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North America Wireless Operator Data 2Q 1999
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• Content Page
• Wireless Subscriber Data by Operator 3-50
• 1999 N.A. Operator subscriber data by quarter
  3-10- ARPU 1995-1999 11-14- Churn
  1996-1999 15-18- Cost of Acquisition (COA)
  1996-1999 19-22- 1998 N.A. operator subscriber
  data by quarter 23-34- 1996-1999 Year End
  Subscriber Data comparison 35-39- CTIA
  semi-annual survey (Dec-1998) 40-49- Operator
  Web Site 50

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North America Wireless 1999 Subscriber Data by
Quarter and by Operator
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1999 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
-----1Q99 ------ ------2Q99
------ ------3Q99 ---- 4Q99 1999 Dig.Operators
YE96 YE97 YE98 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot Add YE99
Add. Std. Bell Atlantic 8,159K
10,172K 11,828K 359K 12,202K - BAMS
Cellular 4,410K 5,356K 6,201K 190K
6,391K 214K 6,606K CDMA- GTE
Wireless 3,749K 4,487K 4,817K 75K
4,892K 135K 5,027K CDMA- PrimeCo (46.7)
181K 422K 94K 516K CDMA-
Frontier Cellular 329K 388K 15K
403K 19K 422K TDMA - BAMs subscriber
numbers are consolidated results for all
controlled markets - PrimeCo subscriber numbers
represents 46.7 (BAM stake) of total PrimeCo-
Bell Atlantic agreed to acquire Frontier cellular
in July 1999. -GTE announced plans to purchase
20 Ameritech Corp. wireless properties in the
Midwest, adding 1,665K new subscribers
SBC
8,101K 9,911K 10,441K 383K 10,824K 523K 12,030K-
SBC Wireless 4,827K 5,951K 6,851K 299K
7,150K 305K 7,455K TDMA - PBMS
340K 158K 967K 167K 1,134K GSM -
Ameritech Cell. 2,512K 3,177K 3,590K 84K
3,674K 51K 3,725K CDMA- Comcast
Cellular 762K 783K ? ? ? ?
850K TDMA - The SBC Wireless numbers
include SNET and PBMS- SBC announced January
20, 1999 it will buy Comcast Cellular operations
for 1.67 billion ( 400 million cash, 1.27
million in debt). The Comcast Cellular
acquisition expected to close in 3Q99. - SBC
Wireless Digital Market - Digital
Subscribers 900K 1.2M - Digital as a of
total minutes 39 45
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1999 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
-----1Q99 ------ ------2Q99
------ ------3Q99 ---- 4Q99 1999 Dig.
Operators YE96 YE97 YE98 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add To
t Add YE99 Add Std. Vodafone AirTouch 3,412K 4,401
K 8,656K 356K 9,012K 282K 9,294K- Vodafone
AirTouch 3,403K 4,309K 7,915K 213K 8,128K 270K 8,9
50K CDMA- PrimeCo 9K 92K
422K 130K 552K CDMA- CommNet
Cellular 319K 13K 332K 12K
344K ? From 1Q99 Vodafone AirTouch do not
separate Cellular and PCS (PrimeCo).The Vodafone
AirTouch numbers based on proportional
subscribersCommNet Proportionate subscribers in
managed (56) and non-managed (26) markets
(Acquisition to happen end of 1999) ATT
(Cons.) 5,717K 6,609K 7,862K 414K 8,309K 473K 8,78
2K- ATT Wireless 5,204K 5,964K 7,198K 378K 7,576
K TDMA- Vanguard Cell. 513K 645K
664K 69K 733K TDMA - Consolidated
means ATT owns a majority interest - of ATT
Wireless subscribers on Digital 67.3 69.0-
Digital One Rate (DOR) Subscribers 1,500KBel
lSouth Mobility 3,643K 4,193K 4,796K 213K 5,005K
150K 5,155K- Cellular (Propor.)
4,113K 4,585K TDMA- PCS (Propor.)
80K 211K GSM - Proportional basis
Includes customers served based on BellSouths
ownership in all markets served- The 1Q99
number do not separate Cellular and PCS and has a
4K difference I cant explain Alltel 2,950K
3,786K 4,312K 179K 4,491K- Alltel
Cellular 2,950K 3,523K 4,009K 174K 4,183K 113K 4
,296K CDMA- Aliant Comm. 263K 303K
5K 308K CDMAAliant Comm. Subscriber
count based on consolidated markets
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1999 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
-----1Q99 ------ ------2Q99
------ ------3Q99 ------ 4Q99 1999 Dig.
Operators YE96 YE97 YE98 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add To
t Add YE99 Add. Std. Sprint PCS 1,000K 2,587K 763
K 3,350K 617K 3,967K CDMANextel Digital
300K 1.271K 2,790K 415K 3,152K 441K 3,593K iD
EN- Syst. Usage (minutes) 3.4 Bill 4.3
Bill- MOU 425 min - Cant explain
the 1Q99 difference in net add of 53K
(3,152K-2,790K362K vs 415K)U.S. Cellular
(majority) 1,710K 2,183K 87K 2,270K
94K 2,364K TDMAPrimeCo 37K 387K
902K 203K 1,105K 42K 1,200K CDMAWest.
