The industry expects these contracts to be fulfilled during the next three to five years. Use of wireless services is quickly becoming a necessity for many of us. The Strategis Group predicts that over 680 million people will be using wireless services in 2003, more than double the estimated 277 million subscribers at the end of 1998. We have wireless phones in our cars and in our homes. We take the phone with us when we travel, even if it is just to the shopping mall or grocery store.
Wireless phones are small enough to fit in our pockets and purses.
We can take them anywhere. We're more comfortable when our teenagers have a phone or pager so we can keep in touch. Our teenagers are happy when their friends have a phone or pager so they can keep in touch. Wireless service prices are dropping and in some cases the prices have fallen far enough that the wireless phone is the primary communication tool. The trends for personal use of wireless services are positive, but other needs also drive the demand for Andrew products that carry radio frequency signals.