Telecom gear market fell 10 pct y/y in Q3 -Dell'Oro

HELSINKI Dec 2 (Reuters) - Global mobile infrastructure market revenues declined 10 percent in the third quarter to $9 billion, due in large part to fewer 3G deployments in China during the quarter, research firm Dell'Oro said on Wednesday.

"While 3G spending in China is expected to stay depressed for the remainder of this year ... heavy spending by China Unicom and China Telecom is expected to resume in 2010, and will be a prime contributor to both the WCDMA and CDMA markets," the research firm said in a statement. (Reporting by Tarmo Virki; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter) ((tarmo.virki@reuters.com, +358-9-680 50 235, Reuters messaging: tarmo.virki.reuters.com@reuters.net))