Asia Pacific passes 1 billion connections
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At the end of 2006, Asia-Pacific cellular connections passed the 1 billion mark. India overtook China in terms of growth rate in Q1 2007 and will boost the regional figures in the forthcoming quarters. Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia have gained strong momentum over the past few quarters with almost 50 million net additions between 2005 and 2006. A wave of WCDMA network rollouts is expected in most markets by the end of 2007, overtaking the number of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO networks.
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