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To: quidditch who wrote (32232)	6/12/1999 10:26:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Still Growing> More People Using Mobile Telephones Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of subscribers to mobile telephone services in the United States increased to 68 million in 1998, up from 55 million the previous year, the Federal Communications Commission reported Thursday. In its fourth annual report on competition in the wireless industry, the FCC found an increasing number of customers in the mobile phones market -- which includes traditional cellular companies, a more sophisticated service called personal communications and digital mobile radio services. The commission also pointed to an increasing number of providers of such services, leading to lower costs. "Where there were once only two providers, there are now communities with five, six and even seven carriers trying to sell their services," said FCC Chairman Bill Kennard. The mobile telephone market also generated more than $32 billion in revenues in 1998, according to the commission. Use of pagers also continued to grow. According to the report, the number of pagers in service last year ranged from 50 million to 54 million, compared with 48 million in 1997.