SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–“A number of Asian operators are bracing themselves for a quickening in
3G and 4G subscriber adoption in 2012,” says Jake Saunders, vice
president of forecasting. “Asian capital expenditure in 2012 is
forecasted to increase 5.7% year-on-year to US$ 58.8 billion.” Across the
region, over 63% of the CAPEX budget for 2012 will focus on the
construction of radio access network infrastructure, 8% on upgrades and
capacity expansions to the core network, and 29% on development of new
technologies and new businesses, construction of backhaul transmission
facilities, etc.

“Asia
CapEx, Core & Radio Access Network Infrastructure Forecasts”

Several Japanese operators are stepping up their 4G marketing and
promotional campaigns:

• NTT DoCoMo is expected to have transitioned 100% of its subscribers to
  3G/4G services by the end of March 2012 and switch off its 2G network
  completely. MTT DoCoMo completed a soft launch of its 4G LTE service
  in December 2010 and subscribers have ratcheted up to 0.66% (390,000)
  of the operator’s installed base
• KDDI’s WiMAX subsidiary achieved 1.237 million users (3.54% share of
  installed base) and 95%+ coverage of Japan’s main cities
• SoftBank plans to launch its 4G TD-LTE service in mid-February or
  March and has announced that TD-LTE smartphones will be on retail
  shelves by mid-2012

In China, China Mobile has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate
TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE development so as to further develop mobile Internet
services and enable the “Internet of Things.” China Unicom’s investment
strategy has been to accelerate 3G network building, optimize 2G network
coverage, expedite indoor coverage, and establish WiFi hotspot zones to
increase network capacity. China Telecom is focused on rolling out
integrated information service projects, strengthened the integration of
wireline and mobile IT platforms, and implementing risk control systems.

In India, by contrast, only 10 to 20% of base stations are 3G-based.
Operators like Idea are adding around 2,000 new cell sites per quarter
to their networks and almost 3,000 3G base stations in base station
upgrades and new cell site deployments.

ABI Research’s study, “Asia
CapEx, Core & Radio Access Network Infrastructure Forecasts,”
(http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1008711)
focuses on the Asia-Pacific region and includes a range of wireless base
station data.

It is part of ABI Research’s Asia
Intelligence Research Service (http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Asia_Intelligence_Research_Service).

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