“According to a Merrill Lynch report published at the end of 2005, the United States is enjoying a year-over-year growth of 14%. It is number three in the world in the number of wireless subscribers (behind China and a combined Europe) with a penetration rate of just over 67%. The average revenue per customer is $56, moving upward (we are number four in the world in this category), and we have the highest average number of voice minutes of any country: 781 minutes per month per subscriber compared to Canada and Hong Kong, tied for second place at 393 minutes.”

From Andrew Seybold’s Commentary 4Mobility 04-20-06 “Musings Around the Industry”

Ken Schmidt

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