According to 3G Americas, 3GPP mobile (UMTS-HSPA) subscriptions  represnts 73 percent of the total (net) new connections in the mobile industry in North, Central and South America in the secon

According to 3G Americas, 3GPP mobile (UMTS-HSPA) subscriptions  represnts 73 percent of the total (net) new connections in the mobile industry in North, Central and South America in the second quarter.

11.9 million new 3GPP subscriptions, of the total (net) 16.3 million mobile subscriptions, were added in the second quarter 2010 throughout the Americas.

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• Total 3GPP subscriptions (GSM, UMTS HSPA) in the Western Hemisphere reached 636 million as of June 2010 and captured 75 percent share of market, rising a percentage point from the first quarter of 2010. In the second quarter alone, there were 18.8 million new GSM-HSPA subscriptions reported in the Western Hemisphere while other technologies showed a net loss of over 2.5 million customers in the region.

• The Latin America and Caribbean region added 14.8 million new 3GPP technology connections, of which 4.7 million were UMTS-HSPA connections in Q2 2010. In the 12 months ending June 2010, 3GPP technologies added a total of 65.8 million new connections, including 14.7 million UMTS-HSPA subscriptions. Total 3GPP subscriptions (GSM-HSPA) equaled 496 million, including 23.9 million UMTS-HSPA subscriptions. According to 3G Americas, there are 59 UMTS-HSPA networks commercially deployed in 25 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean including one HSPA+ network in the Caribbean.

• In the U.S. and Canada, 3GPP technologies added a net 3.3 million new subscribers in the second quarter of 2010 and included in this number were 7.2 million new mobile broadband (UMTS-HSPA) connections. UMTS-HSPA subscriptions totaled 62.4 million at the end of second quarter 2010, up 59.7 percent from a year earlier when UMTS-HSPA subscriptions totaled 39 million.

Globaly, at the second quarter of this year, there were nearly 4.5 billion 3GPP connections worldwide, with 3GPP mobile broadband subscriptions well past the half billion point at 535.5 million UMTS-HSPA connections. Worldwide, 358 commercial networks in 142 countries offer UMTS-HSPA. As of September 2010, there are 69 HSPA+ commercial networks worldwide in 37 countries.