FCC Record, Volume 28, No. 5, Pages 3700 to 4038, Supplement (March 2013) Page: 3,701
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Federal Communications Commission FCC 13-34
3. Analysis of Spectrum Holdings Overall ..................................... 116
4. Analysis of Spectrum Characteristics.................................................................................... 119
5. Competitive Effects of Spectrum Holdings........................................................................ 33
IV. MOBILE WIRELESS SERVICES: PROVIDER CONDUCT .................................... 136
A. Price Rivalry: Developments in Mobile Service Pricing Plans ................................. 137
I. Postpaid Service ........................................................................................................... 138
2. Prepaid Service......... ............................................................................................. ................ 59
3. Early Termination Fees (ETFs) for Postpaid Service.............................. 175
B. Non-Price Rivalry..................................................................................................................................... 80
1. Network Coverage and Technology Upgrades.................................................................... 81
a. Service Provider Technology Deployments ......................... ............................. 85
b. Coverage by Technology Type.................................................................................... 202
c. Roam ing................ ...... ........................................................................................ 207
2. Investment ...................................... 211
3. Differentiation in Mobile Wireless Handsets/Devices and Applications........................... 220
4. Advertising, Marketing, Sales Expenditures, and Retailing............................ 231
a. Advertising Expenditures........................................................ 232
b. Marketing Campaigns ........................................ 234
c. Retailing..,................................................................................................... .................. 240
V. MOBILE WIRELESS SERVICES: PERFORMANCE AND OUTCOMES .................................... 242
A. Numbers of Mobile Wireless Connections and Customers ......................................... 244
1. Industry-Wide Connections............................................................................................. 244
2. Connections by Type of Service and Device ........................................................................ 246
3. Connections by Service Segment ....................................... 250
4. Connections by Age .................................................................................................... 251
5. Connections by Economic Area (EA) ..................................... 252
B. Mobile Wireless Net Additions of Customers .......................................................................... 253
1. Industry-Wide Net Additions ................................................................. 253
2. Net Additions by Service Segment................................. 254
3. Net Adds by Service Provider ........................................ 256
C. Connection Churn ..... ............................................................................................... 257
D. Output and Usage Levels ............................................................................................................. 258
1. M obile V oice ......................................................................................................................... 258
2. M obile M essaging ................................................................................................................. 259
3. Mobile Data Traffic (Non-Messaging)........................................................................... 261
E. Pricing Levels, Changes, and Trends................................................................................... 262
1. Price M etrics ......................................................................................................................... 262
2. Wholesale Pricing........................................................................................... 269
3. Intercarrier Roaming Rates and Revenue........................................................ 270
F. Revenue and ARPU ................................................................................................................. 273
G. Accounting-Based Measures of Profitability ...................... ...................................... 281
H. Network Performance ....................287
H. Network Performance ................................................................................................................ 287
I. Network Coverage by Income Level ......................................................................................... 297
VI. MOBILE WIRELESS SERVICES: CONSUMER BEHAVIOR ................................................ 298
A. Consumer Decision Factors in Choosing a Service Provider ..................................... 299
B. Consumer Access to Information on Mobile Wireless Services.............................................. 305
C. Surveys of Consumer Satisfaction with Service Providers...................................................... 313
VII. INPUT AND DOWNSTREAM SEGMENTS OF THE MOBILE WIRELESS
ECOSYSTEM ............... .... .......... . ................................316
A. Non-Spectrum Input Segments ........................................ . ..........................316
1. Infrastructure Facilities............................... .. . .. .. ...........................317
a. Background........................................ ........... ................................................... 317
b. Demand for Infrastructure Facilities ........................................ ..........322
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United States. Federal Communications Commission. FCC Record, Volume 28, No. 5, Pages 3700 to 4038, Supplement (March 2013), book, March 2013; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177415/m1/12/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.