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To: robert b furman who wrote (3237)	9/6/2019 7:08:41 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 13883

The EU manages spectrum and other costs to minimize cell phone bills. The US government charges far more for spectrum than Europe does, so it's hardly a surprise our American phone bills are correspondingly more costly. Each European nation has their "Big 3" mobile carriers - and that always includes their national AT&T equivalent carrier like, Telefónica in Spain and Portugal, Orange in France, or even tiny Swisscom in Switzerland - with a market share at least as large as Verizon does in the US. In Germany, Deutsche Telekom has a larger market share than Verizon does in the US with the second and third players being Telefónica (Spanish owned) and Vodafone (UK owned). . Deutsche Telekom's total EU share of 27% excluding the UK, is slightly less than their 30% share of the US market - but it's not far from AT&T's 34% share of the US market. But this is much larger than AT&T's 0% share of the EU mobile market, which is important to recognize when you're obtaining volume discounts from equipment providers. Compared with Deutsche Telekom, Verizon and AT&T are tiny companies. Deutsche Telelom has been working closely with Nokia and Ericsson installing and testing 5G equipment for the past four years. Neither Verizon or AT&T can claim that. . Only Deutsche Telekom has the market share and scale to install their own 5G in most of Europe without roaming agreements for other EU nations. Deutsche Telekom has been especially active in markets like Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic where the national carrier was not prepared to make the investments needed to fully modernize their network.