Wls Corp. 324K 466K 660K 35K 695K
42K 737K GSMCenturyTel 368K 570K
624K 15K 639K 2K 641K TDMA-
2Q99 Net additions 12,300 - 10,500 Divested
subscribers (South Texas and One Alaska
RSA)Omnipoint NA 141K 375K 103K
478K 116K 594K GSMVoiceStream Wls
36K 128K 322K 95K 417K 135K
553K GSM Centennial Cell. 253K
400K 27K 427K 28K 455K -
Domestic 309K 12K 321K TDMA -
MOU 104 min- Puerto Rico 118K
16K 134K CDMA - MOU 446 min
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1999 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
-----1Q99 ------ ------2Q99
------ ------3Q99 ------ 4Q99 1999 Dig.
Operators YE96 YE97 YE98 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add To
t Add YE99 Add. Std. Powertel PCS
15K 118K 295K 43K 338K 44K 382K GSM-
Postpaid 254K 16K 22K- Prepaid
41K 27K 22K Aerial Comm. 125K 312K 20K 332K 15
K 347K GSM- Prepaid subscribers 21US
West PCS 185K 35K 220K 65K 285K CDMA Rural
Cellular Corp. 45K 111K 215K
8K 223K 11K 234K ?- RCC Cellular 45K
85K 187K 13K 200K 9K 209K- Wireless Alliance
17K 16K (4K) 12K 0K 12K- Other 9K
12K (1K) 11K 2K 13K
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Top Canada Wireless Carriers - 1999 Quarterly
Subs. Data
-----1Q99 ------ ------2Q99
------ ------3Q99 ------ 4Q99 1999 Dig.
Operators YE96 YE97 YE98 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add To
t Add YE99 Add. Std. Rogers Cantel 1,370K 1,552K 1
,737K 63K 1,800K 109K 1,909K TDMA-
Digital 500K 600K 690K- Prepaid
120K 145K 181K - MOU 198 min 184
min 223 min BCE Mobile 1,044K 1,221K 1,475K 6
6K 1,541K 64K 1,605K CDMA- Digital
Subscribers 247K 283K- Prepaid
Subscribers 217K 290K BCT.TELUS
300K 400K 475K ? ? 1,020K CDMA- BC
Tel and Telus merged in 1999- MOU 210 min
Clearnet 152K 349K 33K 383K 59K
442K- Digital Subs. 95K 308K 38K
347K 62K 409K - Mike (ESMR) 44K
114K 17K 131K 22K 153K iDEN - PCS
51K 194K 22K 216K 40K
256K CDMA- Analog Subs. 57K
41K lt5Kgt 36K lt3Kgt 33K - Clearnet
Digital MOU 256 - Mike 354 -
PCS 198MicroCell 2K
66K 282K 62K 344K 60K 404K GSM- Postpaid
Subscribers 238K 17K 255K- Prepaid
Subscribers 106K 43K 149K
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North America Wireless Standards by Key Carriers
AMPS/IS136(D-AMPS)
Subscribers Net Add 1999 Operator 1Q 2Q
3Q 4Q ATT Wireless- ATT Wireless 378K -
Vanguard Cellular 36K------------------------
---- -------- --------- -------- --------Total
ATT Wireless 414K 473K SBC Comm.- SBC
Wireless 141K 305K- Comcast Cellular ?
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------- --------Total SBC 141K
305K BellSouth Mobility 213K 150K US
Cellular 87K 94K Rogers Cantel 63K
109K CenturyTel 15K 2K Centennial
Cellular 27K 12K Frontier Cellular
15K 19K ---------------------------- -------
-- --------- --------- ---------Total
AMPS/IS136 939K 1,164K Include PCS (GSM)
AMPS/cdmaOne
Subscribers Net Add 1999Operator 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Bell
Atlantic- BAM 190K 214K- GTE Wireless
75K 135K- PrimeCo (50) 94K
31K----------------------- -------- -------- ----
---- ---------Total Bell Atlantic
359K 380K Vodafone AirTouch 343K 270K Alltel
174K 113K Ameritech 84K 51K Sprint PCS
763K 617K BCE Mobile 66K 64K BCT.TELUS ? C
learnet PCS 22K 40K US West PCS 35K
65K Centennial (P.R.) ? 16K--------------------
--- --------- --------- --------- ---------Total
1,846K 1,616K AirTouch include PrimeCo
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Key Carriers Quarterly Net Add 1998 and 1999
Carrier 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2Q99 3Q99 4Q99 St
andardSprint PCS 110K 260K 381K 836K 763K 617K
cdmaOneVodafone AirTouch 171K 253K 201K 454K 353K
270K cdmaOneBAMS 127K 224K 207K 302K 190K 214K
cdmaOneAmeritech 123K 200K 53K 37K 84K
51K cdmaOneAlltel 100K 146K 174K 113K cdma
One ATT 195K 325K 325K 445K 378K 473K TDMASB
C 32K 106K 51K 215K 141K 138K TDMABellSout
h 117K 170K 142K 202K TDMAU.S.
