FCC Seeks Comment on the State of Mobile Wireless Competition

The Federal Communications Commission seeks input on competition in the mobile wireless marketplace for the Federal Communications Commission's Eighteenth Annual Report on the State of Competition in Mobile Wireless, including Commercial Mobile Radio Services. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau seeks to update the information and metrics used in the Seventeenth Report, as well as enhance the FCC's analysis of competition in the mobile wireless marketplace for the Eighteenth Report.

This Notice seeks comment and information on competitive dynamics within the mobile wireless marketplace, for example, with respect to the number of subscribers and financial indicators such as revenue or profitability. In addition, we seek comment and information on overall industry metrics such as coverage, including by spectrum band, technology, geography, and demographics. We also seek comment and information on upstream (e.g., spectrum) segments as well as on consumer behavior with respect to mobile wireless services, including consumer usage, handsets, mobile applications, and intermodal developments such as mobile-wireline substitution. Further, we seek comment and information on pricing levels and trends and other non-price factors on which service providers compete, as well as on performance metrics for mobile broadband networks, such as speed and latency, including the methodologies used for assessment. Finally, we also ask parties to comment on whether the metrics provided in the Seventeenth Report were sufficient for analyzing competition in the mobile wireless marketplace in a useful and timely manner, or whether any changes should be made for the metrics included in the Eighteenth Report.