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Cellular Telephone Services in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Suppliers of cellular telephone services provide direct communication through radio-based cellular networks. Services include wireless mobile telephone services, paging services and wireless internet access. The key buyers of market services include businesses of all sizes, individual consumers and public entities.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Cellular Telephone Services procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Cellular Telephone Services market in the United States includes Wireless Mobile Telephone Services, Paging Services, Wireless Internet Access, Mobile Video Steaming Services and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Services. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-612-Wireless telecommunications activities, NACE-61.20-Wireless Telecommunications Activities, NAICS-517112-Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) and UNSPSC-83111603-Cellular telephone services.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Cellular Telephone Services procurement coverage includes 3G & 4G (The third and fourth generation of telecommunications technology that allows for mobile access to the internet.), 5G (The fifth generation of telecommunications technology that allows for faster internet speeds, improved graphics, blockchain solutions, smart contracts and positive features for business.), Voice over Internet Protocol (Also known as VoIP, this technology delivers voice communication and other multimedia sessions over the internet, as opposed to over a radio cellular network.), Cellular Network (A radio network distributed over land areas known as cells. At least one fixed-location base station serves each cell.), Smartphone (A cellular telephone device that integrates mobile telephone capabilities with common features of a computer.) and Gigabyte (A measure of wireless telephone data storage capacity.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Cellular Telephone Services procurement report as suppliers are B. Riley Financial Inc., Consumer Cellular Inc., Lumen Technologies, Inc., Echostar Corporation and Charter Communications, Inc..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Cellular Telephone Services market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per line per month, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Cellular Telephone Services market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Cellular Telephone Services procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Cellular Telephone Services market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Cellular Telephone Services market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Cellular Telephone Services?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Cellular Telephone Services is $52.88 per line per month. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 1.31 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Cellular Telephone Services market?
The top vendors in the Cellular Telephone Services market include B. Riley Financial Inc., Consumer Cellular Inc., Lumen Technologies, Inc., Echostar Corporation and Charter Communications, Inc..
What industries supply the Cellular Telephone Services market?
The top industries supplying the Cellular Telephone Services market are Semiconductor & Circuit Manufacturing in the US, Copper Rolling, Drawing & Extruding in the US, Telecommunication Networking Equipment Manufacturing in the US, Circuit Board & Electronic Component Manufacturing in the US, Wireless Telecommunications Carriers in the US and Transmission Line Construction in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Cellular Telephone Services?
High market concentration limits buyer negotiation leverage and pricing flexibility. The cellular telephone services market is dominated by a few large providers, which restricts buyer options and strengthens supplier pricing power. Buyers face limited alternatives, particularly in regions with less infrastructure competition. To increase competition, procurement teams should leverage contract duration and service bundling to negotiate better terms and explore emerging, smaller providers where possible.
What factors affect the price of Cellular Telephone Services?
The number of users significantly affects pricing in cellular telephone services as economies of scale allow providers to lower costs per user, leading to competitive pricing strategies. For example, bulk pricing models or family plans incentivize higher user counts by offering discounts, making services more appealing to larger groups while maximizing subscriber retention and market share.
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