What. Bringing the latest technology to consumers <br />We're seeing really exciting changes in technology. <br />People are actively choosing ne~,v and innovative products, services and devices that require faster, more robust and more <br />aclvanced technology-whether wired or vyireless_ Every month, 450,000 consumers svjitch to phone services that run on <br />wireless and Internet-based networks. In fact, across America in 2013, two in every rive American adults lived in homes that <br />were wireless-only and 40.2 percent of homes lJtill7ed VoR' <br />People are choosing new technologies faster than ever before: <br />65% <br />more time <br />U.S. Android and <br />Phone users <br />age 18 and over <br />in the U.S. spent <br />65 percent more <br />time each <br />month using <br />apps than they <br />didjusttwo <br />years ago.'- <br />While it took smartphones nearly a decade <br />to reach 40 million owners, tablets crossed <br />that threshold in only two years since the <br />launch of the first Pad.' <br />When you look at the firstfive years the iPhone and Android <br />devices were available, customers adopted those devices three <br />times faster than the Internet and ten times faster tlhan PCs., <br />iPhone& <br />Android Devices <br />Internet <br />PCs <br />• Tablets <br />• Sma, tphones <br />?ra fay R <br />W000-0 - <br />paac 1 2 3 9 10 <br />Global mobile data traffic grew by 81%, <br />nearly 18X the size of the entire global <br />Internet in 2000.5 <br />Mobile network connection speeds more than doubled <br />in 2013 and are expected to increase two-fold by 2018.5 <br />As of 1Q 2014, there were 6.8 billion total global <br />mobile subscriptions.' <br />Because of this demand for advanced mobile technology and devices, it is essential that <br />the networks thatprovide these invaluable services are upgraded and expanded. <br />