Cellular 107K 105K 96K 165K 87K
94K TDMA BellSouth 213K 150K TDMA/GSM N
extel 370K 404K 375K 373K 415K 441K iDEN PBMS
80K 120K 100K 169K 158K 167K GSMOmnipoint
50K 64K 57K 102K 103K 116K GSMVoiceStream
Wls 63K 84K 89K 98K 95K 135K GSMPower
tel 38K 25K 47K 67K 43K
44K GSMAerial 40K 40K 27K 81K 18K
15K GSMBellSouth M. PCS 25K 24K 29K
53K GSMSprint Spectrum (APC) GSM
In 1Q99 BellSouth do not separate Cellular and
GSM PCS operation in Carolina. Sprint
Spectrum (APC) GSM network owned by Sprint PCS,
who have announced they will convert the Sprint
Spectrum GSM subscribers to CDMA in 1999, by
offering them free CDMA phones, same tariff and
monthly access fee.
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North America Wireless 1995 - 1999 ARPU Data By
Operator
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Top US Wireless Carriers - Quarterly ARPU Data
Operators YE95 YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99
2Q99 3Q99 4Q99 Bell Atlantic - BAMS
Cellular 56.49 52.85 48.40 51.89 51.79 51.1
5 48.00 52.70- GTE Wireless 63.00 60.00 51.0
0 48.00 48.00 49.00 49.00 46.00 48.00-
Frontier SBC- SBC Wireless 47.00
gt50.00 - PBMS - Ameritech Cell.-
Comcast Cellular 48.63 48.28
Vodafone AirTouch 70.00 61.00 46.45 46.71
42.72 41.20- CommNet Cellular 54.00 49
.00 52.00 ATT - ATT Wireless 57.20 5
2.70 54.00 58.00 60.32 60.60 66.20-
Vanguard Cell. 48.00 46.00 43.00 46.00 50.00
46.00 BellSouth Mobility 50.00 47.00 45.0
0 45.00 49.00 49.00 51.00Alltel -
Alltel Cellular 46.75 48.69 47.78 47.35 5
0.31 - 360 Comm. 43.46 47.43 Sprint
PCS 64.00 60.00 55.00 55.00 52.00 54.00
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Top US Wireless Carriers - Quarterly ARPU Data
Operators YE95 YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99
2Q99 3Q99 4Q99 Nextel Digital 37.00 56.00 68.0
0 66.00 69.00 70.00 70.00 71.00 74.00 U.S.
Cellular 49.88 44.66 50.16 51.40 48.02 47.
18 50.18 PrimeCo 63.65 60.00 61.00 57.00 5
4.37 52.00 53.00 West. Wls Corp. CenturyTel
60.00 55.00 51.00 56.00
Omnipoint 59.00 57.00 59.00 50.00 47.00
45.00 49.00 VoiceStream 59.00 Centen
nial Cell.- Domestic 63.00 70.00-
Puerto Rico 84.00 87.00 Powertel
PCS 54.06 57.23 56.11 54.15 50.96-
Postpaid 47.42 48.30-
Prepaid 40.05 52.99 51.05 Aerial
Comm. 53.00 49.00 51.00 US
West 54.00 58.00 Rural Cell.
Corp. - RCC Cellular 66.00 50.00 46.00 5
3.00 57.00 51.00 47.00 54.00- Wireless
Alliance 56.00 60.00 63.00 51.00 54.00
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Top Canada Wireless Carriers - Quarterly ARPU
Data (C)
Operators YE95 YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q
99 2Q99 3Q99 4Q99 Rogers Cantel 64.00 58.00 5
3.00 56.00 55.00 53.00 47.08 49.00 BCE
Mobile 68.00 64.00 60.00 61.00 62.00
56.00 50.00 53.00 BCT.TELUS 59.00Cle
arnet - Digital 53.59 - Mike
(ESMR) 68.23 - PCS 44.85 -
Analog 20.51 MicroCell 59.97 54.55
56.59 57.60- Postpaid 60.91-
Prepaid 24.48- Blended 48.56

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North America Wireless 1996 - 1999 Churn Data By
Operator
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Top US Wireless Carriers - Quarterly Churn Data
Operators YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2Q99
3Q99 4Q99 Bell Atlantic - BAMS
Cellular 1.82 - GTE Wireless-
Frontier SBC- SBC Wireless -
PBMS - Ameritech Cell.- Comcast Cellular
Vodafone AirTouch- CommNet Cellular 1.94
1.71 ATT - ATT Wireless - Vanguard
Cell. BellSouth Mobility Alltel
2.2 1.87 2.34 2.06 Sprint
PCS Nextel Digital 1.7 1.6 1.75 2.0 2.0
2.02
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Top US Wireless Carriers - Quarterly Churn Data
Operators YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2Q99
3Q99 4Q99 U.S. Cellular 2.1 1.9 PrimeC
o West. Wls Corp. CenturyTel 2.17 2.0
1.7 Omnipoint 3.2 3.5 VoiceStream
Centennial Cell.- Domestic 1.7 2.2
- Puerto Rico 5.7 3.2 Powertel
PCS - Postpaid 3.7 3.5 4.3 4.5 4.1 3.4
2.8 - Prepaid Aerial
Comm. 3.5 US West Rural Cell.
Corp. - RCC Cellular - Wireless Alliance
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Top Canada Wireless Carriers - Quarterly Churn
Data (C)
Operators YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2
Q99 3Q99 4Q99 Rogers Cantel 1.92 1.83 1.79 1.
