Cost of Mobile Broadband

By the end of 2006, the device vendor average sale price (ASP) for HSDPA devices will be as high as $350 versus $370 for EV-DO Revision A (EV-DOrA) devices, according to analysis in Future Mobile Broadband: HSPA, EV-DO, WiMAX<E, a new strategic report by Informa Telecoms&Media. This means the retail price of these devices will be around $450 or higher. The average bill of materials (BOM) for a handset supporting HSDPA is expected to be in the region of $200 vs $215 for a device supporting EV-DOrA. In comparison the BOM for HSUPA mobile phones is estimated at $250 in 2008 when these devices will be first launched.

A great deal of progress has been made rolling out WCDMA and EV-DO Release 0 (EV-DO) 3G networks worldwide. The industry is now focusing on developing higher bandwidth, 3.5G networks - here referred to as mobile broadband networks (HSDPA/HSUPA, EV-DOrA and EV- DOrB). These networks are promising mobile phone users a broadband experience with throughputs exceeding several megabytes per second.

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