11/22/2005
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"Today, there are about 270 million cell phone subscribers in America."
"A light regulatory touch today will prevent the re-emerging duopoly in which two companies control all the customers, all the devices, all the prime spectrum, and become 'too big to fail.'"
"Why, in the American way of doing business, does a company not have the right to go sit down with somebody, assume a certain amount of risk together, enter an exclusive arrangement to assume that risk..."
"But truly there are four major carriers. And if you look at the penetration statistics, they're sharing 90 or so percent of the market, with Verizon's acquisition of Alltel."