FCC report reflects wireless growth trends
The FCC has released its annual report to Congress on the state of competition in the wireless industry, aka Commercial Mobile Radio Services (CMRS), which concludes that effective competition does exist. The news release summarizes some interesting technology and growth trends:
"[N]on-price rivalry among wireless carriers is illustrated by their continued deployment of next-generation networks and their pursuit of product differentiation based on attributes such as network coverage and service quality. Over the past year, several wireless carriers deployed CDMA 1xED-VO networks, which allow typical download speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second, in markets across the country."
"Many have announced plans to launch or expand these networks, as well as UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System or Wideband CDMA) with HSDPA (High Speed Data Packet Access) technology, in the future."
"During 2004, the number of mobile telephone subscribers in the United States rose from 160.6 million to 184.7 million, increasing the nationwide penetration rate to approximately 62% at the end of 2004."
"Finally, the volume of text messaging traffic grew to 4.7 billion messages per month in December 2004, more than double the 2 billion messages per month reported in December 2003."
Meanwhile, the FCC continues its rulemaking to allocate spectrum below 3 GHz to support new advanced wireless services, including 3G wireless systems.
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