87 1.83 2.06 1.74 1.54 BCE
Mobile 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.60 BCT.TEL
US 1.30Clearnet - Digital 1.62
1.46 - Mike (ESMR) 1.56 1.49 -
PCS 1.68 1.44 - Analog MicroCell
2.0 1.6 2.10
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North America Wireless 1996 - 1999Cost of
Acquisition Data By Operator
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Top US Wireless Carriers - Quarterly COA Data
Operators YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2Q99
3Q99 4Q99 Bell Atlantic - BAMS
Cellular 217 193 184 196 - GTE
Wireless- Frontier SBC- SBC
Wireless - PBMS - Ameritech Cell.-
Comcast Cellular Vodafone AirTouch-
CommNet Cellular 310 313 362 305 AT
T Wireless BellSouth Mobility Alltel
266 311 263 341 Sprint PCS Nextel
Digital
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Top US Wireless Carriers - Quarterly COA Data
Operators YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2Q99
3Q99 4Q99 U.S. Cellular 319 351 PrimeC
o West. Wls Corp. CenturyTel
Omnipoint 490 375 VoiceStream
Centennial Cell.- Domestic 254 310-
Puerto Rico Powertel PCS 539 432 Ae
rial Comm. 400 US West Rural Cell.
Corp. - RCC Cellular 358 436 395 369 3
28 357 - Wireless Alliance 464 722 675
724
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Top Canada Wireless Carriers - Quarterly COA Data
(C)
Operators YE96 YE97 1Q98 2Q98 3Q98 4Q98 1Q99 2
Q99 3Q99 4Q99 Rogers Cantel 574 872 814 729
583 464 504 BCE Mobile [phone]
0 449 479 - The lower acquisition cost YE98
reflects a higher number of prepaid customers and
lower hardware cost (handsets) BCT.TELUSClear
net - Digital 588 - Mike
(ESMR) 617 - PCS 569 -
Analog MicroCell 458
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North America Wireless 1998 Subscriber Data by
Quarter and by Operator
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ------ 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add. 98/97 Bell Atlantic 8,159K
1,684K 9,843K 185K 10,028K 310K
10,338K 259K 10,597K 526K 11,440K 1,597K
16- BAMS Cellular 4,410K 946K 5,356K 127K
5,483K 224K 5,707K 207K 5,914K 302K
6,201K 860K 16- GTE Wireless 3,749K 738K 4,
487K 58K 4,545K 86K 4,631K 54K
4,685K 132K 4,817K 330K 7- PrimeCo
(46.7) 181K 92K 422K
241K 133 - BAMs subscriber numbers are
consolidated results for all controlled markets-
BAMs YE98 subscriber numbers excludes 15K
subscribers in Cellular property disposed of
during 4Q98 - BAM Digital Subscriber base is
950K at YE98 (representing approx. 40 of BAM
busy-hour calls) - PrimeCo subscriber numbers
represents 46.7 (BAM stake) of total PrimeCo
SBC
7,339K 1,789K 9,128K 10,441K 1,
313K - SBC Wireless 4,827K 1,124K 5,951K 112K
5,605K 226K 5,831K 151K 5,982K 384K
6,851K 900K 15 - Cellular 4,483K 670K 5,15
3K 32K 5,185K 106K 5,291K 51K
5,342K 215K 5,557K 404K 8 -
PBMS 340K 340K 80K 420K 120K
540K 100K 640K 169K 809K
469K 138 - SNET 344K 114K 458K
485K 27K- Ameritech Cell. 2,512K 665K 3,
177K 123K 3,300K 200K 3,500K 53K 3,553K
37K 3,590K 413K 13- Prepaid represent
less than 5 of SBCs subscriber base, but
generates about 45 of the increase in 4Q98
churn - The YE98 subscriber number includes
acquisition (SNET) and Houston/Austin customers.
YE97 number incl. SNET is 5,951K. 1998 Add
including SNET is 900K
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ---- 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add 98/97 ATT (Cons.) 5,717K
892K 6,609K 217K 6,826K 350K 7,176K 345K 7,487K 48
7K 7,862K 1,253K 19- ATT Wireless 5,204K
760K 5,964K 195K 6,159K 325K 6,484K 325K 6,809K 44
5K 7,198K 1,234K 21- Vanguard Cell. 513K
132K 645K 22K 667K 25K 692K 20K
678K 42K 664K 19K 3 - Consolidated
means ATT owns a majority interest- The YE98
numbers adjusted down by 56K (I cant find a
reason for it)- Digital One Rate (DOR)
subscribers reached 850K at year end 1998
(launched May 1998) and ATT Wireless continue
adding 100K/month with 3/4 of the subscribers
new to ATT Wireless- MOU per subscriber in 850
MHz market increased 57.6 year-to-year in the
fourth quarter, a dramatic increase from only
4.5 rise in the first quarter of 1998- ARPU in
the 850 MHz market was 57.9, up 1.3
year-over-year (the first year-over-year
quarterly increase ever for ATT)- 60.5 of the
7,270K consolidated subscribers were on Digital
Service at the end of 1998, compared to only
29.3 at the end of 1997- Vanguard 3Q98
Following the closing of the sale of Myrtle Beach
market, Vanguard Cellular reduced its subscriber
base by 34,000- Vanguard YE98 Subscriber s
reduced following the sale of the Florida market
(Pensacola and Ft. Walton Beach)
AirTouch 3,412K 989K 4,401K 200K 4,681K 293K
7,572K 252K 7,790K 547K 8,337K 3,936K 89-
AirTouch Cellular 3,403K 906K 4,309K 171K 4,560
K 253K 7,290K 201K 7,461K 454K 7,915K 1,123K 18-
PrimeCo 9K 83K 92K 29K
121K 40K 282K 51K 329K 93K 422K
241K 133- AirTouch subscribers are
proportionate basis AirTouch share of customers.
