The findings form part of Ofcom's seventh International Communications Market Report, which looks at the take-up, availability, price and use of broadband, landlines, mobiles, TV and radio across 17 major countries.

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Last year, for the first time in years, the Federal Communications Commission refused to state whether the mobile communications market was competitive in its annual report to Congress on the state of the cellular market.

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Note that our definition of the global tech market in this report includes business and government purchases of computer equipment, communications equipment, software, IT consulting services, and IT outsourcing and hardware maintenance services, but does not include purchases of telecommunications services.

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