Subscriber Definitions
CDMA2000	575 Million	includes CDMA2000 1X & EV-DO
EV-DO	163 Million	includes EV-DO only
CDMA	577 Million	includes cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO Rel 0, 1xEV-DO Rev. A & EV-DO Rev. B

CDMA2000 Subscriber Growth History: December 2001 through Decemeber 2010*

	Number of CDMA2000 Subscribers by Region (includes CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 & 1xEV-DO Rev. A)
	Asia-Pacific	North America	Caribbean & Latin America	Europe	Middle East	Africa	Total
Dec-01	3,645,000	-	-	5,000			3,650,000
Dec-02	21,249,000	11,567,000	235,000	70,000			33,121,000
Dec-03	46,900,000	35,570,000	2,140,000	800,000			85,410,000
Dec-04	72,900,000	63,600,000	8,700,000	1,600,000			146,800,000
Dec-05	110,800,000	87,700,000	23,700,000	2,900,000			225,100,000
Dec-06	148,900,000	109,200,000	59,350,000	7,600,000			325,050,000
Dec-07	204,100,000	134,600,000	66,050,000	12,750,000			417,500,000
Dec-08	231,600,000	147,700,000	47,800,000	3,150,000	5,230,000	19,420,000	454,900,000
Dec-09	289,455,000	160,100,000	35,570,000	5,360,000	5,330,000	28,370,000	524,185,000
Dec-10	337,300,000	169,530,000	29,500,000	7,205,000	5,600,000	25,800,000	574,935,000
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CDMA2000 Subscribers Percent Total by Region

CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Subscriber Growth History: December 2002 through December 2010

	Number of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Subscribers by Region (includes CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 & 1xEV-DO Rev. A)
	Asia-Pacific	North America	Caribbean & Latin America	Europe	Middle East	Africa	Total
Dec-02	174,000	-	-	-			174,000
Dec-03	4,378,000	-	4,000	-			4,382,000
Dec-04	11,547,000	501,000	5,000	35,000			12,088,000
Dec-05	19,347,000	4,453,000	429,000	197,000			24,426,000
Dec-06	28,094,000	24,494,000	1,897,000	587,000			55,072,000
Dec-07	36,469,000	48,604,000	4,330,000	1,131,000			90,534,000
Dec-08	38,800,000	63,200,000	5,920,000	1,030,000	1,300,000	2,120,000	112,370,000
Dec-09	42,451,000	78,315,000	7,200,000	3,140,000	700,000	4,230,000	136,036,000
Dec-10	52,150,000	97,600,000	5,140,000	3,505,000	418,000	3,775,000	162,588,000
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CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Subscribers Percent Total by Region

CDMA Subscriber Growth History:
December 1997 through December 2010

	Number of CDMA Subscribers by Region (includes cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1X, 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 & 1xEV-DO Rev. A)
	Asia-Pacific	North America	Caribbean & Latin America	Europe	Middle East	Africa	Total
Dec-97	6,300,000	1,500,000	-	-			7,800,000
Dec-98	14,900,000	6,800,000	1,225,000	75,000			23,000,000
Dec-99	28,000,000	16,500,000	5,100,000	500,000			50,100,000
Dec-00	35,730,000	28,700,000	14,950,000	1,060,000			80,440,000
Dec-01	41,380,000	48,421,000	19,900,000	1,650,000			111,351,000
Dec-02	54,600,000	62,500,000	27,200,000	2,400,000			146,700,000
Dec-03	78,300,000	75,200,000	32,000,000	3,100,000			188,600,000
Dec-04	102,000,000	92,100,000	42,200,000	3,900,000			240,200,000
Dec-05	130,900,000	107,500,000	58,300,000	5,200,000			301,900,000
Dec-06	170,025,000	123,380,000	71,600,000	8,498,000			373,503,000
Dec-07	210,800,000	137,500,000	69,200,000	13,600,000			431,100,000
Dec-08	236,900,000	148,300,000	48,800,000	3,570,000	5,250,000	19,480,00	462,300,000
Dec-09	292,900,000	160,045,000	36,100,000	5,375,000	5,330,000	28,395,000	528,145,000
Dec-10	338,940,000	169,600,000	29,800,000	7,250,000	5,600,000	25,800,000	576,990,000
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CDMA Subscribers Percent Total by Region

*Reported by the CDMA Development Group, December 2010

Note: prior to March 1998 Caribbean and Mexico are included with North America; after March 1998 they are included in Caribbean & Latin America.
Note: prior to March 2008 Middle East and Africa numbers are included with Europe; after March 2008 they are broken out separately
*These subscriber numbers are estimates provided by third parties on a quarterly basis and have not been independently verified by CDG*

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