U.S. wireless carriers increased their annual network investments...
U.S. wireless carriers increased their annual network investments to $30.1 billion in 2012, up 19 percent from 2011, CTIA said Thursday in a report on the results of its semi-annual survey of carriers. It’s the most the sector has spent…
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on networks since CTIA began its survey in 1985. It represents about a quarter of global wireless capital expenditures during 2012, although the U.S. only had about 5 percent of the world’s wireless users, CTIA said. U.S. carriers spent $94 on network investments per customer, while the average for the rest of the world was $16, CTIA said. U.S. wireless carriers have invested more than $296 billion in their networks since 2000, CTIA said. The survey’s results “clearly prove our members are key drivers of the U.S. economy, which will be enhanced by making more spectrum available for commercial use,” said CTIA President Steve Largent in a news release (http://bit.ly/16sdqJO).