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10. 94% of Americans are now living in counties with four or more wireless
service providers.
11. Since a national regulatory framework for wireless was introduced,
wireless minutes of use have increased almost 5000% from 17 billion in
the first six months of 1995, to more than 857 billion in the first half of
2006.
12. As of 3Q06, the FCC reported a complaint rate of 0.00185% (19 per
million subscribers).
13. In 2005, the average compensation of a wireless employee in
Pennsylvania was $55,085. This is more than double both the statewide
($24,591) and national ($25,035) per capita incomes, and more than both
the statewide ($44,537) and national ($46,242) median household
incomes.
14. As of mid-year 2006, the average wireless bill in the US was less than
$50.00.
15. The FCC has reported that “the United States continues to lead the world
in average minutes of use per subscriber” – individual customers in the
U.S. use five times the number of minutes as the average European
subscriber.
16. The wireless industry contributed $92 billion the United States GDP in
2004.
17. In the first 6 months of 2006, the wireless industry added approximately
63,000 new subscribers per day.
18. The wireless industry has been repeatedly judged to be effectively
competitive by the FCC.
19. Nebraska has the highest effective wireless tax rate at more than 21%,
including fees and surcharges.
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