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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (38541)	10/19/2000 3:36:29 PM
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U.S. cellular subscriber base grows by 27.2%, says CTIA Semiconductor Business News (10/19/00, 12:26:43 PM EDT) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. cellular industry grew by a healthy 27.2% in terms of total subscribers over a one-year period, with the population as a whole signing up for wireless services every 1.5 seconds, according to a mid-year report from the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA). There were a total of 97 million cellular subscribers in the United States as of the end of June, 2000, up 27.2% over 76.3 million at the end of June, 1999, according to the CTIA, a trade organization that represents the cellular phone industry, based in Washington. CTIA's numbers represent the period from June, 1999, to June, 2000. The number of U.S. subscribers using digital-cellular services increased to 52.9 million, or 60% of all reported wireless subscribers as of the end of June, 2000, the CTIA said. This is an increase of more than 89.6% from the previous year, when just 27.9 million subscribers used digital services. As of the end of June, 2000, more than 37.8% of the U.S. population had active wireless service. And in fact, someone new signs up for wireless service approximately every 1.5 seconds in the United States, said Tom Wheeler, president and chief executive of the CTIA. Wheeler added that U.S. wireless service subscribers are using their devices an average of 228 minutes each month, compared to 174 minutes for calls a year ago, an increase of 31%. At the same time, the average local monthly bill increased from $40.24 to $45.15, an increase of 12.2%, he added. Total U.S. cellular service revenues increased to $24.7 billion for the first half of this year, up 27.3% over $19.4 billion in the like period a year ago, CTIA said.. From June, 1999, to June, 2000, the industry's service revenues totaled $45.29 billion, they added.