Heather is profoundly deaf. She first heard her mother's voice by means of cellular technology. Last year she worked with the FCC and CTIA to highlight the role of communications technology in helping people with learning disabilities participate fully in our society. Even now CTIA is working closely with us and the hearing aid community to guarantee that the new PCS technologies will be compatible with hearing aids. CTIA also deserves congratulations for its efforts to make enhanced 911 services available to all wireless subscribers over the next five years.
Competition also leads to constant change in the marketplace.
The landline telcos use their market power to advantage by charging about ten times cost for termination of wireless calls. That termination charge makes up at least 10 percent of wireless costs. This is a terrific tax on your business. So along comes Sprint Spectrum in Washington D.C., a characteristically creative Shelle enterprise. And suddenly the cards are redealt.