Subscriber Definitions
CDMA2000	543 Million	includes CDMA2000 1X & 1xEV-DO
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO	145 Million	includes CDMA2000 1xEV-DO only
CDMA	547 Million	includes cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1X & 1xEV-DO

CDMA2000 Subscriber Growth History: March 2001 through March 2010*

	Number of 3G - 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
Mar-01	46,000	-	-	-			46,000
Mar-02	7,583,000	1,000	-	20,000			7,604,000
Mar-03	26,926,000	16,550,000	315,000	105,000			43,896,000
Mar-04	53,600,000	41,400,000	2,600,000	970,000			98,570,000
Mar-05	83,200,000	71,500,000	11,700,000	2,000,000			168,400,000
Mar-06	115,300,000	95,600,000	34,400,000	5,000,000			250,300,000
Mar-07	161,300,000	118,020,000	62,800,000	8,700,000			350,820,000
Mar-08	223,100,000	137,800,000	61,000,000	2,300,000	4,600,000	9,600,000	438,400,000
Mar-09	244,000,000	153,500,000	41,600,000	3,900,000	5,600,000	22,900,000	471,500,000
Mar-10	301,930,000	164,390,000	34,940,000	5,800,000	5,580,000	30,300,000	542,940,000
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CDMA2000 Subscribers Percent Total by Region

CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Subscriber Growth History: March 2003 through March 2010

	Number of 3G - 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
Mar-03	700,000	-	-	-			700,000
Mar-04	6,403,000	-	5,000	-			6,408,000
Mar-05	13,826,000	501,000	5,000	54,000			14,386,000
Mar-06	21,443,000	7,704,000	690,000	217,000			30,054,000
Mar-07	31,471,000	30,102,000	2,717,000	731,000			65,021,000
Mar-08	38,700,000	52,300,000	4,300,000	573,000	872,500	184,500	96,930,000
Mar-09	39,870,000	68,350,000	6,050,000	1,280,000	1,160,000	3,450,000	120,160,000
Mar-10	49,100,000	79,700,000	7,020,000	4,200,000	600,000	3,450,000	145,120,000
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CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Subscribers Percent Total by Region

CDMA Subscriber Growth History:
March 1998 through March 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
Mar-98	7,100,000	2,000,000	124,500	500			9,225,000
Mar-99	18,000,000	8,800,000	1,550,000	165,000			28,515,000
Mar-00	31,700,000	18,500,000	6,520,000	565,000			57,285,000
Mar-01	39,617,000	33,843,000	15,900,000	1,043,000			90,403,000
Mar-02	43,480,000	52,890,000	22,023,000	1,825,000			120,218,000
Mar-03	58,701,000	64,450,000	28,620,000	2,450,000			154,221,000
Mar-04	84,4000,000	81,400,000	33,000,000	3,250,000			202,050,000
Mar-05	109,500,000	97,300,000	45,700,000	4,100,000			256,600,000
Mar-06	136,200,000	112,130,000	64,200,000	5,830,000			318,360,000
Mar-07	177,800,000	129,380,000	70,200,000	9,720,000			387,100,000
Mar-08	231,300,000	140,100,000	62,800,000	2,800,000	4,600,000	9,700,000	451,300,000
Mar-09	248,600,000	153,600,000	42,320,000	4,050,000	5,700,000	23,100,000	477,370,000
Mar-10	305,300,000	164,300,000	35,400,000	5,760,000	5,580,000	30,300,000	546,640,000
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CDMA Subscribers Percent Total by Region

*Reported by the CDMA Development Group, March 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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