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Global ICT developments, 2001-2013 <br /> f 1 <br /> Source nternational Telecommunications Union <br /> Ninety-six percent of Americans own a cell phone, over three-quarters of <br /> which are smartphones. In contrast to the largely stationary internet of the early <br /> 2000s, Americans today are connected to the world of digital information while <br /> "on the go" via these smartphones and other mobile devices.25 According to the <br /> FCC's recent wireless competition report, "American demand for wireless services <br /> continues to grow exponentially.”26 <br /> So-called 5G —the fifth generation of wireless service technology <br /> dramatically increases human exposure to RF radiation. Previous generations of <br /> macro towers could be built several miles apart, but the 5G -millimeter wave <br /> 25 Pew Research Center, Mobile Fact Sheet (June 12, 2019), available at <br /> https: .pewresearch org/internetifact-sheet mobile <br /> 26 FCC, In the Matter' of ccelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by <br /> Removing Barriers to Infrastructure I •' <br /> nv WT Docket No. 17-79, Declaratory <br /> Ruling and Third Report and Order, 33 FCC Red 9088, 9096 ( P3) <br /> (2018)(hereafter "2018 Declaratory Order"). <br /> 14 <br />