US Wireless Sector Growing More Competitive, FSF Says
The U.S. wireless industry is getting more competitive, the Free State Foundation commented as the FCC prepares its first “Communications Marketplace Report,” required under the FY 2018 omnibus spending bill (see 1803230038). Comments were due Thursday in docket 18-203 (see…
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1806260056). The biennial report will replace the annual mobile competition report. The final wireless report last year said the wireless industry is effectively competitive, a conclusion the FCC didn’t reach during the Obama administration. “Mean LTE download speeds increased to 23.5 Mbps in the first half of 2017," FSF said. " Those download speeds increased 20.4 percent to 27.33 Mbps between the first half of 2017 and the first half of 2018.”