million, October 29, 2002, Monet (CDMA2000 EV-DO) - has 2
operators in 3G competition
Tomi Ahonen
has believed in the 3G business case all along.
See his stand on the debate on the 3G
business
case back in December 2001 with this column "Enough
with the Despair, Already", see
his full
commentary at the website of the3Gportal
[Link to
the3Gportal]. He continues his stand with
his
latest article published in February issue of Telecommunications entitled: "3G at your Service"
which can
be viewed here [Link
to Telecommunications]
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