# Presentation: 698646

## Wireless Telecommunications

**Overview**

**January 2009**

## Mobile Telephone Service Trends (June 2005 - June 2008)

**Subscribers**

**Photo /****Video**
**Messages**

**Price per minute**

**263 Million**
**Subscribers in 2008**

**Price per minute 6.5¢ in 2008**

- Source: CTIA – The Wireless Association; FCC.

**Minutes of Use**

**751 Average Monthly MOUs in 2008**

**Text / SMS Traffic**

**601 Billion **
**Messages**
**in 2008**

**5.6 Billion **
**Messages**
**in 2008**

**Promoting Competition Across Technology Platforms - Wireless**

**Notes:**
During the past four years, the Commission has promoted competition in the wireless marketplace which has provided significant benefits to consumers. 
Between 2005 and 2008:
More consumers signed up for mobile phone service.  The number of mobile phone subscribers rose 35 percent.  More than 85% of U.S. consumers own a mobile phone.
Consumers used their mobile phones more.  In mid-2008, the average consumer spent 751 minutes, or 12.5 hours, talking on the phone per month.  
At the same time, the per minute price of mobile phone service fell 19 percent—from 8 cents to 6.5 cents.  
Total service revenues for the wireless industry have risen significantly between 2005 and 2008, increasing 31 percent—from $56 billion to $73 billion.  
Simply put, these numbers show that consumers place a high value on their wireless services.

## Total U.S. Mobile Wireless Subscribers

- Source: CTIA-The Wireless Association, as of June of each year.

**Total U.S. Mobile Wireless Subscribers**

## Price Per Minute for Mobile Telephone Service

**Price Per Minute for ****Mobile Telephone Service**

- Source: Calculated using ALMB and Average Minutes of User per Subscriber per Month measures from CTIA-The Wireless Association.  As of June of each year.

## Mobile Telephone Competition and Rollout

**Mobile Telephone Competition and Rollout**

| Estimated Mobile Telephone Rollouts by Census Block |  |
| --- | --- |
| Total Number of Providers in a Census Block | % of Total U.S. POPs |
| At least 1 Provider | 99.6% |
| At least 2 Providers | 98.5% |
| At least 3 Providers | 95.5% |
| At least 4 Providers | 90.5% |

## Comparing Wireless Markets – U.S. vs. Overseas

**Average Minutes-of-Use ****per Month**

**Price per Minute**

## Photo and Video Messages (millions)

**Text/SMS Messages****(billions)**

- Source: CTIA-The Wireless Association (2005-2008)  Annualized, June to June.

**Growth in Mobile Messaging Services**

- Source: CTIA-The Wireless Association (2005-2008)  Annualized, June to June.

## Fostering Innovation Through Open Technology Platforms

- In 2005, and until only very recently, most wireless carriers operated “closed” networks.
- In July 2007, the FCC adopted an “open platform” rule for one-third of the 700 MHz spectrum auctioned in early 2008 (the “C Block”).
- Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and New Clearwire have announced plans to deploy open platforms when not mandated by FCC regulation.

## Opening Additional Spectrum for Efficient Use For Mobile Wireless Broadband Services

**Opening Additional Spectrum for Efficient Use For Mobile Wireless Broadband Services**

## Licenses Won by Providers Other Than Incumbent Telephone or Cable Company 

**Licenses Won by Providers Other Than ****Incumbent Telephone or Cable Company **

- Note: Map includes 700 MHz A, B, and Upper C Block licenses in the 50 states won by bidders in areas without wired networks.

## Comparison of 700 MHz and AWS-1 

**Auction Revenues vs. All Others**** **

- 700 MHz & AWS I auctions
- $32.8B

- All other auctions
- $19.1B

- Note: 700 MHz Auction revenues do not account for bidding credits. (FCC, April 2008)

## Advancing Broadband Deployment

- Classified Wireless Broadband Internet Access as an information Service - placing it on the same footing as DSL, cable modem, and broadband-over-powerline (BPL).
- Adopted more stringent performance requirements for commercial 700 MHz licenses - promoting deployment of broadband especially to rural areas.
- Finalized rules for transition of 2.5 GHz spectrum to its new band plan - transition is now complete in markets serving 86% of the U.S. population.
- Adopted an innovative “hybrid” licensing regime for the 3650-3700 MHz band to facilitate access to, and intensive use of, the band.

## Advancing Broadband Deployment – Marketplace Developments 

## Mobile Broadband Coverage Over Time

**Mobile Broadband Coverage Over Time**

**2008**

**2005**

**Notes:**
In 2005, mobile broadband networks reached around 25% of U.S. consumers.  As of mid-2008, mobile networks reached 92% of U.S. consumers.

## Mobile Broadband Devices In Use(millions)

- Source: FCC

## Wireless Telecommunications

**Overview**

**January 2009**