Example, if a cellular venture reported 1,000
customers and AirTouch owns 60, AirTouch would
report 600 customers- 2Q98 Add The net
addition of 253K excludes the US West New Vector
acquisition- 2Q98 Tot Includes the US West New
acquisitions.- 3Q98 The number of cellular
subscribers has been decreased by 30,000
non-revenue generating subscribers reflecting the
merger with US West New Vector- 1998 Add for
AirTouch includes US West acquisition
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ------ 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add. 98/97 BellSouth Mobility
3,643K 550K 4,193K 142K 4,335K 194K 4,529K 171K 4
,700K 255K 4,796K 752K 18- Cellular (Equity)
4,113K 117K 4,230K 170K 4,400K 142K 4,542K 202K
4,585K 629K 16- PCS (Equity) 80K
25K 105K 24K 129K 29K 158K 53K
211K 123K 140 - Equity basis Includes customers
n served based on BellSouths ownership in all
markets served- YE98 subscriber number adjusted
for the fourth quarter restructuring of
BellSouths Cellular partnerships in L.A. and
Houston (YE97 adjustment 3,956K)- 30 of YE98
cellular subscriber base is Digital- Digital
minutes count for approx. 50 of total
minutes Alltel 2,950K 3,786K
4,312K 526K 14- Alltel 2,950K
3,523K 240K 3,763K 100K 3,863K
146K 4,009K 485K 14 - Cellular
795K 146K 941K 1,030K -
360 Comm. 2,155K 427K 2,582K 62K 2,644K 89K
2,733K- Aliant Comm. 263K 303K
43K 15 - 3Q98 Total Includes 360
Communications subscriber numbers- Alltel buying
Aliant Communications in a deal valued at 1.5
billion. Aliant covers the entire state of
Nebraska with cellular services.- Aliant Comm.
Subscriber count based on consolidated
markets Nextel Digital 300K 971K 1,271K 370K
1,641K 401K 2,042K 375K 2,417K 373K 2,790K 1,591K
120- System Usage (minutes) 1.5 Billion 2.2
Billion 2.7 Billion 3.1 Billion
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ------ 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add. 98/97 Sprint PCS 1,000K 110K 1,11
0K 260K 1,370K 381K 1,751K 836K 2,587K 1,587K 159
- 4Q98 Heavily discounted handsets during-
4Q98 Higher than normal churn comparable with
other PCS operators U.S. Cellular 1,710K 107K 1
,817K 105K 1,922K 96K 2,018K 165K 2,183K
473K 28 - U.S. Cellular subscriber numbers are
from majority owned markets West. Wls
Corp. 360K 289K 649K 63K 712K 84K
796K 89K 885K 98K 983K 334K 51-
Cellular 324K 196K 520K 27K 547K 36K
583K 37K 620K 40K 660K 140K 27-
PCS 36K 93K 129K 36K 165K 48K
213K 52K 265K 58K 323K 194K 152
PrimeCo 37K 350K 387K 121K 508K 90K
598K 109K 707K 195K 902K
515K 133 Comcast Cellular 762K 21K
783K 7 790K 9K 799K 11K
810K ? ? ? ? CenturyTel 368K 202K 570K 6K
576K 8K 584K 8K 592K
32K 624K 54K 9Centennial Cell.
253K 47K 300K 22K 322K 32K 354K
46K 400K 147K 58- Domestic
253K 15K 268K- Puerto Rico 69K
17K 86K - Acquired by CCW Acquisition Corp.
