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Report to Congress Sixth Annual CMRS Competition Report June 20, 2001

This report highlights the growing trend of digital coverage in the U.S., including the shift from wireline to wireless communication, the impact of mobile data devices, the rise of wireless web services, and the progress of 3G technology rollout.

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Report to Congress Sixth Annual CMRS Competition Report June 20, 2001

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  1. Report to Congress • Sixth Annual CMRS Competition Report • June 20, 2001

  2. Digital Coverage in the U.S.

  3. Digital Coverage in the U.S. Source: FCC estimate based on publicly-available sources

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. “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

  7. 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...

  8. 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

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