Mobile Internet and Voice Services Continue Growth, Fixed Picture Mixed, FCC Reports Say
Mobile internet and voice services continue to grow but the fixed service picture is mixed, said two FCC reports released Friday. The reports issued by the Wireline Bureau's Industry Analysis and Technology Division examine the status of internet access and…
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voice telephone services as of June 30, based on Form 477 data collected from industry parties. There were 369 million U.S. internet connections, an increase of 8 percent from June 30, 2015, said the internet access report. It said mobile internet connections were up by 10 percent to 265 million and fixed internet connections were up 4 percent to 104 million. There were 59 million fixed connections with speeds of at least 25 Mbps (18 million of which provided at least 100 Mbps), up from 50 million, it said. The number of mobile voice subscriptions increased from 326.6 million to 337.8 million, said the voice telephone services report. Interconnected voice subscriptions grew from 56.7 million to 60.3 million, and retail switched access lines dropped from 68.1 million to 62.3 million, it said.