in a 1.9 billion merger closed Jan. 8,
1999 Frontier Cellular 329K 4K
333K 14K 347K 15K 362K 26K 388K
67K 21
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ------ 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add. 98/97 Price Comm. 153K 56K 209K
382K 72K 24 Omnipoint NA NA 141K 50K 19
1K 64K 255K 57K 253K 102K 375K 234K 166- 3Q98
Total Adjusted for Prepaid No usage subscribers
and Fraud (do not include Urban Wireless
Subscribers)- 4Q98 Total Include Urban Wireless
Subscribers (20K) CommNet Cellular 282K
37K 319K - Proportionate subscribers in managed
(56) and non-managed (26) markets Aerial
Comm. 125K 40K 165K 40K 204K 27K 231K 81K 312K
187K 150- On September 8, 1998 Sonera Ltd of
Finland completes its 200 million investment in
Aerial Operating Company, Inc. (AOC), a
wholly- owned subsidiary of Serial through which
Aerial conducts its PCS business. This investment
represents an approximate 19.4 equity ownership
in AOC. Powertel PCS 15K 103K 118K 38K 156K
25K 181K 47K 228K 67K 295K 177K 150 -
Postpaid 28K 254K 135K -
Prepaid 39K 41K 42K- Postpaid ARPU
for 1998 54.27 Prepaid ARPU since September
launch 40.05- Selling its Cellular Division
(Analog) to Public Service Cellular Inc. for 89
million
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Top US Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subscriber Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ------ 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add. 98/97 Rural Cellular
Corp. 45K 66K 111K 3K 114K 8K 122K 83K 205K 10K 21
5K 104K 94- RCC Cellular 45K 40K
85K 2K 87K 92K 176K 11K 187K 102K 120-
Wireless Alliance 17K 19K 18K (2K)
16K (1K) - Other 9K 11K 11K
1K 12K 3K Includes the acquisition of
Atlantic Cellular Company (78K subs.) and Western
Maine Cellular, Inc. US West PCS
85K 20K 105K 80K 185K 185K
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U.S. Net Adds, Cellular vs PCS (1996 -1998)
Net Subscribersin thousands
3,050
2,329
2,150
1,975
1,827
1,794
1,697
1,837
1,517
1,405
1,581
1,413
1,228
1,193
1,240
1,194
1,040
929
578
340
238
98
81
66
Projected 4Q98 net add
Source Salomon Smith Barney
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Top Canada Wireless Carriers - 1998 Quarterly
Subs. Data
1997 -----1Q98 ------ ------2Q98
------ ------3Q98 ------ 4Q98 1998
Operators YE96 Add YE97 Add. Tot Add Tot. Add Tot
Add YE98 Add. 98/97 Rogers Cantel 1,370K 182K 1,5
52K 12K 1,564K 26K 1,590K 44K 1,634K 103K 1,737K 1
85K 12- Digital 500K-
Prepaid 120K - MOU 220 216 197 21
3 200 198 Bell Mobility - Cellular
PCS 1,044K 177K 1,221K 20K 1,241K 47K 1,288K 59K 1
,347K 128K 1,475K 254K 21- MOU 168 160 1
65 BCTel Mobility - Cellular 300K 100K
400K 452K 23K 475K 75K 19 Clearnet 15
2K 103K 199K 49K 248K 43K
291K 58K 349K 197K 130- Digital
95K 142K 53K 195K 48K 243K 65K 308K 213K 22
4- Mike (ESMR) 44K 57K 17K 74K 14K
88K 26K 114K 70K 59- PCS 51K
85K 36K 121K 34K 155K 39K 194K 143K 280-
Analog 57K 57K (3.9K) 53K (5K)
48K (7K) 41K (16K) (72) MicroCell 2K
64K 66K 32K 97K 53K 150K 31K
181K 101K 282K 216K 327- Prepaid 62K
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North America Wireless Standards by Key Carriers
AMPS/cdmaOne SubscribersOperator YE97 YE
98 Bell Atlantic- BAM 5,356,000 6,201,000-
GTE Wireless 4,487,000 4,817,000- PrimeCo
(50) 181,000 422,000-----------------
--------- ------------- --------------Total Bell
Atlantic 10,024,000 11,440,000 AirTouch
4,309,000 7,915,000- PrimeCo (50)
92,000 422,000------------------------- ---
---------- --------------Total AirTouch
4,401,000 8,337,000 Alltel 3,523,000
4,009,000- Aliant Comm 263,000
303,000------------------------- ------------- --
------------Total Alltel 3,786,000
4,312,000 Ameritech 3,177,000
3,590,000 Sprint PCS 1,000,000
2,587,000 Bell Mobility 1,221,000
1,475,000 BCTel 400,000
475,000 Clearnet 51,000 194,000 US
West PCS 185,000--------------------------
----- ------------- --------------Total
AMPS/cdmaOne 24,060,000 32,595,000 Ameritech
is being acquired by SBC who operates an IS136
network
AMPS/IS136(D-AMPS) SubscribersOperator
YE97 YE98 ATT Wireless- ATT Wireless
5,964,000 7,198,000- Vanguard Cellular
645,000 664,000----------------------------
------------- --------------Total ATT Wireless
6,609,000 7,862,000 SBC Comm.- SBC Wireless
5,153,000 6,815,000- SNET 458,000 Incl.
in SBC Wireless- Comcast Cellular
783,000 ?---------------------------- -----------
-- --------------Total SBC 6,394,000
6,815,000 BellSouth Mobility 4,113,000
4,585,000 US Cellular 1,710,000
2,183,000 Rogers Cantel 1,552,000
1,737,000 CenturyTel 570,000
624,000 Centennial Cellular (US) 253,000
400,000 Frontier Cellular 329,000
388,000 Price Comm. 209,000
382,000------------------------------- ----------
--- --------------Total AMPS/IS136 21,739,000 24,
976,000 Missing Comcast Cellular
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Top North America Wireless Carriers - Net Add
comparison 1998
1997 1997 1998 1998 Operator Add. Growth Add
. Growth Sprint PCS 1,000K 1,587K 158 Nextel
Digital 971K 324 1,519K 120 ATT Wireless
760K 15 1,234K 21 AirTouch
906K 27 1,123K 18 SBC Wireless 1,010K 23
900K 15 BAMs Cellular 946K 21 860K
16 BellSouth Mob. 550K 15 752K
18 PrimeCo 166K 515K 133 Alltel
Cellular 574K 19 485K 14 U.S.
