AT&T: Competition in US wireless 'has gone into overdrive;' CCA says not so fast

Two vastly different narratives on the state of competition in the US wireless market emerge from various filings carriers and trade associations made with the Federal Communications Commission as it prepares its latest annual competition report. On the one hand, AT&T argues "competition has gone into overdrive." On the other, the Competitive Carriers Association wants the FCC to find that the industry is not effectively competitive, and take steps to remedy the state of the industry. It's not surprising that there are disagreements between AT&T and Sprint or between CCA, which represents smaller carriers, and CTIA. What's notable is how starkly their visions of the industry contrast with each other.