United States

Telecommunications in USA

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. / US), is a federal republic composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. 

The US has sixteen territories in the Caribbean Sea, the south Pacific Ocean, and the western portion of the north Pacific Ocean. Five of them are permanently inhabited and are classified as unincorporated territories. The other eleven are small islands, atolls, and reefs with no native or permanent population.

The United States Minor Outlying Islands consist of eight areas in the Pacific Ocean; Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island, along with Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea.

According to latest ITU data (June 2018) mobile coverage reaches 99.9% of the US population, and 4G LTE accessible by 99.8%. 

Region
The Americas
Northern America
Government Policy
International Communications and Information Policy CIP
ITU Region
Region-2
Spectrum Regulator
Federal Communications Commission FCC
United States of America world map

ITU Analysis

Telecommunications is a well-established sector in the United States, with all segments under competition and penetration levels that are among the highest encountered for all services. Service pricing is extremely competitive in the United States, representing a mere fraction of regional and global averages.

Despite being at a substantially more advanced development stage, the telecommunications sector in the United States still has barriers to overcome, notably the digital divide represented by the diverging access to broadband between urban and more remote areas in the country. Investment and infrastructure development remain a constant in the sector, as operators strive to employ new telecommunications technologies and provide better service. Aside from the traditional public–private partnerships, tech companies have also partnered to roll out state-of-the-art networks, such as Facebook and Microsoft uniting forces to build the MAREA, a submarine cable across the Atlantic.

Technology Developers

Ubiquiti Networks is focused on democratising network technology on a global scale — aggregate shipments of nearly 85 million devices play a key role in creating networking infrastructure in over 200 countries and territories around the...

Manufacturers

Times Microwave Systems (TMS) is a subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) and part of the Amphenol Military and Aerospace (AMAO) division.  Times design and manufacture high performance coaxial cables, connectors, and cable assemblies for military, aerospace, telecommunications, industrial...