AACG：2024无线投资和经济效益研究报告（英文版）（14页）.pdf

1、 WIRELESS INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS 0 WIRELESS INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS Timothy J.Tardiff Affiliate,Advanced Analytical Consulting Group and Lecturer,Northeastern University April 2024 WIRELESS INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS 1 Executive Summary The major wireless providers are among

2、 the top companies as measured by investment(total capital expenditures)in the United States economy.From 2020,the five publicly-traded mobile carriersAT&T,Dish,Verizon,T-Mobile,and UScellularhave invested an average of$54 billion per year,making them the second-highest investing industry after the

3、Tech/internet sector.Since 2011,the biggest five wireless providers capital expenditures of$591 billion are comparable to the capital expenditures of the“Big 5”tech companies($611 billion).This investment has provided infrastructure that has facilitated economic activity and investment throughout th

4、e US economy,including from other companies with sizable capital expenditures.Wireless investments have produced substantial economic benefits in recent years.Growth in wireless services stimulates growth in related industries,including those that supply inputs for wireless infrastructure and create

5、 complementary products,such as wireless devices.Similarly,improvements in the quality and capacity of wireless networks facilitate demand for new and/or improved products and services that run on these networks,such as internet search and social networking.Over the 2010s-decade,economic activity fa

6、cilitated by wireless providers accounted for a$500 billion increase in Gross Domestic Product(9 percent of the total increase in US GDP)and 10 million additional jobs(25 percent of the increase in US employment).The ongoing investment in telecom infrastructure by wireless service providers has cont