Don't bother with the WSJ. We have long thought it to be the source of your problems and have discussed the editorial bias they suffer from. Read further and you will understand my statement.
Lets go back to the article: biz.yahoo.com
"GSM Service Now Available in Nearly 2,400 North American Cities; 1.3 Million New Customers Added in Less Than a Year"
Here is Sprint by itself: sprintpcs.com
"Sprint PCS has the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving 177 metropolitan markets which include more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country."
Now, a word from the CDG itself: cdg.org
"In addition, North America has experienced a six fold growth rate with 4.5 million [CDMAOne] subscribers."
Despite GSM's gains of 1.3 million customers last year, they still can't garner more than half of the market share enjoyed by CDMAOne. Sprint alone covers more cities than all GSM providers put together in North America.
You wrote: "I think the stumbling CDMA operators included Airtouch, MCI, BMC".
Did you ever bother to read the quarterly financial press releases from the Airtouch site?
rcrnews.com
Airtouch: 7.5 million subscribers in North America.
EarningsPerShare $0.30 for the quarter
I cannot figure out what MCI and BMC are except MCI doesn't appear to have any wireless networks, only long distance. Lets use Bell Atlantic Mobile: Revenues increased 12.5% or 100mill for the quarter. Added 565K digital customers.
GSM has only managed 100% growth to 2 Million users in North America? Ok, that proves I am not walking past the local empty GSM stores on their "bad days."
Can you explain to us why you chose to accuse Gregg of "insulting" you. You bring nothing to the discussion that follows reasonable distortions of economic principles, or any resemblance to consumer demand. You have demonstrated your skills in the English language over the past couple of years. So, I don't think misunderstanding him is your problem.
But, I must ask: are you ever going to answer Gregg's questions?
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