According to a recent report from Informa Telecoms & Media, there are now more than 100 million 3G WCDMA subscribers in Europe. The analyst firm found that, at the end of May, 101.5 million of the 910.8 million mobile subscriptions in Europe were for WCDMA devices.

Italy was the first European country to launch WCDMA technology, back when 3 Italia offered the first devices in 2003. Fast-forward five years, and Italy accounts for a quarter of the WCDMA subscriptions in Europe, says a Telecoms.com article on the report from its parent company.