Cellular 473K 28 Ameritech 665K 26
413K 13 Western Wireless 289K 80 334K
51 GTE Wireless 738K 20 330K 7 Bell
Mobility 177K 17 254K 21 Omnipoint
141K 234K 166 Microcell 64K 3200
216K 327
1997 1997 1998 1998 Operator Add. Growth Add
. Growth Clearnet 197K 130-
Digital 213K 224 - Mike (ESMR) 70K
59 - PCS (CDMA) 143K 280- Analog
(SMR) (16K) (72) Aerial Comm. 187K 150 Roger
s Cantel 182K 13 185K 12 Powertel
PCS 103K 687 177K 150 Centennial Cell. 147K
58 Rural Cellular 104K 94 BCTel
Mobility 100K 33 75K 19 Price Comm.
56K 37 72K 24 Frontier Cellular 67K
21 CenturyTel 202K 55 54K 9 Aliant
Comm. 43K 15 Vanguard Cell.
132K 26 Comcast Cell.
1997 and 1998 add. is Net adds
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U.S. Carrier Performance Matrix - 1997/1998

• Top 1998 Revenue LeadersOperators 1997 1998
• ATT Corp. 51,577M 53,223M
• Bell Atlantic Corp. 30,500M 31,600M
• MCI Worldcom 26,532M 30,416M - Excluding
  Embratel
• SBC Communications Inc. 26,681M 28,777M
• GTE Corp. 23,260M 25,473K
• BellSouth Corp. 20,561M 23,100M
• Sprint Corp. 17.242M - FON Group
  14,874M 16,017M - PCS Group 1,225M
• Ameritech Corp. 15,998M 17,154M
• US West Comm. Group 11,479M 12,378M
• Alltel 4,502M 5,194M
• AirTouch 3,594M 5,181M
• Comcast Corp. 4,467M 5,145MSource
  Company Financial Statements.

• Top 1998 Net Income LeadersOperators 1997 199
  8
• ATT Corp. 4,600M 6,400M
• SBC Communications Inc. 1,674M 4,023M
• BellSouth Corp. 3,270M 3,500M
• Bell Atlantic Corp. 2,455M 2,900M
• Ameritech Corp. 2,296M 2,614M
• GTE Corp. 2,794M 2,172M
• Sprint Corp. - FON Group 1,372M
  1,535M - PCS Group (loss) (1,121M) (
  419M)
• US West Comm. Group 1,362M 1,436M
• Comcast Corp. (253M) 943M
• AirTouch Comm. Inc. 394M 608M
• Alltel Corp. 507M 580M
  Source Company Financial Statements.() Loss

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North America Wireless 1996 -1999 Subscriber
Data Comparison By Operator
36
Top US Wireless Carriers - 1996, 1997, 1998 and
1999 Subscriber Data
Year End Subscribers
Yearly Subscriber Add Yearly Growth
()Operators YE 1996 YE 1997 YE 1998 YE1999 97
Add 98 Add 99 Add 97/96 98/97 99/98 Bell Atlantic
8,159K 10,172K 11,828K 1,684K 1,664K 21
16 - BAMS Cellular 4,410K 5,356K 6,201K
946K 860K 21 16 - GTE
Wireless 3,749K 4,487K 4,817K 738K
330K 20 7 - Frontier Cellular
329K 388K 67K 21 SBC
7,339K 9,128K 10,441K 1,789K 1,31
3K 24 14 - SBC Wireless 4,827K
5,951K 6,851K 1,124K 900K 23 15 -
Cellular 4,483K 5,153K 5,557K 670K
404K 15 8 - PBMS 340K
809K 340K 469K 14 - SNET
344K 458K 485K 114K 27K
33 6 - Ameritech Cell. 2,512K 3,177K
3,590K 665K 413K 26 13 -
Comcast Cellular 783K ? ? ? Vodafone
AirTouch 3,403K 4,309K 8,234K
906K 1,123K 27 18- Vodafone
AirTouch 3,403K 4,309K 7,915K
906K 1,123K 27 18- CommNet Cellular
319K ATT (Cons.) 5,717K 6,609K 7,862K
892K 1,253K 16 19- ATT Wireless 5,204K
5,864K 7,198K 760K 1,234K 15 21
- Vanguard Cell. 513K 645K 664K
132K 19K 26 3 BellSouth Mobility
3,643K 4,193K 4,796K 550K 752K
15 19- Cellular (Equity) 4,113K
4,585K 629K 16 - PCS (Equity)
80K 211K 123K 140
37
Top US Wireless Carriers - 1996, 1997, 1998 and
1999 Subscriber Data
Year End Subscribers
Yearly Subscriber Add Yearly Growth
()Operators YE 1996 YE 1997 YE 1998 YE1999 97
Add 98 Add 99 Add 97/96 98/97 99/98 Alltel 2,950K
3,787K 4,312K 837K 528K 28 14-
Cellular (incl. 360) 2,950K 3,574K
4,009K 574K 485K 19 14 - Aliant
Comm. 263K 303K 43K 15
Nextel Digital 300K 1,271K 2,790K 971K 1,519K 3
24 120 Sprint PCS 1,000K 2,587K 1,587K 159
U.S. Cellular 1,710K 2,183K 473K
28 West. Wls Corp. 360K 594K 983K 289K
334K 80 51- Cellular 324K 466K
660K 196K 140K 60 27- PCS 36K
128K 323K 93K 194K 258 152 PrimeCo
387K 902K 515K 133 Century Tel
570K 624K 202K 32K 55
9Centennial Cell. 253K 400K
147K 58 Price Comm. 153K 209K 382K
56K 72K 37 24 Omnipoint 141K
375K 141K 234K 166 Aerial Comm. 125K
312K 187K 150 Powertel PCS 15K
118K 295K 103K 177K 687 150 Rural
Cellular 215K 104K 94 US West
PCS 185K 185K
38
Top Canada Wireless Carriers - 1996, 1997, 1998
and 1999 Subscriber Data
