Mobile Wireless Competition Report Notice of Inquiry FCC Open Meeting August 27, 2009 '. ••S Ensuring Competition „ Competition results in significant benefits for consumers „ lower prices „ more service options „ product innovation „ FCC required by statute to report on competition in telecom, media sectors „ FCC actions to promote competition „ interconnection „ number portability „ spectrum auctions „ merger review I I nUt i I FCC Reports on Competition „ Commercial Mobile Radio Service (“CMRS”) „ 13 reports released since 1995 „ Satellite Communications Services „ 2 reports released since 2007 „ Multichannel Video Programming „ 14 reports released since 1994 „ Local Telephone Competition „ Broadband/Section 706 Reports I I nUt i I FCC Reports on Competition „ Opportunity: implement a consistent analysis of competition „ across Commission „ across sectors „ Analytical rigor requires a common approach „ Provide foundation for predictable, consistent, and sound policy I I nUt i I Key Elements of a Competition Report „ Data Driven „ Analytically rigorous „ Comprehensive and realistic view of industry „ Identification and examination of relevant market segments for competitive issues I I nUt i I NOI on Mobile Wireless Competition „ First step in pursuing new competitive analysis „ Supplements PN released by WTB on May 14, 2009 „ Change in report title reflects new analysis and marketplace realities „ Old title: “CMRS Competition Report” „ New title: “Mobile Wireless Competition Report” (includes CMRS) I I nUt i I NOI on Mobile Wireless Competition „ Asks which analytic framework and data sources depict wireless competition most clearly „ Scope includes new market segments „ Infrastructure „ Devices „ Seeks comment on how vertical relationships - between upstream and downstream segments - affect competition I I nUt i I NOI Topics „ Analytic framework and data sources „ Market segments, including “edge” markets „ Vertical relationships „ Consumer benefits of wireless „ Spectrum and non-spectrum inputs „ Investment, entry, growth „ New technologies and future developments „ Urban vs. rural comparisons I I nUt i I NOI Seeks Input From... „ Service providers/carriers „ Application and new content providers „ Equipment and device manufacturers „ Tower and backhaul providers „ Consumers „ Software developers „ Analysts „ Academics I I nUt i I