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To: DaveMG who wrote (19463)	12/10/1998 4:43:00 PM
From: donaldg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

US CDMA/GSM/TDMA Subscriber figures after calendar Q3 98. Here is a summary of all publicly available data as of 9/30/98. North American CDMA PCS Total Q2 Q3 % Change Subs Adds Adds Q3 vs. Q2 US West 108K N/A N/A N/A UMG Sprint 1.73M 260K 381K 47% FON Primeco 706K 90K 108K 20% BEL Clearnet 104K 36K 34.5K -4% CLNTF Centennial 89K 12K 16.4K 37% CYCL GTE N/A GTE Bell Mobility N/A BCX BCTel N/A Total 2.78M 424K 566K 33% Notes: N/A = Did not disclose Centennial operates CDMA in Puerto Rico only. North American GSM PCS Aerial 230K 39K 26.7K (31%) AERL Powertel 228K 24K 47K 96% PWTL PacBell 640K 120K 100K (17%) SBC Voicestream 264K 48K 52.2K 9% WWCA Microcell 180K 52.7K 31K (41%) MICTF Bellsouth 156K 29K 24K (17%) BLS Omnipoint 253K 64K (1k) (102%) OMPT Total 1.9M 377K 280K (26%) Notes: Omnipoint had a negative net add Q3 due to removal of prepaid customers from the subscriber rolls North American CDMA Cellular Airtouch 608K 179K N/A N/A ATI Bam 565K 150K 165K 10% BEL GTE N/A GTE Alltel N/A AT Ameritech N/A AIT Bell Mobility N/A BCX Frontier N/A FRO Total 1.17M Notes: Bam had 750,000 CDMA subscribers as of 12/7/98. North American TDMA Cellular and PCS ATT 3.6M N/A 675K N/A T Centennial N/A CYCL US Cellular N/A USM SBC PCS N/A SBC Total 3.6M N/A 675K North American IDEN Nextel 2.29M 400K 375K (6%) NXTL Mike 89K 16K 12K (25%) CLNTF All of this info can be verified in the respective earnings releases, 10Qs and 10Ks. There are numerous other small carriers, but the data is difficult to find.