Wireless Telecommunication Services in the United States

Introduction

Wireless Telecommunication Services in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United States wireless telecommunication services market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The wireless telecommunications services market is defined here as including cellular (mobile) phones, pagers, and any other wireless or cellular telecommunication service. Revenues are based on payments to operators of all of these services for subscriptions and usage. Market volumes represent total numbers of subscribers. Market shares in this report are in terms of subscriber volumes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report were calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

*The US wireless telecommunication services market had total revenue of $187 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2% between 2007 and 2011.

*Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 6.7% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 331.6 million subscribers in 2011.

*The performance of the market is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 0.9% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $196.1 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United States wireless telecommunication services market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the United States wireless telecommunication services market in 2016?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Market volume 2
Market volume forecast 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market share 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market volume 9
Market Segmentation 10
Geography segmentation 10
Market share 11
Market Outlook 12
Market value forecast 12
Market volume forecast 13
Five Forces Analysis 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Threat of substitutes 18
Degree of rivalry 19
Leading Companies 20
AT&T Inc. 20
Sprint Nextel Corporation 24
T-Mobile USA, Inc. 27
Verizon Communications Inc. 28
Macroeconomic Indicators 31
Country Data 31
Appendix 33
Methodology 33
Industry associations 34
Related MarketLine research 34

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States wireless telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Table 2: United States wireless telecommunication services market volume: million subscribers, 2007–11 9
Table 3: United States wireless telecommunication services market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2011 10
Table 4: United States wireless telecommunication services market share: % share, by value, 2011 11
Table 5: United States wireless telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 12
Table 6: United States wireless telecommunication services market volume forecast: million subscribers, 2011–16 13
Table 7: AT&T Inc.: key facts 20
Table 8: AT&T Inc.: key financials ($) 21
Table 9: AT&T Inc.: key financial ratios 22
Table 10: Sprint Nextel Corporation: key facts 24
Table 11: Sprint Nextel Corporation: key financials ($) 25
Table 12: Sprint Nextel Corporation: key financial ratios 25
Table 13: T-Mobile USA, Inc.: key facts 27
Table 14: Verizon Communications Inc.: key facts 28
Table 15: Verizon Communications Inc.: key financials ($) 29
Table 16: Verizon Communications Inc.: key financial ratios 29
Table 17: United States size of population (million), 2007–11 31
Table 18: United States gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 31
Table 19: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 31
Table 20: United States inflation, 2007–11 32
Table 21: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 32
Table 22: United States exchange rate, 2007–11 32

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United States wireless telecommunication services market value: $ billion, 2007–11 8
Figure 2: United States wireless telecommunication services market volume: million subscribers, 2007–11 9
Figure 3: United States wireless telecommunication services market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2011 10
Figure 4: United States wireless telecommunication services market share: % share, by value, 2011 11
Figure 5: United States wireless telecommunication services market value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16 12
Figure 6: United States wireless telecommunication services market volume forecast: million subscribers, 2011–16 13
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the wireless telecommunication services market in the United States, 2011 14
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the wireless telecommunication services market in the United States, 2011 15
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the wireless telecommunication services market in the United States, 2011 16
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the wireless telecommunication services market in the United States, 2011 17
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the wireless telecommunication services market in the United States, 2011 18
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the wireless telecommunication services market in the United States, 2011 19
Figure 13: AT&T Inc.: revenues & profitability 22
Figure 14: AT&T Inc.: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 15: Sprint Nextel Corporation: revenues & profitability 26
Figure 16: Sprint Nextel Corporation: assets & liabilities 26
Figure 17: Verizon Communications Inc.: revenues & profitability 30
Figure 18: Verizon Communications Inc.: assets & liabilities 30

Wireless Technology in United States

United States Number Of 3g & 4g Phone Subscribers (`000)

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2006 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI Research

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : United States

United States Wireless Voice And Wireless Data Revenue, Usdmn

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2005 To 2011
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI, operator results

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : United States

United States Wireless Service And Wireless Equipment Revenues, Us$mn

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2005 To 2011
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI, operator results

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : United States

United States Number Of 3g & 4g Phone Subscribers, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2007 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: BMI Research

• Industries : Wireless Technology
• Countries : United States

United States Number Of Cellular Mobile Phone Subscribers, % Change Y-o-y

• $ 250
• Industry data
• February 2013

Yearly, From 2004 To 2017
By Business Monitor International
Source: Operators, CTIA, FCC, BMI Research

• Industries : Mobile Telephony, Wireless Technology
• Countries : United States