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To: JGoren who wrote (25845)	4/1/1999 11:08:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

JG, CTIA does indeed say that there are now 71,162,843 U.S. Wireless subscribers today (including PCS or ESMR). ctia.wow-com.com It is mind numbing. I've been watching these numbers for several years and I believe that this is just what it says. I also think that a subscriber equates essentially to a phone. Even though 2 phones (husband and wife) might be billed to a single bill I think they are looked at as separate subscriptions. "Prepaid" service (becoming much more widespread does I think tilt the numbers (I think each prepaid account counts as .5 subscriptions) and an inactive prepaid account is kept on the books for a period of time (90 days??longer???) even if actually churned. CDG reports 6,800,000 cdmaOne customers in NA and we know that number is growing rapidly. cdg.org Cahners In-Stat Group is projecting 95 million wireless subscriptions in the United States by year 2001 end. This one, though, I REALLY can't figure out: PCIA/Yankee Group Wireless Subscription Tracker shows 129,016,562 wireless subscriptions in the United States. pcia.com - Eric -