Fifth Annual CMRS Competition Report

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Fifth Annual CMRS Competition Report
Thomas J. Sugrue Opening Remarks August 3, 2000
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Total US Commercial Wireless Subscribers 1992 to
1999
Source Federal Communications Commission
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Charting the Growth in the Mobile Telephone
Industry 1993 - 1999
86 Million Subscribers in 1999
156,817 Jobs in 1999
71.3 Billion Invested as of 1999
Average Subscriber Bill
Wait for Licenses
Capital Investment
Subscribers
Jobs
41.24 Dollars Per Month in 1999
7.8 Months From Application to Grant
Source Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association
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Markets with More Than Two Mobile Telephone
Providers December 1994
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Markets with More Than Two Mobile Telephone
Providers December 1996
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Markets with More Than Two Mobile Telephone
Providers November 1999
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Mobile Telephone Competition
Source Federal Communications Commission
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Historical and Projected Average Price Per Minute
for Mobile Telephone Service
Source The Strategis Group, 2000
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Entry Level Pricing for DOR-Type Plans (1998 vs
2000)
600 minutes
300 minutes
300 minutes
150 minutes
180 minutes
20 minutes
Source Company Web sites.
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The Sugrues Graduate to a Share-a-Minute Plan
Separate Plans 45 for 70 mins.
Combined Plan 40 for 210 mins.
64/min
19/min
Source Sugrue family budget
Monthly Expenditure
Price per Minute
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1999 Wireless Penetration
Source Dennis H. Leibowitz, et al, The Global
Wireless Communications Industry, Donaldson,
Lufkin Jenrette, Winter 1999-2000, at 62 and 75.
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Change in Wireless Penetration (1998-1999)
Source Dennis H. Leibowitz, et al, The Global
Wireless Communications Industry, Donaldson,
Lufkin Jenrette, Winter 1999-2000, at 62.
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Average Minutes of Use Per Month - 2000E
Source Michael I. Rollins, The Wireless EDGE,
Salomon Smith Barney, May 23, 2000, at 5.
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Average Annual Price for Basket of Digital Mobile
Service for Personal Use (August 1999)
Source OECD, Cellular Mobile Pricing Structure
and Trends, May 2000, at ??.
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U.S. Subscribers vs Total Subscribers Abroad
Source Dennis H. Leibowitz et al, The Global
Wireless Communications Industry, Donaldson,
Lufkin Jenrette, Summer 2000, at 64.