BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM technology continued its supremacy among wireless technologies, recording an annual growth rate of 124 percent in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, according to 3G Americas, an advocacy organization for the protocol.
This figure doubles the number of GSM customers in the region from September 2003 to September 2004, said 3G Americas, noting GSM added more than 250 million customers worldwide since last September.
GSM ended the quarter with 1.18 billion global customers. In the third quarter, it added 13 million customers, also more than any other air-interface technology.
“GSM Americas has become the clear choice for operators and their customers for both voice and next-generation wireless data services,” said Chris Pearson, president of 3G Americas.
The technology has been deployed in every country in the Western Hemisphere with 167 operators, said the organization, adding EDGE is the leading next-generation technology choice in the Americas and has been chosen by more than 100 operators in more than 75 countries worldwide. It has been launched in 40 countries.<p
