A couple of weeks ago, we released our semi-annual survey. With the year-end 2012 numbers, the industry continues to grow and invest despite the current economy. The fact that our members spent the highest ever in capital expenditures in 2012 shows that they are focused on providing their customers – you and me – the fastest and best networks in the world.
I know that some people like to gripe about the U.S. wireless industry, but the facts remain that we are the world’s leader. Carriers spent $94 per subscriber in the U.S., compared to $16 per subscriber for the rest of the world, even though we have only five percent of the world’s wireless users! We have more 4G subscribers than any other country, despite having fewer people. We talk and text more than other countries, yet we pay less. We have 96% of users with a data plan.
After working in this industry for more than 20 years, I recognize that I may be perceived as a bit biased. So that’s why I pulled together this one page independent assessmentImage may be NSFW.
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about the U.S. wireless industry.
Whether it’s innovation, value, competition, economic impact or mobile access and satisfaction, the U.S. wireless industry is workingImage may be NSFW.
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As Stanford Professor Bill Barnett explained in a blog post, “As a firm competes, it becomes more capable, and so performs better. Even though its rivals also perform better, the net effect turns out to be beneficial in time. Highly competitive markets, over time, feature some of the world’s greatest competitors…Competition is good for you.”
