Annual Report and Analysis of Competitive Market Conditions with Respect toCommercial Mobile Services

摘要

In 1993, Congress created the statutory classification of Commercial MobileServices to promote the consistent regulation of mobile radio services that are similar in nature. At the same time, Congress established the promotion of competition as a fundamental goal for CMRS policy formation and regulation. To measure progress toward this goal, Congress required the Federal Communications Commission to submit annual reports that analyze competitive conditions in the industry. This report is the fifth of the Commission's annual reports on the state of CMRS competition. With one exception discussed below, this report follows the same general structure as the Fourth Report. This report bases its analysis on a consumer-oriented view of wireless services by focusing on specific product categories, regardless of their regulatory classification. In some cases, this includes an analysis of offerings outside the umbrella of 'services; specifically designated by the Commission as CMRS. However, because licensees of these other spectrum-based services often compete with CMRS providers, as well as with other providers of telecommunications services, the Commission believes that it is important to consider them in the analysis. This report focuses on three categories of wireless services: mobile telephony, mobile data, and dispatch.