
Mobility Infrastructure Sales Drop to Lowest Level in Six Quarters, According to Dell’Oro Group
Ericsson Gains Ground in WCDMA
REDWOOD City, Calif. – May 23, 2006 –
Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and
telecommunications industries, reported that the total mobility infrastructure
equipment market contracted 15 percent on a sequential basis in the first quarter
of 2006, due mostly to seasonal weakness plus sluggish CDMA sales. The report
indicates that CDMA users have stalled purchases in anticipation of the new CDMA
1X-EV-DO Revision A upgrades. On a year-over-year basis, WCDMA was the only
technology that increased.
“As service providers upgrade their GSM networks to WCDMA, Ericsson
is clearly gaining ground in almost every region of the world,” said Greg Collins,
Senior Director of Mobility Infrastructure Research. “Ericsson’s share in WCDMA
equipment sales outside of Japan was greater in the first quarter than its share
in GSM, which indicates that it is more than simply converting existing accounts,” added Collins.
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