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FACT:
The number of U.S. Subscribers with broadband access on mobile devices went from 3 million in 2006 to 73 million in 2008.*
- Mobile access has become a mass-market fixture in America with stunning speed. Faster than color TV, wired broadband, and the Internet.
- In late 2006, one in twenty-five mobile phones sold in the U.S. was a smartphone. Less than three years later, it was one in four.*
- The U.S. has the most dynamic and competitive wireless device market in the world, as well, with more than 30 manufacturers offering more than 600 choices to consumers.**
- In the past year, no less than six app stores have opened online, offering consumers nearly 100,000 mobile applications, from video games that teach our kids math to interactive alerts that remind us to take our medications.
This wasn't an accident. It was the result of furious competition, investment and innovation in wireless.
*"US Broadband Ranking: Does it Matter?" PC WORLD, June 5, 2009
**Written Ex Parte Communication, RM-11361; GN Docket No. 09-51; WC Docket No. 07-52, CTIA, 5/12/2009