According to ABI Research, network expansion has become a necessity for mobile operators in order to support increasing traffic and deploy new applications and services. Both GSM and CDMA operators are sinking billions into expanding their networks, and operators offering 3G services are doing that as well. China Unicom is expected to spend $1.5 billion this year, Verizon Wireless $15.7 billion and 3 Italy $1.1 billion over the next two years.
Mobile Operator Performance Benchmarks Database
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