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Report to Congress Sixth Annual CMRS Competition Report June 20, 2001. Digital Coverage in the U.S. Digital Coverage in the U.S. Source: FCC estimate based on publicly-available sources. Wireless vs. Wireline. “Cord-Cutting”
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Report to Congress • Sixth Annual CMRS Competition Report • June 20, 2001
Digital Coverage in the U.S. Source: FCC estimate based on publicly-available sources
Wireless vs. Wireline • “Cord-Cutting” • 3 Percent of mobile telephony subscribers rely on their wireless phones as their only phone • 12 percent of those surveyed purchased a wireless phone instead of installing an additional wireline phone • “Technology Substitution” • BellSouth exiting the payphone business in part due to business lost to wireless phones • 20 million mobile phone subscribers have free long distance
Mobile Data Devices • Paging/Messaging: 45.3 million subscribers • Arch, Metrocall, SkyTel, Weblink Wireless, Verizon • Dedicated Data Networks: 650,000 subscribers • Motient, Cingular Interactive, Metricom • Handhelds Devices or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) • PalmOS, RIM, Microsoft Pocket PCs
“Wireless Web” Services Offered by Mobile Telephone Carriers • Subscribers • From 0 in 1999 to 2.5 million in 2000 • Offerings from seven carriers • ALLTEL • AT&T Wireless • Cingular • Nextel • Sprint PCS • Verizon Wireless • VoiceStream
GO Alerts Wireless Web • Connect to the wireless data network • Access websites for: • Movie listings • News • Shopping • Stock quotes • Traffic reports • Weather forecasts 1 Find It 24Shopping 3 Finance 4 NewsStand more...
3rd Generation (3G) • ITU standards specified • Additional spectrum allocated and assigned in most major European and Asian countries • Proceeding underway in the U.S. • U.S. carriers may use existing licenses to deploy 2.5G and 3G networks • 2.5G and 3G rollout delayed but underway