Year End Subscribers Yearly
Subscriber Add Yearly Growth
()Operators YE 1996 YE 1997 YE 1998 YE1999 97
Add 98 Add 99 Add 97/96 98/97 99/98 Rogers
Cantel 1,370K 1,552K 1,737K 182K 185K 13
12Bell Mobility - Cellular
PCS 1,044K 1,221K 1,475K 177K 254K 17
21 BCTel Mobility - Cellular 300K
400K 475K 100K 75K 33
19Clearnet 152K 349K 197K 130-
Digital 95K 308K 213K 224 - Mike
(ESMR) 44K 114K 70K 59 - PCS
51K 194K 143K 280 - Analog
57K 41K (16K) (72) MicroCell
2K 66K 282K 64K 216K 3200 327
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Top North America Wireless Carriers - Net Add
comparison 1999
1998 1998 1999 1999 Operator Add. Growth Add
. Growth Sprint PCS 1,587K 158 Nextel
Digital 1,519K 120 ATT Wireless 1,234K
21 Vodafone AirTouch 1,123K 18 SBC Wireless
900K 15 BAMs Cellular 860K
16 BellSouth Mob. 752K 18 PrimeCo
515K 133 Alltel Cellular 485K 14 U.S.
Cellular 473K 28 Ameritech 413K
13 Western Wireless 334K 51 GTE Wireless
330K 7 Bell Mobility 254K
21 Omnipoint 234K 166 Microcell 216K 327
1998 1998 1999 1999 Operator Add. Growth Add
. Growth Clearnet 197K 130- Digital 213K 224 -
Mike (ESMR) 70K 59 - PCS
(CDMA) 143K 280- Analog (SMR) (16K) (72) Aerial
Comm. 187K 150 Rogers Cantel 185K
12 Powertel PCS 177K 150 Centennial Cell. 147K
58 Rural Cellular 104K 94 BCTel Mobility
75K 19 Price Comm. 72K 24 Frontier
Cellular 67K 21 CenturyTel 54K
9 Aliant Comm. 43K 15
1997 and 1998 add. is Net adds
40
United States Wireless CTIA Semi-Annual
Survey Jan 1985 - Dec. 1998 By Operator
41
A U.S. Telephone Family Tree - July 1999
TCI.
New Mega Carriers
Vanguard
ATT
Teleport
Three-way split 1997
Acquisition pending
MediaOne
Acquisition pending
Comcast Cell.
SBC Comm.
SNET.
CommNet
Acquired 1997
Spun off 1994
Vodafone AirTouch.
Acquired 1997
50
Split apart 1984
50
PrimeCo
Acquisition pending
Bell Atlantic
GTE
Acquisition pending
Bell South
Frontier Cell.
Merger Pending
Qwest
US West
Spun off
Acquired April 6, 1998
What will happen toBellSouth ?
MediaOne Group
US West New Vector
42
US of Wireless Subscribers - Semi Annual Results
of Subscribers (M)
69.2M
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
43
US of Wireless Subscribers - Annualized Results
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
44
US Wireless Average Monthly Bill History
Monthly Bill ()
ATT WirelessDigital gt90, 3Q98
39.43
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
45
US Wireless Average Local Call Length History
Minutes
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
46
US Wireless Average Roamer Call Length History
Minutes
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
47
US Wireless Total Six Month Revenues
Billion
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
48
US Wireless Roaming Six Month Revenues
Million
Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
49
US Wireless Roaming Six Month Revenues ( of
Total Revenue)

Source CTIA Semi-Annual Data Survey
Before Dec-96 Cellular only After Dec-96
Cellular, PCS and ESMR
50
Web sites
Bell Atlantic www.bell-atl.com- Bell Atlantic
Mobile www.bam.com- GTE www.gte.com SBC www.
sbc.com- SNET www.snet.com-
Ameritech www.ameritech.com-
Comcast www.comcast.com - Comcast
Cellular www.comcastcellular.com ATT www.att.c
om- Vanguard Cellular www.vcela.com AirTouch w
ww.airtouch.com BellSouth www.bellsouthcorp.com
Alltel www.alltel.com- Aliant
Comm. www.aliant.com Sprint www.sprint.com-
Sprint PCS www.sprintpcs.com Nextel www.nextel
.com U.S. Cellular www.uscc.com PrimeCo www.pr
imeco.com Western Wireless www.wwireless.com Cen
turyTel www.centurytel.com Omnipoint
www.omnipoint.com
Centennial Wireless www.centennialcom.com VoiceSt
ream www.voicestream.com Frontier
Cellular www.frontiercorp.com CommNet
Cellular www.commnetcellular.com Aerial
Comm www.aerial1.com Powertel www.powertel.com
Rural cellular www.rccwireless.com US
West www.uswest.com Rogers Cantel www.rogers.
com Bell Mobility www.bellmobility.ca BCTel ww
w.bctel.com Microcell www.microcell.com Clearnet
www.clearnet.com
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