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Report to Congress Seventh Annual CMRS Competition Report June 13, 2002

Report to Congress Seventh Annual CMRS Competition Report June 13, 2002. National Mobile Telephone Penetration Rates. 45% of total U.S. population. 58% of Americans 12 and older. 61% of total U.S. households. Sources: FCC, Upoc/WirelessNow, Gartner.

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Report to Congress Seventh Annual CMRS Competition Report June 13, 2002

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  1. Report to Congress • Seventh Annual • CMRS Competition Report • June 13, 2002

  2. National Mobile Telephone Penetration Rates 45% of total U.S. population 58% of Americans 12 and older 61% of total U.S. households Sources: FCC, Upoc/WirelessNow, Gartner.

  3. Urban vs. Rural Comparisons: Rollout

  4. Urban vs. Rural Comparisons: Pricing Source: Econ One

  5. Wireless – Wireline Competition • Analysts estimate 3-5% of mobile telephone subscribers rely on their wireless phones as their only phone. • Recent survey: 18% of wireless users regard their mobile phone as their “primary” phone. • During 2001, residential access lines of 3 largest RBOCs dropped by 3%, in part due to wireless substitution. • At least 8 mobile telephone carriers offer flat-rate, unlimited local calling plans in locations across 30 states. • Leap estimates 32% of its customers use their wireless phone as their only phone. Sources: Yankee Group, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, USA Today/CNN/Gallup.

  6. Mobile Data Services • Mobile data services: • Paging • SMS and Instant Messaging • Web browsing • E-mail access • Corporate server access • 8 to 10 million mobile Internet subscribers at the end of 2001, up from 2 to 2.5 million in 2000. • Mobile telephone carriers began deploying advanced wireless network technologies GPRS and cdma2000 1xRTT during 2001-2002. Sources: FCC, Yankee Group, Kagan.

  7. GPRS and 1xRTT Rollout as of March 2002 Counties with cdma2000 1xRTT service Counties with GRPS service Source: FCC

  8. International Comparisons:Wireless Penetration: Year-End 2001 Sources: FCC (USA); Wireless 2002 – Focusing on Profitability, Global Equity Research, Goldman Sachs, May 3, 2002, at 4 (all other countries).

  9. International Comparisons:Total Subscribers: Year-End 2001 Sources: FCC (USA); Wireless 2002 – Focusing on Profitability, Global Equity Research, Goldman Sachs, May 3, 2002, at 4 (all other countries).

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