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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (51244)11/20/1999 10:23:00 PM
From: Ruffian  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
November 17, 1999 -- Dataquest's second quarter 1999 review of the U.S. mobile handset market illuminates several
significant developments that are transforming the current industry landscape. First and foremost, the increasing pace of the
digitalization of the U.S. subscriber base is becoming more evident. Digital subscribers comprised more than 35 percent of
the installed base at the end of the second quarter, while digital handsets accounted for almost 78 percent of the quarter's
sales to end users.

The most important highlight within the digital space this quarter continues to be the tremendous growth of code-division
multiple access (CDMA IS-95). CDMA is now not merely the top-selling handset in the U.S. market, it is actually increasing
the distance between itself and its competitors (see Table 1). Moreover, CDMA subscribers are positioned to surpass
TDMA subscribers to become the largest digital subscriber segment of the U.S. market before the end of the year.

Table 1
U.S. Digital Mobile Handset Market by Technology
Technology
1998 Share (%) Q1/99 Share (%) Q2/99 Share (%)
CDMA 38.0 45.7 47.0
TDMA 46.1 39.9 38.7
GSM 15.9 14.5 14.3
Total 100.0 100 100.0
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