Company: UZF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000821130-25-000023
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Company: ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 prepaid devices and similar to the agents, this national retailer obtains and services UScellular postpaid and prepaid customers on a commission basis. 

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Competition

The wireless telecommunication industry is highly competitive. UScellular competes directly with several wireless service providers in each of its markets. In general, there are at least four competitors across UScellular's service area, including to a varying degree: the national wireless companies - Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Inc., T-Mobile US, Inc., and Dish Network Corporation, cable wireless, which predominantly includes Comcast Corporation and Charter Communications, Inc., and mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). In addition, UScellular competes with other companies that use alternative communication technology and services to provide similar services and products.

Since each of these competitors has access to comparable technology and facilities, competition among wireless service providers for customers is principally on the basis of types of services and products offered, price, brand, network quality, network speed and responsiveness of customer service. Types of services and products include non–wireless related services such as content offerings that are bundled with wireless services.

Network 

Network Technology. Wireless telecommunication systems transmit voice and data signals over networks of radio towers using radio spectrum licensed by the FCC. Access to local, regional, national and worldwide telecommunications networks is provided through system interconnections. A high-quality network, supported by continued investments in that network, is an important factor for UScellular to remain competitive.

5G technology helps address customers’ growing demand for data services and enhanced services, including high-speed fixed wireless home internet services, requiring high speed and reliability as well as low latency. UScellular supports mobility and fixed wireless services through a combination of low-band, mid-band and high-band spectrum. In 2019-2023, UScellular focused on 5G coverage and predominantly used low-band spectrum to launch 5G services in portions of substantially all of its markets. During 2023 and 2024, UScellular has focused on deploying 5G over its mid-band spectrum, largely overlapping areas already covered with low-band 5G service to enhance speed and capacity for UScellular's mobility and fixed wireless services. As of December 31, 2024, mid-band spectrum is deployed on sites that covered nearly 50% of data and voice traffic.

UScellular also operates a 4G LTE network including VoLTE technology, which allows customers to utilize a 4G LTE enabled mobile device for voice and data services, including high