The State of Mobile Wireless Competition 2010-11

This Public Notice solicits input and data on mobile wireless competition for the Federal Communications Commission’s Sixteenth Annual Report on the State of Competition in Mobile Wireless, including Commercial Mobile Radio Services.

The FCC is required to submit annual reports to Congress analyzing competitive conditions with respect to commercial mobile services. On June 27, 2011, the Commission released its Fifteenth Mobile Wireless Competition Report. With this Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau seeks to update the information and metrics used in the Fifteenth Report, as well as to enhance the FCC’s analysis of mobile wireless competition for the Sixteenth Report. This Notice seeks data and information on industry structure, firm conduct, market performance, and consumer behavior with respect to mobile wireless services, as well as on input and downstream segments, intermodal competition, urban-rural comparisons, and international comparisons. The FCC requests that commenters provide, to the extent possible, information and insights on competition across the mobile wireless ecosystem using this framework. The FCC also asks parties to comment on whether the framework used in the Fifteenth Report was adequate for analyzing mobile wireless competition or whether changes should be made for the Sixteenth Report.

For the Sixteenth Report, the FCC requests that commenters submit data and statistics for the calendar-year 2010 time period, as well as information on any trends and developments that have occurred during 2010 or 2011. In particular, the FCC seeks information on events or developments that arose after release of the Fifteenth Report.

Comments are due Dec 5, 2011; reply comments are due Dec 21, 2011.