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To: Cooters who wrote (82554)	10/6/2000 2:23:44 PM
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Verizon Wireless customers grew 14.6 pct year-over-year NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - No. 1 U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - news) and Vodafone Group Plc (quote from Yahoo! UK & Ireland: VOD.L) (NYSE:VOD - news), saw its customer base grow 14.6 percent in the third quarter over the same period last year, Verizon Communications said in a release. Verizon Wireless added 806,000 new customers during the quarter, 34.9 percent more net additions than in the third quarter of 1999, the company reported in a release. Total churn, or customer turnover, was 2.5 percent in the quarter, including pre-paid customers, unchanged from the third quarter of 1999, the release said. Verizon Communications owns 55 percent of the wireless group, with Vodafone owning the remaining 45 percent. Verizon was formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE earlier this year. Shares of Verizon fell $1-5/8, or 3.1 percent, to $50-1/4 in afternoon trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of Vodafone fell $2-1/4, or about 6 percent, to $35-11/16, also on the NYSE. Posted as a reply to: Msg 27159 by watchtowertract Ignore this User \| Report Abuse < Previous \| Next > [ First \| Last \| Msg List ] Msg #: Reply Post All Subject Message Text Authors Copyright © 1994-2000 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

To: Cooters who wrote (82554)	10/7/2000 10:15:13 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Communication equipment exports record $4.19 billion Wireless communication equipment exports reached $4.19 billion through the end of August, a whopping 76.5 percent jump over the same period last year. Export of CDMA (code division multiple access) handsets recorded $1.89 billion while CDMA systems shipment abroad reached $114 million, according to figures released by the Ministry of Information and Communication yesterday. Handsets and systems combined, Korean firms' CDMA exports to the United States totaled $1.37 billion. Exports to Central and South America trailed far behind at $320 million while shipments to China stood at $75 million. Australia was the top destination for Korean CDMA systems, totaling $58 million, followed by China which imported $46 million worth. Exports to the United States totaled $1 million during the first eight months of the year. The figures also showed a huge increase in GSM (global system for mobile communications) handsets, recording $2.18 billion, up 96.5 percent from the same period last year. The ministry projected that CDMA and GSM exports would total $4.38 billion and $4.17 billion, respectively, through the end of the year, as wireless communication equipment exports continue to grow with the rapid spread of wireless communication globally. (KHR) Updated: 10/06/2000